A runaway bride rushes headlong into true love in a funny flirty and empowering romance by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Landish. Hope Barlowe is a vow away from a lakeside wedding to her high school sweetheart. Next check off her follow-up dreams: two kids a dog a home and a happy ever after. But suddenly ever after seems like a very long time. Instead of saying I do Hope thinks I can’t and bolts for the woods—right into the unpredictable life of a handsome tattooed hiker. Days into a three-week getaway struggling musician Ben Taylor is in search of inspiration. He never thought he’d find a bride stumbling through the bramble. Right away her sweet baby blues confounding dilemma and spirited independence strike a chord. Ben has found his muse and he’s falling fast. Hope is finding something just as important—herself. Soon enough Hope and Ben have all of Maple Creek talking—and divided. Whe