Holding 8
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Last published Mon, Apr 7, 2025
Maeve Biggs-Wilmot has it all-or at least that's what everyone thinks. Perfect friends, the perfect boy, and a family that looks whole from the outside. But behind the closed doors of her life, Maeve is crumbling under the weight of expectations and the suffocating pressure to be enough. No matter how hard she tries to hold it all together, the hollow ache inside her never goes away, leaving her desperate to find something real to cling to.
AJ Lynch is the pride of his family-a natural on the field and determined to live up to his uncle's all-star legacy. But beneath the confident exterior, he's torn between his love for the game and the girl who shattered his heart-twice. No matter how far he runs or how fast he rides, memories of Maeve keep pulling him back, forcing him to confront the pain he's never let himself feel.
Together, they're chaos and comfort, love and heartbreak-two souls caught in the mess left behind by their parents' choices. As their lives intertwine once more, they'll have to face the hard truths about themselves and each other, realizing that sometimes holding on too tightly does more damage than letting go.
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