Twenty-five years ago, I watched her drive away and took it like a man—by burying that piece of me so deep I forgot it ever beat.
Then my wife, at the very end, made me promise I'd let it beat again someday.
I didn't believe her. For five years I ran the club, anchored the town, and stood at the back of everyone else's wedding, certain my own story was over.
Then a van rolled into Clover Ridge with her name painted on the side.
Del Marchetti. My first love. Older now, fiercer, building a dream out of the ruined mill—and lighting a fire I swore I'd buried for good.
The whole town is watching. My brothers won't stop meddling. And my battered heart is doing the one reckless thing I begged it never to do again.
How do you honor the woman you lost and still let yourself fall?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Then my wife, at the very end, made me promise I'd let it beat again someday.
I didn't believe her. For five years I ran the club, anchored the town, and stood at the back of everyone else's wedding, certain my own story was over.
Then a van rolled into Clover Ridge with her name painted on the side.
Del Marchetti. My first love. Older now, fiercer, building a dream out of the ruined mill—and lighting a fire I swore I'd buried for good.
The whole town is watching. My brothers won't stop meddling. And my battered heart is doing the one reckless thing I begged it never to do again.
How do you honor the woman you lost and still let yourself fall?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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