---A betrayal to grovel to redemption romance -- June and Dylan had spent half their lives loving each other. Their individual stories, a web of densly intertwined threads since childhood. But a gut-wrenching betrayal and its unexpected consequences unravels it all in an instant, leaving them both irrecovably changed in the process.

❝𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲❞ 𝓐𝒹𝓎𝒶𝓃𝓉 ᥫ᭡𝒱𝑒𝒹𝒶 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 - 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 - 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 - 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 - 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 - 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 - 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨

In rain-soaked Dublin, Aoife begins to unravel the life she thought was hers, discovering that love, identity, and belonging are not given - they are claimed. *** Aoife Brennan planned the perfect night to celebrate the life she thought they were building together. But when the clock strikes midnight, she discovers that some truths don't come crashing down - they unravel, quietly. Set in the rainy corners of Dublin, The Placeholder is a story of love mistaken for fate, and the quiet ache of being someone's almost.