The Run Back Home (Golden City, #4) by Cassandra Moll

second-chance romance • childhood sweethearts • the one that got away • sports romance • small-town roots

Six years ago, Lenora “Lenny” O’Reilly made the choice that felt safest. She stayed in Mage Hollow while the boy she loved chased his dreams of the big leagues. Now a travel nurse who never stays anywhere for long, Lenny has built a life around moving on, even if she has never quite found a place that feels like home.

Jace Holloway got everything he ever wanted. He made it to the majors and now plays shortstop for the Golden City Gators. But success never erased the one person he could not forget. When Lenny’s latest nursing assignment brings her back into his orbit, the past they left behind is suddenly impossible to ignore.

The Vibe

Lenny is independent, compassionate, and always in motion, but beneath her restless lifestyle is a woman still searching for the sense of belonging she lost years ago. Jace is talented, driven, and quieter with his emotions, carrying the memory of their first love long after their paths separated.

Their reunion brings old feelings back to the surface as fate keeps putting them in each other’s path. What follows is an emotional, slow-building second chance filled with yearning, unresolved history, and the possibility that some loves are worth finding their way back to.

With small-town roots, big-league dreams, a travel nurse heroine, and an MLB hero, The Run Back Home delivers a heartfelt sports romance about timing, regret, healing, and discovering that sometimes home is not a place at all.

Perfect for readers who love first loves that never quite faded, the one that got away, emotional second chances, and romances where coming home means finding your way back to the person you never stopped loving.

Spice Level

•  🌶️🌶️🌶️  (3/5) 

Tropes & Tags

• Second-chance romance
• Childhood sweethearts
• First love
• The one that got away
• Sports romance
• MLB player hero
• Travel nurse heroine
• Small-town roots
• Big-league dreams
• Fate keeps crossing their paths
• Healing old wounds
• Emotional romance
• Slow-burn romance
• Found family

Books in Series (In Order)

• The Boards Between Us, #1
• The Shots Against Us, #2
  
• The Last Drive Home, #3
• The Run Back Home, #4