Six months. That’s the length of time Jae Stark gave his marriage to high school sweetheart, Lacy Duncan, after dating her for six years.

Humiliated and devastated, Lacy left Suwannee Grove to lick her wounds and start over. Now, a medical emergency has brought Lacy home and into the path of the only man she ever loved, but who rejected her by telling her their marriage had been a mistake.

How does one recover from something that has haunted her every day for the past fifteen years? By getting on with her life and pretending he doesn’t exist, of course. Easier said than done when her heart only wants the one man who didn’t want her for the long term.

The only mistake as far as Jae is concerned is the one where he listened to outside influences instead of his heart. Losing Lacy is the biggest regret of his life.

Nothing has been the same since she left town. But now she’s home, he plans to make her fall in love with him again.

It’s going to take every bit of his persistence and luck to bring Lacy back where she belongs—in his arms and bed. Because one thing became clear the moment she walked out the door: she took his heart and he’s never recovered.

As they attempt to put the past behind them and forge a future, someone from their past wants nothing more than to keep them apart. Even if it means destroying the fragile trust growing between them along with any chance for a happily ever after.

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