He broke her heart. Now, he’s back, and he’s determined to show her what they had isn’t over. . . and he can prove it with just one kiss.
Single mother Carly Collins likes predictability. However, when her son Jaden’s health is threatened, her neatly controlled world is tossed into a tailspin. Nothing is certain anymore, especially her feelings for Josh Dixon, Jaden’s father, her first love and the man responsible for shattering her heart sixteen years ago.
When Josh Dixon walked out of Harbor Pointe, he left behind his only shot at a real family. Now a successful tech mogul, the town rebel has found a cause—ensure his son’s recovery and prove to Carly and Jaden that he’s not the same guy he was back then.
Carly and Josh are forced to wade through messy emotions and questions that have gone unanswered for years, which would be easier if not for the pesky feelings, every bit as strong and impossible to ignore as they ever were.
Will forgiveness win, giving Carly and Josh a second chance at love . . . or will the past prove too much to overcome?
A small town romance about first love second chances and how our most beautiful life might look nothing like we planned.
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Summary
"I would do anything, for you Carly Collins. And that'll be true until the day I die."
Promises. Promises. Josh Dixon made them and then walked right out of Carly Collins' life, leaving her to raise their son as a single mom while he went off and eventually made a literal fortune. Now Carly and their sixteen year old son Jaden need him; perhaps this the opportunity that he has been praying for, to finally make things right. The underlying question remains, will Carly ever forgive him?
Carly Collins would have thought that living sixteen years without laying eyes on Josh Dixon would have eradicated any visceral reactions to him, but there's a part of her that is glad that he showed up; their son's health is in jeopardy and while the road to recovery seems possible, Jaden's future as an elite athlete appears bleak. As Josh and Carly become parenting partners for the first time, all the pent up emotions from their past begin an ugly seepage into their present reality. Life has not been the same for either of them, since that tragic misunderstood evening so many years ago.
Second chances make lovely platitudes, but the reality is that broken promises and abandonment are difficult to overcome, even with forgiveness as an ally. Enjoy this author's lovely ability to paint the emotive ups and downs of Carly and Josh's attempts to ignore the ramifications of "just one kiss".