Tag: second chances

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One True Loves

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2016

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

Persuasion

Jane Austen · 1817

Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and unmarried, meets the sailor she once refused when his fortunes rise.

2,063-word summary · 9 min read

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren · 2018

Childhood friends Macy and Elliot reunite after eleven years apart and face the night that broke them.

2,069-word summary · 9 min read

Every Summer After

Carley Fortune · 2022

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

Happy Place

Emily Henry · 2023

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

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · 2020

Matt Haig's The Midnight Library retold: Nora between lives, Mrs Elm, regrets tried on, and choosing to live.

2,410-word summary · 11 min read

It Starts with Us

Colleen Hoover · 2022

It Starts with Us retold: Lily and Atlas after Ryle, co-parenting, second chances in Boston.

2,216-word summary · 10 min read