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I wanted to conquer the world.

She wanted to gaze at the stars.

It’s been twelve years since I last saw Scottie Rucker. A grim prognosis has upended my life, and no amount of my hard-earned money can fix it. So, after leaving a note on the nightstand, I search for my first love—I search for life.

When I find her in Austin, working at a quaint general store and living in an RV behind it, those twelve years vanish. She’s exactly how I remember her.

Scottie thinks our reunion is a small-world coincidence, and I’m not ready to tell her the truth. After we rekindle our friendship, she convinces me to work part-time at the store while she pursues her budding relationship with Koen, a welder and the grandson of a customer.

Scottie’s ability to live in the moment is exactly what I need. But how do I convince her new boyfriend that I’m not his competition? And what happens if my heart changes its mind?

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Price leaves his life and his job in search of the girl that he had met and spent a crazy summer with. Scottie is someone that likes to live in the moment she’s an absolute delight to get to know. She has an incredible summer with Price, twelve years later when he shows up out of now where, she conflicted on how to feel. Price and Scottie have such a love that just transcends through time, it’s filled with raw emotion that will make you want to cuddle a pillow and cry then the next few pages I found my self laughing. This is one of my top 2024 reads.

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