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Serena Ellis came home to a social circle sharpening its knives.

Four years abroad hadn't erased the rumor: she'd abandoned the city's most eligible bachelor, and now she'd have to pay for it. Ethan Thorne had moved on — with an actress who wore a face suspiciously like Serena's — and everyone was waiting to watch the original fall apart.

What nobody expected was Leo Sinclair.

Once Ethan's rival, Leo had quietly watched over Serena for years from a careful distance. Now that she's back, he's done being patient.

But Serena carries scars she hasn't shown anyone — betrayals buried under ambition, a grandfather she couldn't get home to say goodbye to, a first love built on a lie.

Leo isn't asking her to forgive the past. Just to let him be her future.

Warm, witty, and aching with the particular grief of love that arrives too late — and a second chance that arrives just in time.