The Summer We Risked it All
(2026)(The fifth book in the Where Love Leads series)
A novel by Rebecca Catherine
The summer was supposed to be easy.
Instead, it’s the one that could break them.
Kennedy is finally building the life she fought for—college classes, long shifts at the hospital, and a future she refuses to lose.
Eli is holding onto his dream by a thread—his dojo, his livelihood… and the quiet fear that it might not be enough.
They’ve already chosen each other once.
But this summer? It’s asking them to choose again.
When money gets tight, Eli takes a job he swore he’d never go back to—pulling him into a world of late nights, danger, and distance.
And when Kennedy starts spending more time at school, a new connection begins to form—easy, effortless… and dangerously close to everything she’s trying not to question.
Because loving each other was never the problem.
It’s everything around them that is.
As pressure builds and doubt creeps in, one thing becomes impossible to ignore—
What if love isn’t always enough to hold two people together?
And what if the life they’ve built… is the very thing they’re about to risk losing?
Genre: Romance
Instead, it’s the one that could break them.
Kennedy is finally building the life she fought for—college classes, long shifts at the hospital, and a future she refuses to lose.
Eli is holding onto his dream by a thread—his dojo, his livelihood… and the quiet fear that it might not be enough.
They’ve already chosen each other once.
But this summer? It’s asking them to choose again.
When money gets tight, Eli takes a job he swore he’d never go back to—pulling him into a world of late nights, danger, and distance.
And when Kennedy starts spending more time at school, a new connection begins to form—easy, effortless… and dangerously close to everything she’s trying not to question.
Because loving each other was never the problem.
It’s everything around them that is.
As pressure builds and doubt creeps in, one thing becomes impossible to ignore—
What if love isn’t always enough to hold two people together?
And what if the life they’ve built… is the very thing they’re about to risk losing?
Genre: Romance
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