”Did you come to Jonesborough to tell me ’bout the baby ‘cause you’re wantin’ my permission to get an abortion? ‘Cause you ain’t gonna get it. Ain’t nothin’ I can do to stop ya, but I ain’t gonna help ya.”

A reckless Florida fling with fiery bartender Evelyn Cunningham left sixth-generation Tennessee farmer Walker Banks with a broken heart—until months later she suddenly reappears, pregnant with his child.

Torn between the passionate woman who once ghosted him and the newly rekindled romance with his high school flame, Walker must now decide whether to step up and raise a baby with a near-stranger or protect the stable life he’s built on the family farm. As Evelyn wrestles with her own impossible choice between abortion and an uncertain future, their clashing worlds collide: his deeply rooted in faith, legacy, and Appalachian tradition, hers driven by hard-won independence and big-city dreams.

From Treasure Island’s sun-soaked beaches to the misty hills of Jonesborough, Wilderness Road is a raw, heartfelt story of two flawed people forced to confront what they’re willing to sacrifice for love, family, and the futures they once imagined.