Blurb:
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of From the Embers comes a new jaw-dropping standalone romance.Pain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?
Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the aftermath that truly destroyed me.People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that house.For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine.
Once a week, I forced myself to walk to the diner at the end of the block—a ritual I despised but relied on as my last anchor to the real world.Until the day a “Closed” sign on the door shattered my fragile existence.
Worse, the new owner was the most haunting ghost from my past.It had been years since I’d laid eyes on Gwendolyn Pierce.
She hated me—and rightly so. But when a film crew arrived in town to dig into my past, she became my only ally.With my secrets threatened, I leaned on Gwen, forging a connection neither of us could deny.
But with a past as dark as ours, I feared it would eclipse any hope for a future.I always said that when Death finally came for me, I would be ready, eager, and alone.Always alone.
But for Gwen, maybe I could face the world again as long as it meant I could be alone—with her.
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OMG I don't know what I just read😱 I don't even know how to explain this story. Aly Martinez did it again... just when you thought the story went one way, it completely changed direction and you are just like....Whaaat just happened🤦♀️
I didn't know what this story was about. I literally went in blind. Just saw Aly Martinez and signed up...
And I was not disappointed. I read this book and was so anxious cause I know somwthing was going to happen but just didn't know when and how.
Truett West... A war veteran, went through something terrible, now his a recluse and only speaks to his daughter and has a weekly trip to the diner.
Gwendolyn Pierce, a woman from his past comes back into his life. She buys the diner and completely changes his whole world.
All I can say is, this is a romance story that will have you hooked from th3 start to the end. And then throw in some twists and turns and you a Aly Martinez fan for life🤭
Meet Aly Martinez:
Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her four young children.
Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, charcuterie boards, and her mildly neurotic golden retriever. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.
She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.
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