First loves never fade. But second chances? They'll make you bleed for it.

Jamie
I left her to protect her from the wreckage I'd become.
Now I'm back -- carrying ghosts, guilt, and a promise I don't know how to keep.
I never meant to see Blakely again.
But fate has a cruel way of dragging us exactly where we don't want to go.
She's moved on.
She's not mine anymore.
But one look at her... and I remember what it felt like to be whole.

Blakely
He left when I needed him most -- and took every piece of me with him.
I've spent years building a life without Jamie MacIntyre.
Now he's back. In uniform. Haunted. And still impossible to forget.
I should hate him.
But the heart doesn't listen to reason -- especially when it's never stopped loving him.

We're standing at the edge of everything we lost.
And this time, walking away might break us both.

Tropes You'll Love:
Second Chance Romance
Grumpy x Sunshine
Military Hero
Childhood Friends to Lovers to Strangers
Forced Proximity (hello, emotional chaos)
"He was my first everything"
Emotional, healing, angsty slow burn

Perfect for readers who love:
- Slow-burning second chances that hurt in the best way
- Military heroes who carry more guilt than gear
- Grief, healing, and longing woven into every page
- A heroine who rebuilt her life -- until he walked back in
- Stories that feel like a Taylor Swift bridge

? Spice Scale - For the Emotionally Unstable & Romantically Inclined

? Mild:
Sweet kisses, soft sighs, and maybe a steamy fade-to-black. Think swoon, not steam.
(Perfect for Hallmark girlies with emotional damage.)

?? Medium:
Full open-door steam, but woven into the emotion and story. Tension, build-up, and earned intimacy.
(You're gonna feel things. In your heart. And your pants.)
?? This book lives here.

??? Hot:
The angst is high, the chemistry is higher, and so is the page count on that one scene you keep rereading.
(You'll need water. And maybe prayer.)

???? Spicy AF:
Graphic, frequent, toe-curling. The plot is trauma, the recovery is ?spice?.
(N.S.F.W. and proud of it.)

????? Blistering:
Emotionally reckless. Physically irresponsible. Zero chill, zero fade-to-black, maximum destruction.
(You are no longer reading. You are spiritually ascending.)

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• RomanceSmall Town Romance

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