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Claire Hadley came back to Maple Creek with two suitcases, a bruised heart, and one simple plan. Keep her head down.
That plan does not last long.
In Maple Creek, people bring casseroles before you have unpacked, your mother knows your business before you do, and the ward has a way of finding anyone who looks even slightly available. When Bishop Call asks Claire to help run the Pioneer Day fundraiser, she wants to say no. Then she finds out her co-chair is Eli Porter, the steady farmer she once loved and left behind.
Eli has a farm that never rests, a daughter who says exactly what everyone else is thinking, and a heart he has tried hard to keep quiet. Claire does not want to become ward gossip. Eli does not want to hope for something that might not stay. But between funeral potatoes, Relief Society opinions, committee chaos, and a cultural hall roof that needs saving, old feelings start finding their way back.
As Maple Creek pulls them closer, Claire has to decide what coming home really means. Maybe it is not proof that she failed. Maybe it is the beginning of the life she was meant to choose.
When the Ward Came Calling is a clean small-town LDS romance about faith, family, forgiveness, second chances, and the kind of love that feels like home.
