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If You Had Stayed | Small Town Secrets Book One

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Parts 37
Time 2h 44m

Mature

Second chance romance | Small-town drama | Emotional & Angsty | Slow burn | Heartfelt family moments | Surfer & Broadway dancer love story

Six years ago, Lani Daniels left Seaview Bay in the dead of night, her heart in pieces and her past trailing behind her like a ghost. She swore she'd never come back. Swore she'd never step foot on the boardwalk where her first love whispered promises beneath the stars. Swore she'd never face the betrayal that sent her running.

But some things are impossible to outrun.

Now, forced back to the one place she vowed to forget, Lani must navigate a town filled with memories she can't erase, people she left behind, and the one person she never wanted to see again-Jeremy Briggs.

He was everything once. Her best friend. Her safe place. Her future.

Now, he's just a stranger with familiar eyes.

Determined to keep her heart locked away, Lani throws herself into family, old friendships, and the life she left behind, but Seaview Bay has a way of unraveling the past. And when the truth begins to surface-about that night, about everything she thought she knew-she finds herself caught between the future she built and the love she never truly let go of.

But some wounds don't heal. Some things don't fade with time. And when the tides pull her back toward the one thing, she swore she'd never want again, she has to ask herself...

Is the past better left buried, or was leaving her biggest mistake?All Rights Reserved

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