She couldn't save the man she loved. Now she's not sure she deserves to be saved either.
Six years after losing her husband, Delphine Delacroix has built a life on control, routine, and careful distance. As a single mother and gallery owner, she knows how to keep moving forward—without ever looking too closely at the past. Because looking too closely means facing the truth she can't escape. She should have seen the signs. She should have known.
When her teenage daughter, Annie, makes the quiet, courageous choice to attend a grief support group, Delphine is shaken to her core. But it's not just Annie's bravery that unsettles her. It's the man who was there.
Dorian Flynn has spent his life showing up for others—first in the Navy, now as the steady presence behind a small-town bookstore that's finally begun to feel like home. When he sees Annie sitting alone in a room meant for adults, he can't look away—even if reaching out to her fiercely protective mother means stepping far outside his comfort zone.
She's wary. He's persistent. And somehow, they keep finding their way back to one another—through hesitant conversations, shared grief, and a girl who deserves more than silence. As an unexpected bond forms between Annie and Dorian, it challenges everything Delphine thought she understood about strength, love, and what it means to truly move forward.
Somewhere between the quiet aisles of a bookstore, a watchful cat with a mind of his own, and the fragile hope of something new, Delphine begins to wonder if she's been wrong about herself all along.
But letting someone in means risking the one thing she's fought so hard to protect—her heart. Because if she was wrong about the past… she might be wrong about love, too.
SECOND EDITION is a deeply emotional, slow-burn, small-town romance featuring a grumpy heroine and a quiet sunshine hero, found family, and a powerful journey of grief, healing, and second chances.
Genre: Romance
Six years after losing her husband, Delphine Delacroix has built a life on control, routine, and careful distance. As a single mother and gallery owner, she knows how to keep moving forward—without ever looking too closely at the past. Because looking too closely means facing the truth she can't escape. She should have seen the signs. She should have known.
When her teenage daughter, Annie, makes the quiet, courageous choice to attend a grief support group, Delphine is shaken to her core. But it's not just Annie's bravery that unsettles her. It's the man who was there.
Dorian Flynn has spent his life showing up for others—first in the Navy, now as the steady presence behind a small-town bookstore that's finally begun to feel like home. When he sees Annie sitting alone in a room meant for adults, he can't look away—even if reaching out to her fiercely protective mother means stepping far outside his comfort zone.
She's wary. He's persistent. And somehow, they keep finding their way back to one another—through hesitant conversations, shared grief, and a girl who deserves more than silence. As an unexpected bond forms between Annie and Dorian, it challenges everything Delphine thought she understood about strength, love, and what it means to truly move forward.
Somewhere between the quiet aisles of a bookstore, a watchful cat with a mind of his own, and the fragile hope of something new, Delphine begins to wonder if she's been wrong about herself all along.
But letting someone in means risking the one thing she's fought so hard to protect—her heart. Because if she was wrong about the past… she might be wrong about love, too.
SECOND EDITION is a deeply emotional, slow-burn, small-town romance featuring a grumpy heroine and a quiet sunshine hero, found family, and a powerful journey of grief, healing, and second chances.
Genre: Romance