One True Loves
Emma Blair loses husband Jesse presumed dead, rebuilds life in Acton with fiance Sam, then Jesse returns alive after years missing, forcing a painful choice…
2,418-word summary · 11 min read
romance + second chances
6 books tagged both “romance” and “second chances”.
Every Summer After
Percy returns to Barry's Bay after years away and faces Sam, first love and the mistake that broke them.
2,091-word summary · 9 min read
Love and Other Words
Childhood friends Macy and Elliot reunite after eleven years apart and face the night that broke them.
2,069-word summary · 9 min read
Persuasion
Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and unmarried, meets the sailor she once refused when his fortunes rise.
2,063-word summary · 9 min read
Happy Place
A split couple fakes being together for one last week with friends at a Maine cottage. Emily Henry mixes witty banter, grief, and second chances in this 2023…
2,497-word summary · 11 min read
It Starts with Us
It Starts with Us retold: Lily and Atlas after Ryle, co-parenting, second chances in Boston.
2,216-word summary · 10 min read