Love Beyond Years and Miles: A Romance Novel

In 1982, seventeen-year-old David Mercer is restless, rebellious, and desperate to escape small-town Alabama. A gifted photographer and aspiring poet, he feels misunderstood by his strict father and dreams of a life far beyond Pinehaven. Then he meets Beth Carson. Beth is warm, compassionate, devoted to her work, and seventeen years older than David. She is also married and raising a young son. What begins as a friendship built around photography and a community camp soon becomes something neither of them expected-and neither can easily ignore. As David leaves Alabama for college in Vermont, Beth's marriage unravels, and their lives take unexpected turns, they must decide whether love can survive distance, difficult choices, family responsibilities, and the judgment of others. Love Beyond Years and Miles is a tender story of unconventional love, growing up, second chances, and discovering that sometimes finding your way forward means understanding what is worth coming home to.