She stitched the dress. He kissed the woman wearing it.
At her fianc'''s family Christmas party, Livia Amato recognizes the tiny hand-picked stitches she sewed into another woman's champagne dress. Then she sees his hand on the woman's waist.But the kiss is only the beginning. On her way out, sixteen lobby screens reveal a betrayal that has already played across the city for three days.
Everyone knew she had been replaced. Everyone except her.
He is certain she will come back when the money runs out. Livia takes none of it. With her mother's shears, a shuttered alterations shop, and sixty days to pay the back rent, she starts again at eight dollars a hem.
Her first customer is Hugo, a very tall night nurse whose scrubs are two inches too short. He brings two cups of tea. He remembers how she takes hers. And he keeps showing up without asking for anything in return.
For the first time, kindness feels like something she might be allowed to trust.
Then the powerful family she walked away from moves against her shop. And the quiet man on her doorstep is keeping a truth that could unravel everything growing between them.
Starting over took courage. Letting herself be loved may take more.
Every Stitch She Knew is a warm, clean contemporary romance about a tailor's daughter, a mother's legacy, and the patient love that makes room for a woman to become herself. A complete standalone with a slow-burning romance and a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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