First published 2025
Archer Holland is everywhere. He fills the apartment with loud music, walks around in gray sweatpants like he owns the place, and watches the narrator with a look she can't quite read. She is his best friend's little sister, which means she is also, apparently, someone he has decided not to trust. Every glare he throws her way should make her want out. Instead it pulls her closer. Told in dual POV, Comeback follows the woman who moved in with Archer and the football player who keeps insisting she is off-limits. The tension lives in small moments: a shared wall, a late-night rescue that tips everything sideways, and the morning after when Archer says it cannot happen again. He is loyal and protective with everyone else. She is done waiting for him to extend that to her. The story includes ASL and chronic illness representation woven into the characters' lives. It is the third book in the Holland Brothers series but stands on its own. Readers get forced proximity, a broody tattooed hero, plenty of heat, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, contemporary-romance
Vibes: brooding, emotional, heartfelt, intimate, steamy, tension-filled
Tropes: broody-hero, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, friends-to-lovers, second-chance-romance
Period: 21st-century
450 pages · Paperback · Rebecca Jenshak
Content warnings: mental-illness