With Wine Comes Wellness — J.E. Johnson

Some journeys begin with a breakdown.Alex Kennedy's began with a bottle-and ended halfway across the world.After a chaotic court case, spiraling grief, and a final act of self-sabotage, Alex's therapist sends her where no one can reach her: a luxurious wellness retreat in Bali. There, surrounded by ocean air and unfamiliar silence, Alex begins the slow, sacred work of healing. She learns to craft medicinal tinctures for anxiety, depression, trauma-and for people like her, who need something to hold instead of a drink.What starts as self-care becomes something more: a mission. A purpose. A new kind of wine.One that heals instead of harms.One that gives alcoholics a place at the table.Back in Cincinnati, Roman King is still waiting. He doesn't know if Alex is coming back-or if she's still his. But when her abandoned community project explodes into national news, and her name is once again on everyone's lips, hope starts to bloom.And then come the surprises: A secret engagement.An unexpected pregnancy.A wedding no one saw coming.With Wine Comes Wellness is a redemptive, heart-deep finale about rising from the wreckage, turning pain into purpose, and redefining what it means to love-and live-well.