The Violet Vale Series by Jessica Northwood

She left home chasing a future. Now she’s back—face to face with the past she never truly escaped. Meet Violet Vale.

Book 1: New Beginnings
She left home chasing a future. Now she’s back—face to face with the past she never truly escaped.

When Violet Vale’s promising literary career implodes in spectacular fashion, she has nowhere left to go but home. Willow Haven, with its winding trails and whispered regrets, is the last place she ever wanted to return to. Especially not to the house where her mother’s silence speaks louder than words. Especially not to Caleb Mason—the steady, stubborn firefighter who was once her best friend… and almost more.

But as Violet unpacks the boxes of her former life, she begins to uncover more than just old journals and unsent letters. The quiet town holds pieces of herself she’d long buried—and feelings she thought she’d outgrown.

When a small-town book fair forces Violet and Caleb into each other’s orbit again, sparks fly, secrets unravel, and Violet finds herself questioning not just where she belongs, but who she is when she’s not running.

Heartfelt, slow-burning, and beautifully honest, New Beginnings is the first book in a sweeping series about the women we become, the love we leave behind, and the courage it takes to come home to ourselves.

Book 2: Violet Falls
She thought the hardest part was coming home. But leaving again—on her own terms—might be even harder.

Violet Vale is no longer running. Not exactly. She’s unpacking boxes, rebuilding rhythms, and learning to live with the echoes of who she used to be. And just when she begins to believe stillness might be enough, Caleb Mason walks back into her life with his steady hands and impossible timing.

Their connection is immediate, undeniable—and just as complicated as it ever was. Caleb offers a version of home Violet almost believes in: quiet nights, long drives, the kind of love that asks her to stay.

But comfort isn’t clarity. And passion isn’t purpose.

As Violet’s old dreams stir awake—and her creative voice begins to return—she finds herself caught between the man who once held her together and the woman she’s becoming without him.

As Petals Fall is a story of almosts, what-ifs, and the quiet power of letting go. Of one season of love ending—so another kind of self can begin.

Honest, tender, and quietly unforgettable, this second installment in the Violet Vale series explores the beauty of a fragile love.

Book 3: Becoming Violet
She thought she was done with stories. But one man, one circle, and one quiet town aren’t done with her.

Still reeling from failure and heartbreak, Violet Vale came back to Willow Haven looking for stillness—not connection. But when an invitation leads her to a quiet porch writing circle led by Lark Adler, the town’s elusive bookseller, something begins to shift.

Lark isn’t like anyone Violet expected. He listens more than he speaks. He leaves jars of honey on her doorstep and pages of unwritten truth between every glance. He sees her not for what she was, but for what she could be—again.

As Violet begins to write, not for an audience but for herself, she finds her voice returning. So does the ache she’s kept buried. The circle grows. The porch fills. And the walls she built, brick by careful brick, begin to soften in the light of new friendship, quiet accountability, and a man who never asks her to perform—only to show up.

But when a tempting offer from her old life reappears, Violet must ask the hardest question yet: is leaving always the brave thing—or is staying the real beginning?

Introspective, intimate, and quietly romantic, Becoming Violet is the story of a woman rebuilding her voice, finding unexpected belonging, and opening her heart to the kind of love that asks nothing but honesty.