by Jill Shalvis
Part of Lucky Harbor, book 9
First published 2014
Ben McDaniels comes home to Lucky Harbor after years of working in war zones across Africa and the Middle East. He fled there to escape devastating grief, but now he must confront what he left behind. Aubrey Wellington still lives in town, and she still makes his pulse race. Everyone warns Ben to stay away from her. They call her trouble and insist she will only bring him more pain. But Aubrey ignites something in Ben that he thought he had lost forever. She makes him believe he might have a future worth living. Aubrey has her own battles to fight. She works every day to repair the damage from her past mistakes. She wants to make things right with the people she hurt. Ben presents her biggest obstacle to redemption, especially since he remains unaware of what she did to him. Both carry secrets that could destroy any chance they have together. The small town watches and waits to see if two broken people can heal each other.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Lucky Harbor
368 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: mental-illness