First published 2008
Sarah Moon draws a syndicated comic strip called Just Breathe, pouring her struggles with fertility treatments into her cartoon heroine's adventures. Her carefully planned life crumbles when she discovers her husband's affair. Sarah escapes to the Northern California coastal town where she spent her childhood, hoping to rebuild herself among familiar surroundings. Home means confronting painful memories of her cold father and dead mother. It also means facing Will Bonner, her former high school crush whom she brutally mocked in her comics for years. Will has transformed from the boy she once knew. As Sarah begins opening her heart again, she learns she's carrying her ex-husband's child. Now she must navigate single motherhood while rediscovering who she wants to become in this place that shaped her past.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Northern California, California
Period: 21st-century
469 pages · Hardcover · Mira
Content warnings: infertility