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❤️ Small-town ❤️ Friends-to-lovers ❤️ Romantic suspense ❤️ Brother's best friend ❤️ Slow-burn ❤️ Spicy! . . . Welcome to Cedar Shores. Your new small-town obsession! She's the queen of heartbreak. He's the one who got away. Bailey Jones built a career writing love stories about brooding heroes. But in real life she's never had her own happily ever after. Not with him. Rhett Monroe was her first love. The boy who used to toss her into the lake every summer - and the man who walked away without looking back. Now he's back - ex-Navy SEAL turned security specialist. Focused. Intense. And he's not here for the memories. Because someone is watching Bailey. Sending messages that feel a little too personal. Too obsessed. And Rhett is not letting her out of his sight. He takes her to the one place a stalker won't find her - Cedar Shores. But for Bailey, being stuck in close quarters with the man she never stopped wanting is far from simple. Especially when Rhett watches her like she's something worth guarding. Like she's his. The tension that used to simmer between them now crackles. Every argument is charged with desire. Every touch lingers. And every heated look dares her to remember how good they could be. She's spent her career writing men who would burn the world down for the woman they love. Turns out . . . she grew up with one. Welcome to Cedar Shores - where summer never really ends . . . and neither does first love. This small-town, second-chance, bookish romance is perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, Elle Kennedy, Catherine Cowles, Meghan Quinn, the small-town heat of Elsie Silver, and the romance of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Readers adore Lily Parker: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'READ THIS! Honestly the most beautiful story ever.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I finished this book smiling through tears and immediately messaged a friend to say, ""You need to read this!""' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Highly recommend to all romance lovers. ����' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '5 Spicy, Feel-Good, Totally Swoon-Worthy Stars!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I am officially in love with the men that Lily Parker writes.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The goosebumps! The way Lily holds your hand . . . and then piles on some serious back story that rips your heart apart before effortlessly weaving it back together again . . . magic, pure magic.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I couldn't put it down. The emotion pours out of the book . . . This story will not leave you disappointed.'

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Lily Parker is a contemporary romance author known for blending humor, heart, and emotionally rich storytelling. She writes love stories that tug at the heartstrings, linger long after the final page, and remind readers why falling in love is always worth the risk-even when the stakes are high.Her books have topped romance charts, including Audible+'s Most-Listened Romance Chart, with The Best Wild Idea reaching the #1 Most-Listened Romance title on Audible+ for multiple weeks following its release.When she's not behind the laptop, she's likely planning her next adventure with her husband, sitting with a notebook and pen at a coffee shop taking notes on total strangers, or daydreaming about how to spin just one more happily-ever-after.

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