Part of Campus Wallflowers
First published 2022
Wren keeps her life simple: Jane Austen films, her sketchbook, and a clear boundary between herself and the party house next door. Gavin Leonard lives in that house. He is loud, surrounded by athletes, and the last person who broke her heart. She has spent a long time keeping him on his side of the fence. Then a camping trip goes sideways. One tent remains. Gavin is standing right there. Wren has built careful walls around herself since Gavin hurt her, and now every one of those walls is getting tested in the woods with no escape route. He is not acting like the guy she remembers. He listens. He shows up. He makes her laugh when she is trying hard not to. The central tension is not whether they are attracted to each other. They both already know the answer. The real question is whether Wren can trust someone who already proved he could hurt her, and whether Gavin has actually changed or is just good at close quarters. Two people, one tent, and a history that never fully went away.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, contemporary-romance
Vibes: character-driven, emotional, heartfelt, intimate, romantic
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, slow-burn
302 pages · Kindle Edition · Rebecca Jenshak