Set at the Frisco Inn on Galena beneath Mount Royal, this intimate novel traces one man’s return to a place that remembers—and restores—him.
Nestled at the base of Mount Royal in Frisco, Colorado, the Frisco Inn on Galena stands like a living organism—breathing, remembering, and healing with the people who pass through its doors. Still, by Design is a tender, modern fable about coming home to yourself.
“On the first morning back, the mountain didn’t greet me so much as it allowed me—like a door left unlocked for someone who knows the way. Coffee steam stitched itself into the light. The Inn breathed. And for the first time in a long while, so did I.”
“A quiet stunner—warm as a hearth, sharp as mountain air. I underlined whole pages.”
“Reads like a prayer you can hold.”
“A love letter to place and the people who choose you right back.”
Avery Maxwell is the Director of Guest Experience & Brand Performance at the Frisco Inn on Galena. He writes stories at the intersection of place, recovery, and chosen family. If you can’t find him at the Inn, he’s probably on a trail near Mount Royal—coffee in hand, collecting the small details that make a life.
