Almost Us

A heartfelt small-town beach romance in which a law student's summer homecoming brings a rival for the man she loves and a fight to save the beach bar at the heart of it all. Sweet Cape Cod second-chance romance full of summer tension and longing.Love isn t simple, especially when the summer you hoped for falls apart on day one.Ruby Tellison s finished her first year of law school and she s heading back to Bluff s Cove for another summer at The Hut. She expects familiar faces, long shifts and the comfort of the Cape, but everything feels different the moment she arrives. She hasn t heard from Cooper in months, not since she couldn t join him overseas while he trained with a professional brewer. And the photos she saw online, the ones with his arms around another woman, still sit like a stone in her chest.Ruby tries to brace herself for seeing him again, but nothing prepares her for what comes next. Cooper still wants her, yet the woman from those photos is flying in to stay in his house for the entire summer. She s talented, confident and close to him in ways Ruby can t ignore, and suddenly Bluff s Cove feels like a place she may no longer fit.Then another shock hits. Terry s about to lose The Hut, and if the bar goes under, all of Ruby s friends lose the work they depend on. She can t watch the place that shaped her first summer crumble, not when she might be able to help. With only her first-year knowledge of the law and a fierce sense of loyalty, Ruby throws herself into saving the bar that s become her second home.As tensions rise and the days slip by, Ruby risks her heart, her future and the place she loves most.Will she finish the summer with Cooper by her side, or is this the season where everything she s fought for slips through her fingers?Almost Us is the second book in The Seasons of Us, a heartfelt Cape Cod romance for readers who love summer tension, second chances and beach-town stories full of longing.Praise for The Seasons of Us? ? ? ? ? Summer reading at its best!? ? ? ? ? I read this book in less than 24 hours. Wow!? ? ? ? ? I couldn t wait to escape with Ruby and Cooper for another summer.? ? ? ? ? Their relationship continues to grow in such a heartfelt way.? ? ? ? ? Full of love, humor, friendship and purpose.