#2 in baking (20/06/2026) #5 in baking (26/08/2026) #7 in university romance (26/08/2026) #4 in baking (28/08/2026) She thought her story had ended, but his had never begun. Alana, a single mother living in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her daughter - the only sunshine in her dark world. She has built her life around one rule: "Never hope again." Not after everything she lost. When her daughter i feels something she thought she had buried forever: HOPE. But hope always comes with a cost, as fate has never played fair. Because just when she begins to believe in a second chance, the past returns with secrets she never saw coming. And the love she thought was destiny... might have been a plan all along, crafted by the person she trusted the most. ~~~~~~~ "Ana, please trust me. I was going to tell you everything. I never wanted to come into your life... at least not like this. I- "Don't call me Ana. I gave that right to my friend I thought I could trust. The one who made me hope again. But I was never that lucky. Losing everything is written in my destiny... and I was foolish to think fate could change." ******* It's a slow burn... but if you stay, it'll be worth it.