I’ve avoided my hometown for twenty-seven years for one reason.Aaron Gritt. Now that I’m back in Springs Falls, I’ve done my best to not run into him.But if I happen to, let’s hope he isn’t as hot as he was at eighteen. But the universe is funny that way. My life is proof of it—secrets and all.So I’m not surprised when he stands in my classroom before me as the parent of one of my students. … parent of one of my students. Forgiving him when he walked away had always been hard, but not as hard as it is to finally tell him the truth.
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Can you forget your first love?
I didn’t.
Even if I didn’t recognize her right away, the girl with a star-shaped birthmark was always somewhere on my mind.
But she isn’t the competitive and driven seventeen-year-old captain of the girls hockey team I loved anymore.
I don’t know what happened but she has lost her fire and never made it into the pros like she dreamt of.
Now I know why, and it’s my turn to decide if I can forgive her.
A second-chance, small town romance novel you won’t be able to put down.
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Heartbroken had me hooked from the first few pages. I love this couple and I love this family. This book is Alane and Aaron’s story, but it is so much more. The Gritt family as a whole are absolutely wonderful and I can’t wait to have more of them!
This book, spanning several decades, is one hell of a rollercoaster ride. Alane and Aaron were supposed to be each other’s forever. They were supposed to experience all their firsts together. But when Aaron is given a timeline by Alan’s pastor father, Aaron simply thinks he’ll figure it out. He has time. Until he doesn’t.
The storyline instantly grabbed me and I struggled to put this book down. When I wasn’t reading I found myself thinking about Alane and Aaron. I needed to know. I needed wrongs to be righted. I needed to not be heartbroken over their story.
Without a doubt, this is one of the best books I’ve read this year. I can’t wait to read more from Gabrielle G.
I loved this story. The characters are so human and messed up that I couldn’t help but hurt with them. There was plenty of anxiety and definitely lots of heartbreak in this story. The plot was fantastic and had me wanting to read more about this family.
Aaron is a moody and brooding teenager and just as moody when he is a forty year old man. So much happened that could have been different if only there had been some honesty and the spiteful people had been thwarted…. but then there wouldn’t be a story.
Alane is the kinky pastor’s daughter, now a grown woman in her forties, who has had her heart broken for decades. Her story is one of hope but with a dash of despair and such heartfelt emotions. I love the Gritt family.
The story was easily followed but I’m not a huge fan of then and now, back and forth timelines in a story. I would have preferred a straight timeline but I still loved the end result.
I just finished this book tonight so I’m really raw with it. All I can say is that this is a top read of 2020 for me and I don’t think anything will surpass it. This book was amazing! Gritty and real and raw and full of so much love and loss and yes, heartbreak. Gabrielle G. spins a story so consuming it’s nearly impossible to put down until you’ve gotten to the end and taken in every last perfect word. I LOVED this book and it is an absolute MUST READ!
What can i say?… Another brilliant story by Gabrielle G.
Aaron Gritt & Alane Smith are childhood sweethearts but no one said the path to true love would be easy. Plenty of laugh out loud moments, love and heartbreak and some steamy scenes that are
You’ll fall in love with this story and the family