Take Me Back to the Start

Christine “Teeny” Diaz thought she had life figured out—married young, built a career, played the part of the perfect wife. But now, at thirty-six, she’s facing a failed marriage, a shattered heart, and a past she’s tried to bury. Until Everett Hayes walks back into her life.

Once the boy next door, Everett was her first love—the one who left without knowing the secret she carried. Now, thrown together for her brother’s wedding, old wounds reopen, and memories resurface: stolen kisses, late-night diner runs, the way he made her feel like the only girl in the world. But the truth she never told him still stands between them.