Sometimes a recent event makes you look at the past differently. Or you realize the path you thought was perfect for you, isn’t what you want. Or you missed the chance and now regret it. Love and life don’t always turn out the way you expect them to, but isn’t the journey the best part? Check out the books below if you are looking for a story where heroines don’t get it right the first time round, or have to learn to live to make a different life than they expected.
This is How It Started by Stacy Finz
If the perfect marriage exists Rachel had it, that is until her husband died tragically in a car accident. Trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, Rachel moves into her childhood home and develops a surprising bond with her late father’s second wife. She also grows closer to Campbell Scott, the man who broke her heart when they were just kids. After everything that has happened will Rachel be able to trust in these new bonds and find a second chance at life and love?
Before I Do by Sophie Cousens
Audrey is marrying Josh, he is down-to-earth, her complete opposite, and everything she has decided she needs in a man. That is until Fred, the guy who has always been her “What if” shows up at her rehearsal dinner. This has to mean something right? And if it doesn’t, does her wanting it to mean something?
Situationship by Marina Adair
Teagan is starting over again, hoping her late grandmother’s house will help her with a fresh start after her failing business and failed relationship have left her feeling spent. With her twins and dog in tow she is determined to succeed, and then she learn her teenage crush lives next door. Colin’s own marriage didn’t last long and his daughter is almost all grown up, with this woman from his past now living the next house over, maybe his life is about to get a whole lot more exciting…
Almost Home by Debbie Macomber, Cathy Lamb, Judy Duarte, and Mary Carter
Don’t miss out on the stunning novellas of four brilliant and bestselling authors. Whether you are interested in a story where a revealed secret make a woman rethink her past, a high school reunion gives a woman a new perspective, a man unexpectedly finds a chance at love at his best friend’s wedding, or high school sweethearts reunite but now live far more complicated lives, you will find something to love in this collection!
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
After nailing a job interview and being proposed to on the same day Dannie knows she is right on track for her five year plan. But the next day she wakes up in a different apartment, with a different ring, and a different man by her side, five years later. Dannie wakes up again back in the present and chalks the whole thing up to a strange dream. Then, four and a half years later she meets the man from her dream. What has her life become in the past four and a half years? And does what she wants now match what she wanted then?
For Her Consideration by Amy Spalding
A devastating break-up has left Nina questioning herself and her abilities for the last three years. Once an enthusiastic writer she can now only muster up the courage to be a professional ghostwriter to pay her bills. When her latest client, the movie star Ari, has notes on how Nina should be writing on her behalf the two women begin to bond and Ari encourage Nina’s love of writing. Nina may regain more than her love of writing from Ari, she may get a whole other shot at love.