The Last Jar of Summer

Daria Langston thought she left her small-town roots behind when she traded homemade jam for high-stakes courtrooms. But when her beloved grandmother passes away, leaving her the family’s legendary jam shop in Mobile, Alabama, Daria finds herself drawn back to the sleepy Southern town—and the secrets it still holds. There’s just one problem: she never learned the recipe that made Langston’s Jams a local legend. Her mother knows it, of course—but years of silence and resentment have left their relationship as brittle as an empty glass jar. Running the shop is hard enough. Rebuilding trust? That’s the real work. And when a mysterious note from her grandmother turns up in a dusty recipe box, Daria begins to wonder if there was more to Granny’s preserves—and her legacy—than anyone ever knew. With a slow-burning romance, small-town charm, and a hint of hidden family secrets, The Last Jar of Summer is a heartwarming tale of second chances, sweet traditions, and finding your way back home.