A Free Sparrow Cove Story

One Evening
in Sparrow Cove by Marlow Sutton

She meant to stay one night. Sparrow Cove had other ideas.

A complete short story Free digital edition Read in one quiet evening
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Come to Sparrow Cove.

Tell us where to send your complimentary copy and spend one unforgettable evening in the harbor.

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Some places find you first

You weren't looking for Sparrow Cove.

Neither was Anna Hollis. She was tired, a little lost, and only looking for somewhere to sleep before continuing up the Maine coast. Instead, she found a café that wouldn't let her leave hungry, a botanist who handed her exactly what she didn't know she needed, and an entire harbor that made room for her before she'd done anything to earn it.

One evening. One small town.

Watch the harbor come alive.

From late afternoon to the final lighthouse sweep, every stop brings Anna a little further into Sparrow Cove.

5:12 PM

Harper's Harbor Café

Anna arrives as Harper is closing for the day. She apologizes and starts to leave. Harper asks one question instead.

“Have you eaten?”

“I'm fine.”

“That wasn't what I asked.”
6:05 PM

Ellery's Botanicals

A simple delivery takes Anna into Maya Ellery's old botanical shop, where shelves smell of cedar, rosemary, tea, and dried lavender.

“Mostly it just reminds you to breathe long enough to hear yourself think.”
6:42 PM

Lantern Night

As the sun drops toward the water, Sparrow Cove begins carrying chairs, food, lanterns, music, and mismatched mugs toward the harbor.

Nothing extraordinary was happening.

And that was the extraordinary part.
8:31 PM

Tea by the Harbor

Lantern light scatters across the water. Harper sits beside Anna with two steaming mugs of Grandmother Camden's cinnamon-honey tea.

“Does everyone here just feed strangers?”

“Only the ones who look hungry.”

“I ate.”

“Wasn't talking about food.”
9:41 PM

One More Night

Anna came to Sparrow Cove because it happened to be on the way to somewhere else. By the time she reaches her room, something has shifted.

No grand declaration.

Just one more day, undecided, unaccounted for, entirely her own.
The Sparrow Cove promise
Sometimes what you need isn't an answer.
It's a place that lets you stay awhile.
One Evening in Sparrow Cove
Your complimentary story

Your first evening in town.

This isn't a sample chapter or an unfinished teaser. It's a complete Sparrow Cove story designed to be enjoyed slowly, preferably somewhere comfortable with something warm nearby.

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A complete short story Meet Sparrow Cove the same way Anna does—as a stranger who expected nothing and found much more.
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A richly illustrated digital edition Harbor views, Lantern Night, Ellery's Botanicals, Harper's café, and the places Anna discovers along the way.
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Your doorway into the series Meet the people and places that return throughout the Sparrow Cove romances by Marlow Sutton.
The harbor is waiting

Stay one evening.

Come for the soup. Stay for the lanterns. Leave when you're ready. Sparrow Cove has never been very good at rushing people.

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