The scent of happier days

The Scent of Happier Days

By Liz Mai

Liz thought first love was forever.

At fifteen, Ali was more than her boyfriend - he was her best friend, her safe place, the boy she could recognize with her eyes closed just by his scent alone. Together, they were the perfect couple: admired by teachers, envied by classmates, and inseparable in every way that mattered.

But some love stories do not end with goodbye.

Sometimes they end in silence.

After an unexplained heartbreak leaves Liz shattered, she is forced to survive a pain no one around her notices. While Ali moves on with someone else, Liz quietly loses pieces of herself - her laughter, her appetite, her sense of home.

Years later, in a different country far away from the memories that once haunted her, Liz slowly rebuilds her life. There, she discovers a kind of love she never knew existed: steady, patient, and safe. The kind of love that heals instead of hurts.

But while Liz learns how to let go of the past, Ali remains trapped inside it - haunted by the girl who once loved him completely.

The Scent of Happier Days is an emotional coming-of-age romance about first love, silent heartbreak, healing, and the painful beauty of growing into the person you were always meant to become.

A deeply moving story for readers who still remember the one person they thought they'd never forget.