Comeback Girl — Stephanie Bond

Home is where the hurt is. In COMEBACK GIRL, a young novelist estranged from her family is forced to return to her small hometown for a medical emergency. To her horror, she realizes in her absence her mother has become a hoarder. She has to dig deep to clear out the physical and the emotional clutter of the past, including the mystery of a high school friend who disappeared ten years ago. A humorous and poignant romantic mystery!