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Synopsis
When I was eighteen, there was only one boy who made me feel loved. But after graduation he walked away. I spent the next years convinced something was wrong with me. My husband ended up leaving because I couldn't get pregnant, so I became a nurse and built a life alone. Then Miles showed up at our high school reunion, and one night on the bleachers erased all the time away. But I noticed the tremor in his hand when he reached for me. I'm a nurse. I knew what it was before he told me. Then one morning he stopped returning my calls — just silence, seven days of it, and the creeping certainty that he was pushing me away to protect me. So I went to the doctor, and she confirmed what I'd spent years grieving. The thing my ex-husband left me over. The thing I was told my body couldn't do. I drove to his door with a casserole and a choice — I could walk away, or I could fight for us. He opened the door. He looked like a man who'd been waiting for someone to refuse to leave. So I took his trembling hand in mine and said, "You don't get to disappear. Not this time."
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Intended for adult readers (18+).
This contemporary romance deals with mature themes including chronic illness, infertility, divorce, and emotional abandonment. It contains implied sexual content and emotional intensity.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, steamy sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include chronic illness, infertility, and divorce (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will connect with this emotional second-chance romance about healing, acceptance, and choosing love despite fear.