First published 2017
Simon is only passing through. A British doctor between posts, he has rented the converted garage behind Bridget's house and plans to be gone before anything complicated can happen. Bridget is a single mother who keeps her life orderly and her expectations sensible. They joke around. They trade sarcastic remarks about sex. And then Simon sits down and writes her a letter he cannot bring himself to slide under her door. The letter says everything. That he knows they are wrong for each other. That he cannot stop thinking about her anyway. That the attraction is not a joke, no matter how many jokes they have made. He leaves his door cracked open and tells her she can walk through it any night she wants, no questions asked. What follows is a story about two people who already know the ending before it starts. Simon is leaving for England. Bridget has a son to think about. The smart move is to do nothing. But the letter exists, and she has read it, and now every interaction carries the weight of a choice neither of them has officially made yet. This is a romance about the specific ache of wanting someone you have already agreed is a bad idea.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, introspective, tension-filled
Tropes: forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, slow-burn, star-crossed-lovers
Setting: England, Bridget's house
400 pages · Paperback · EverAfter Romance