When Yasmen and Josiah's marriage couldn't survive life's cruelest blows, they thought their forever was over—but co-parenting and running a business together keeps pulling them right back into each other's orbit. What starts as stolen kisses and secret moments reignites the passion they thought was gone for good, but it also threatens to reopen wounds that never fully healed. As they navigate the intoxicating space between what they were and what they could be, they'll have to decide if second chances are worth the risk when everything—their hearts, their family, their hard-won peace—hangs in the balance. Kennedy Ryan delivers an utterly compelling second-chance romance that sizzles with tension while exploring what it really means to fight for love the second time around.

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