The Story That Ties Us: a Second Chance Romance Ties

First loves never fade. But second chances? They’ll make you bleed for it.JamieI left her to protect her from the wreckage I’d become.Now I’m back—carrying ghosts, guilt, and a promise I don’t know how to keep.I never meant to see Blakely again.But fate has a cruel way of dragging us exactly where we don’t want to go.She’s moved on.She’s not mine anymore.But one look at her… and I remember what it felt like to be whole.BlakelyHe left when I needed him most—and took every piece of me with him.I’ve spent years building a life without Jamie MacIntyre.Now he’s back. In uniform. Haunted. And still impossible to forget.I should hate him.But the heart doesn’t listen to reason—especially when it’s never stopped loving him.We’re standing at the edge of everything we lost.And this time, walking away might break us both.Tropes You’ll Love:✓ Second Chance Romance✓ Grumpy x Sunshine✓ Military Hero✓ Childhood Friends to Lovers to Strangers✓ Forced Proximity (hello, emotional chaos)✓ “He was my first everything”✓ Emotional, healing, angsty slow burnPerfect for readers who love:– Slow-burning second chances that hurt in the best way– Military heroes who carry more guilt than gear– Grief, healing, and longing woven into every page– A heroine who rebuilt her life—until he walked back in– Stories that feel like a Taylor Swift bridge🔥 Spice Scale – For the Emotionally Unstable & Romantically Inclined🌶 Mild:Sweet kisses, soft sighs, and maybe a steamy fade-to-black. Think swoon, not steam.(Perfect for Hallmark girlies with emotional damage.)🌶🌶 Medium:Full open-door steam, but woven into the emotion and story. Tension, build-up, and earned intimacy.(You’re gonna feel things. In your heart. And your pants.)➡️ This book lives here.🌶🌶🌶 Hot:The angst is high, the chemistry is higher, and so is the page count on that one scene you keep rereading.(You’ll need water. And maybe prayer.)🌶🌶🌶🌶 Spicy AF:Graphic, frequent, toe-curling. The plot is trauma, the recovery is ✨spice✨.(N.S.F.W. and proud of it.)🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Blistering:Emotionally reckless. Physically irresponsible. Zero chill, zero fade-to-black, maximum destruction.(You are no longer reading. You are spiritually ascending.)