Losing Control by Lucy Ann Claire

The first novel from author Lucy Ann Claire.
Are small towns reflections of their people or are people reflections of their small town? Here, in Benbrook, it’s a little of both. Families from all walks of life are here, some have been here for generations, others are merely passing through, but there is something about the quaint southern town that draws in people with inspiring and heartfelt stories. You never know what to expect when you hear a tale from Benbrook, but one thing is certain. You’ll never forget it.

“Always remember, dear: some painful memories are good memories in disguise.”
Hanna Riley was a young girl when tragedy struck. The event prompted ferocious panic attacks that limited her ability to cope with the past. Then in college, tragedy struck again. It seemed that no matter how Hanna cultivated her life, the result was always the same. Crippling anxiety over carefree fun. Isolation over community. Heartache over love.

She’d lost control of her life.
To remedy this, she did something outside of her comfort zone. She moved.
Now an elementary teacher in the small town of Benbrook, she has decided that this will be the first step in regaining control of her life. But memories have a way of not letting go. When Hanna meets Arthur Cash, the widowed father of one of her students, she learns that she isn’t the only one with a haunted past.

Hanna moved away from family and friends to start over fresh but when romantic feelings become too powerful to ignore she is faced with a question: can two broken people heal together before violent memories tear them apart?