Angela Youngers

Logan Sterling lives a life of collateral damage. The child of divorced parents, she seems doomed to repeat their mistakes of marrying young, falling short of expectations, and burning out before middle age. But when she publishes a book about her and her estranged father’s reunion trip across their home state of Iowa, Logan’s life suddenly takes a turn, enhanced with a brazen agent, a literary following, and a new future.

Five years after the events in the book, Logan finds herself living in Des Moines, entertaining offers from film producers. Enter Thomas Price, the Iowa native-turned-Hollywood-heartthrob who wants to make a movie—and his directing debut—out of her book, but only if she writes the screenplay and joins the project. Captured by Tom’s movie star charisma, Logan spends the summer in a whirlwind of filmmaking that pulls her back out on the road, back to her hometown, and ever closer to Tom.

Will giving in to her desire pave the way toward what Logan wants from life and in love, or will the minefield of professional conduct and more than a few buried secrets stifle her budding romance and dash her chances at real success?

Told through alternating excerpts from Logan’s book and the filming journey, Road Maps is the story of one woman’s rediscovery of her own value through reflection and acceptance.

One year after the loss of her husband Jason, Annie Obless struggles with grief while raising her two young children. Her therapist insists that her healing is being halted by her inability to open up and share details of Jason’s death. Longing to move forward, but disinterested in a traditional support group, she enrolls in a ballroom dance class, seeking an escape from the constant flashbacks of her former life and the still-present flood of guilt.

At the first night of Ballroom Basics, Annie meets Milo Warner, the handsome, enigmatic instructor who is eager to have a dance partner to help lead the class. As she attempts to master a variety of dance steps and juggle her responsibilities as a mother, Annie reluctantly begins to explore friendship and flirtation after Milo reveals his own experience with love and loss.

In spite of her therapist’s warnings about starting a new relationship, a potential romance and the possibility of moving on drives Annie to seek solace in Milo as their connection deepens and intensifies. Can her time with Milo help her come to terms with who she is and who she needs to be for her children, or will Annie find herself opening up to more than she had planned?