When a boy who has given up on love and a girl who is still grieving the loss of her loved one meet on a dating app, they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. He is an artist with a bad reputation, but despite his rough exterior, he has a heart of gold and treats her with a tenderness she has never experienced before. She is intelligent and naive, having taken many blows from life, but she still believes in miracles.
Although he is on crutches with broken legs, he still has a strong will to live, even more than she does. Despite their differences, they quickly connect over their shared experiences of pain and loss, texting each other until the early hours of the morning. That same evening, they take a leap of faith and spend the night together.
Over the next few weeks, they continue to see each other every week, each time growing closer and closer. She falls in love with him easily, but he remains slightly withdrawn from it, unsure of whether he can open his heart again. As they navigate their way through their own personal struggles, they begin to see that their love for each other is the one thing that can make everything else worth it.
This is a story of hope, of healing, and of the power of love to transform even the most broken of hearts. With its richly drawn characters and heartfelt prose, readers will be captivated from the very first page.
[Small Town / Second Chance] When Jennifer heads back to her hometown after ten years to celebrate her grandmother's 70th birthday, she knows she'll have to face Matthew, once the love of her life. But what both of them don't expect is to have the feelings they had long buried inside to flourish back to life along with walls of resentment, and a sizzling attraction.
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Jennifer Bloom has completely escaped her small-town past. She's a successful interior designer with great clients and everything she's ever wanted. But when she's called back home to help plan her grandmother's 70th birthday party, she's partnered up with Matthew Hunt - once the love of her life.
He's lived in town his whole life, and he's handsome, strong, kind, and the only man who's ever made her heart race. Experiencing life with Matthew again reminds Jennifer of all the things she's missing, even though she's got everything she once wanted.
At one point, all those years ago, they thought they'd be spending their lives together, but life threw them a curveball, forcing her to make the decision to leave and never look back.
Now, they realize love was never an issue; their problem has always been everything that comes in-between. He'd never move to the city, and Jennifer can't leave the life she's built behind.
Walls of resentment still block the way, even though their love for each other still burns strong in their hearts.
Can true love bridge the distance between them?
Is love ever enough to make a relationship work?
Is it finally their second chance?