If I Had Stayed
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Amara & Matteo series - Book #1
Eight years ago, Amara Johnson fell in love with a boy who promised her forever.
Then he left.
Without a word.
Without a goodbye.
She rebuilt herself from nothing-stronger, colder, untouchable.
Until the day he walks back into her life...
Like he never broke it.
Matteo Rodriguez isn't just her past.
He's the reason she stopped believing in love.
But what happens when the truth finally comes out?
Secrets.
Pain.
A loss she never spoke about.
And a love that never really died.
Because some stories don't end when people walk away...
They end when the truth finally catches up.
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