A Season of Second Chances

Ten years ago, a single misunderstanding tore two young hearts apart. This summer, the tide is bringing them back together.When Helena Thorne learns that Captain Robert Ashford-the boy she once loved with her whole unguarded heart-is returning to the small seaside town of Wrenmouth, she tells herself she is perfectly composed. She has built a quiet, contented life running her late father's circulating library, and she buried her girlish hopes long ago, the day his family coldly announced his attachment to a wealthier bride.But the moment their eyes meet on the cliff road above the harbour, Helena knows ten years has not been nearly long enough to forget him.Robert never stopped thinking of the girl he left behind-nor understanding, at last, that the story he was told about her may not have been the truth. As the long, golden days of the bathing season unfold-assemblies at the rooms, a harbour charity fête, a storm that strands them together on a wild stretch of shore-old wounds begin to heal, and old love stirs back to life. But family secrets, a crumbling inheritance, and the lingering shadow of a father's ambition threaten to repeat the very mistake that separated them before.This time, Helena and Robert must decide whether pride and caution should govern the heart forever, or whether some loves deserve a second chance-even when trusting again is the hardest thing either of them has ever done.A Season of Second Chances is a warm, closed-door Regency romance of old sweethearts, family secrets, and a summer by the sea that offers exactly what its title promises: a new beginning, for anyone brave enough to reach for it.Perfect for readers who love second-chance romance, sweet and clean Regency fiction, seaside settings, childhood-sweethearts-reunited stories, and gentle, nostalgic love stories in the tradition of Jane Austen-inspired variations-without a single spice page in sight.