Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon

Rowan McKinnon doesn’t believe in love. With a botany PhD, two best friends who embrace her social quirkiness, and some occasional no-strings sex, she has everything she needs. But she hides deep wounds from the past—from a negligent mother, and a fiancé who treated her like a pawn in a game. When an academic setback leads Rowan to take on the restoration of an abandoned vineyard, she relishes the opportunity to restore the grapes to their former glory… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Child neglect & abandonment recounted
- Emotionally abusive relationship recounted
- Cheating recounted*
- Divorce
- Depression
- Anxiety & panic attacks
- Sibling with a chronic leg injury sustained during a car accident
- Alcohol consumption
- Smoking mentioned
- Death of a grandmother recounted
- Weight loss recounted
* Context : The heroine broke up with her ex-fiancé when she realised he was married with kids.