First published 2021
Julia Jones has spent six years creating a new life after her husband's affair destroyed their marriage. She sold the family home and her interior design business, moved into a welcoming condominium complex, and found peace without a man in her life. Her two daughters support her, though they struggle with their father's new wife. Julia remembers her father's words: it's better this way. Then she meets Heath Johnson in the building's exercise room. The divorced father draws her in ways the disastrous dates her sister arranged never did. Their friendship grows into unexpected love. But blending their families proves difficult, even with four grown children between them. When a shocking revelation threatens their happiness, Julia and Heath face an impossible choice. They must decide whether their love can survive the competing demands of their children's needs and their own hearts.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Period: 21st-century
301 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books