First published 2024
She left Nash McCreedy behind when she was young, chose another man, and paid for it. Now she's back in her hometown, raising a child alone and running low on options. She takes a job and walks in to find Nash sitting on the other side of the desk. He looks at her like she's the last face he wanted to see. They work side by side every day, and the past pushes up through every conversation. She tries to keep it professional. She fails. They start crossing lines, slowly at first, then all at once, piecing back together something that was broken a long time ago. Just as a future together starts to look real, her ex-husband shows up. He moves through her life like a wrecking ball, targeting everything she has built. Nash pulls her back from the edge, the way he always has. The question underneath all of it is simple and stubborn: can two people undo the damage of a decade apart, or does some distance stay permanent?
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, redemptive, tension-filled
Tropes: exes-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance
Setting: hometown
304 pages · Paperback · Avon a
Content warnings: domestic-violence