A grieving widow.
A neglected orchard.
A second life she never saw coming.

Two years after losing her husband, and the future she built around him, forty-five-year-old Emerson Haven has made a quiet art out of outrunning her own grief. She pours everything she has into a corporate job that demands more than it gives…until the day she’s replaced by someone half her age and realizes she has nothing left to offer a world that’s already moved on without her.

In a rare act of impulsive courage, Emerson buys a rundown apple orchard in upstate New York based on a few idyllic photos and the fragile hope of escape. But when she arrives, the orchard is a mess, the barn leans in the wind like an old man at rest, and the vintage camper she now calls home is quirky, and not in a good way.

Still, there is something about Wildflower Ridge she can’t turn away from. Perhaps it’s the quiet. Maybe it’s the chance to build something honest with her own hands. Or perhaps it’s the unexpected grace of the people who drift into her life. A young woman with a bruised heart and a gift for mending what’s broken, an older couple who carry their own buried sorrows, and a gentle beekeeper whose steady presence feels like sunlight after a long winter.

As the seasons turn and the orchard slowly returns to life, Emerson must confront the box of her husband’s belongings she’s avoided for two years, and the truth she buried with her heartbreak. Because healing doesn’t come from staying busy. It comes from being brave enough to be still.

Warm, lyrical, and rich with the rhythms of nature, The Cider House on Wildflower Ridge is a story about second chances, found family, and the sacred, quiet work of learning to live deliberately.

Coming Summer 2026!