THE LONG WAY TO YOU

"He was the only person who saw me when I was invisible. Now, I have to watch him see someone else."

Rebecca Gales is a pro at studying the past, but she's stuck in a chapter she can't close. As a shy history lecturer, she's spent half her life in the shadow of her best friend, Ashton Frey. He's the charming detective who rescued her from middle school bullies, and the only man she's ever loved-secretly, painfully, and far too long.

Becca has always been content with "just friends," until Isabella moves in.

Isabella is everything Becca isn't: vibrant, fearless, and loud. She's the spark that finally catches Ashton's eye. As Becca watches her best friend fall for her roommate, she's forced to play the most difficult role of her life: the supportive witness to her own heartbreak.

In a world of cold cases and ancient history, Becca must decide: will she keep hiding in the archives of "what if," or finally tell Ashton that the love he's searching for has been right beside him all along?
A story of unspoken words, the sting of "almost," and the winding road to a love that was always meant to be.