Can an unrequited love for your best friend get a second chance?

He was my best friend. My haven. And the breaker of my heart. Luke Delaney and I grew up twenty-five yards from each other. Trust me, I counted. But when I kissed him, though he kissed me back, it became clear that all he’d ever seen in me was a friend.

Fifteen years after he left our beach town, air marshal Luke Delaney returns. And he’s not alone. I’m a social worker, determined to live a heartache-less and drama-free life, having had enough of both in the past. But when we run into each other again and again, and when Luke helps me with the remnants of my family’s past, old feelings rise to the surface, new ones simmer.

When our past and present collide, can we get a second chance, or is it years too late?

TW: Luke & Libby’s story is a slowwww burn, perfect for patient readers (and Mariana Zapata fans) who love childhood best friends to lovers, angsty second chances, small-town coziness, a relatable heroine who falls first, and a hero who takes a while to understand his own heart (which is as wide as his shoulders).
★★★★★ "A poignant and palpable contemporary romance that will have you feeling every gut-wrenching loss, glimmer of hope, and exhilaration of love. It will totally captivate you…you will lose yourself in this well-written romance and won’t put it down till you make it to the unique and heart-warming happily ever after." - The Lit Buzz

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