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His betrayal sparked a twenty-year feud. Now she’s falling for him again. When Laurel Briden’s family loses their business to her brother’s best friend, the betrayal crushes their fledgling romance and ignites a feud that locals still whisper about to this day. But when she returns to her childhood hometown of Beaufort, North Carolina, Laurel comes face-to-face with the man who caused her so much pain. Grant Mercer never agreed with his family’s cutthroat empire. When Laurel’s sudden reappearance rekindles old feelings, he tries to keep his distance... only to end up as her co-chair on the committee for a major upcoming festival. Laurel vows she’ll never let herself fall again for the man who once broke her heart. But as forced proximity leads to quiet confessions and dangerous sparks start flying, she begins to remember why she first fell in love. Can they settle generations of bad blood and rekindle the spark they once shared? Or are some feuds impossible to mend? As a gripping small-town enemies-to-lovers romance, The Old Flame series by bestselling author Ivory Fields is a wholesome read with themes of forced proximity, second chances, and clean later-in-life love.