Red (Some Paths Aren't Taken, They're Chosen.)

She walked the Ashwood alone every Tuesday.
Had for years. Her mother told her to keep her eyes on the path. The village told her to be afraid. She looked at the light in the trees instead.
The first time she saw him he was standing at the curve where the path bent left, watching her with the specific patience of a man who had been there long enough to get comfortable. The village thought he was dangerous. He didn't correct them. It kept people away.
It didn't keep her away.
Red is a Little Red Riding Hood retelling about a girl who was never lost and a man who stopped pretending he wasn't found. Quiet, slow-burning, and set eleven minutes at a time in an October forest that knows exactly what it's doing.
Book Three of the TK Veil Fairy Tale Series.