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Award winning and bestselling author, Lydia Michaels, brings all the drama of rural, small-town romance to life in a second chance story of redemption that will pull at readers’ heartstrings.

Harrison Montgomery left Jasper Falls to escape his abusive father when he was only seventeen. Saving himself meant leaving those he loved behind.

Harrison was Mariella Mosconi’s first love, and when he ran away without even a goodbye, he stole her heart. Ten years later, when his father’s funeral brings him home, many unresolved emotions return.

Rekindled chemistry ignites into a passionate fling when two reunited lovers collide. Despite the entwined past these childhood sweethearts share, their present lives are worlds apart. Mariella’s just a small-town girl, and Harrison has become a big time, New York tycoon.

Could they have a future when he is still so haunted by a tragic past, or will he run again?

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I loved everything about this, it took me on a wonderful emotional journey pulling me in all directions. Mariella is looking for a job as the hotel manager at the Brick Hotel, while on her way to her interview she happens to have a meet-cute moment with her high school sweetheart Harrison. Mariella is shocked to see that it’s him because she hasn’t seen him in ten years when he just left without saying a word. Harrison had come back because of a family matter and sparks start to fly the moment they lock eyes again. Harrison and Mariella both have troubled pasts for different reasons and they were able to piece one another’s hearts back together and have the beautiful ending that they had, I mean the epilogue was everything and more. This was a beautiful second chance romance.

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