Part of Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell
First published 2006
Jeremy Marsh has left New York City behind. He moved to Boone Creek, North Carolina, for Lexie Darnell, and now they are married and expecting a child. It should be everything he wanted. But settling into small-town life proves harder than Jeremy imagined, and the distance between who he was and who he is becoming starts to feel like its own kind of loss. Then a message arrives that throws doubt over the life he and Lexie are building together. Jeremy must decide what he actually believes about love, commitment, and the woman he chose. This is the second half of Jeremy's story, picking up where True Believer left off and pushing him toward questions the first book never had to ask. Nicholas Sparks keeps the focus tight on two people trying to hold a relationship together when trust fractures and circumstances press in from every direction. The emotional weight lands not in grand gestures but in the ordinary moments where marriages are actually made or broken.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: contemplative, emotional, intimate, introspective, tender, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, relationship-conflict, second-chance-romance
Setting: Boone Creek, North Carolina, New York City
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
204 pages · Paperback · Grand Central Publishing