Before the Maple Turns

Eighteen years after leaving her hometown, Elise returns to help her sister through the orchard’s busiest season. Ben, now the neighboring farm’s owner, is no longer the boy she remembers, and neither is she the person who once promised to stay. A damaged harvest, an ambitious community supper, and long evenings sorting apples draw them into an easy companionship they never expected to recover. With separate futures already taking shape, their second chance asks for honesty rather than nostalgia. They must discover whether a new relationship can grow from everything they learned apart.