Mary E Thompson

Xavier I never wanted a small town life. I lied and said I did, but when I had to make a choice, I walked away from the woman I loved and the plans we made and built a life without her. A life with my daughter and my best friend. A lonely life. But city life wasn't good for my teenager. She needed something different. It made sense to follow my best friend to the small town where he was starting his own family. The same town Karissa called home. Karissa The dating app I created to help locals find love was a huge success. People loved it. I loved it. Until it matched me with my ex. Xavier was the one that got away. The one who decided that the life we planned together, the life he walked away from, was what he wanted after all. Not because of me. No, he was invading my small town for his daughter. "Was I the love of your life?" The worst part of all of it? I couldn't seem to stay away from him. He was always around, looking sexy and sweet and charming the pants off everyone in town. Including me.

Trent Everyone loved my sleepy hometown. As a teen, I didn't get it, but I wasn't like everyone else. I was the Golden Boy. The town's son. The one everyone wanted something from. Things had changed since I left. No one knew me anymore. I could come and go as I pleased. I let it get to me. I let myself believe I was one of them. That I could have a fling with a local and it would be fine. It was more than fine. It was hot as sin. She was... A damn liar. Finley There were never strangers in my small town. Meeting one was like finding a unicorn. And that man? He was definitely rare. It was only one night. One time. I was never supposed to see him again. I wasn't a silly little girl who thought a one-night stand was going to lead to true love. But it did lead to something. Something that required me to find him again. And tell him he was going to be a father.