A quiet story of rebuilding, belonging, and becoming.
In the hush of winter snow, the warmth of a library chair, and the kindness of strangers who become family — a man returns to a small inn on Galena Street and learns to rise again, deliberately and beautifully, by design.
Set at the edge of the Colorado Rockies, Still, by Design. follows a man who arrives at a small bed-and-breakfast on Galena Street — broken, uncertain, and searching for something he can't name.
What he finds is more than a room. He finds morning light, roasted coffee, quiet rooms, and the kind of kindness that becomes family. Through the rhythms of the Inn and the patience of its people, he begins to rebuild — not through grand gestures, but through the stillness between them.
This is a novel about recovery, place, and the transformative power of belonging. It is written with the same warmth and reflection that fills the real Frisco Inn on Galena, where the story was born.
Every signed copy of Still, by Design. is hand-signed by Avery and shipped from Frisco, Colorado. The signature bundle includes a 2 oz bag of Mt. Royal Coffee — the same blend served at the Inn.
"Healing isn't found in grand gestures, but in the stillness between them."
— Avery Lane MaxwellThe Frisco Inn on Galena isn't just the setting of the novel — it's where the novel was written. Every chapter was shaped by the warmth, the guests, and the stillness of this place at the base of Mount Royal.
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