Unforgettable Second Chances

Sometimes love doesn’t arrive on schedule. Sometimes it waits—until you’re ready to try again.

From small-town Texas to Alaska’s endless summer, from crumbling Victorians to wild Atlantic shores, these unforgettable stories explore what happens when love gets a second chance. Each romance brings together wounded hearts, unexpected connections, and the courage it takes to risk loving again after loss, betrayal, or time itself has pulled people apart.
Written by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors, this collection delivers heartfelt contemporary romance filled with warmth, hope, and emotional depth. Whether it’s first love rediscovered, trust rebuilt, or passion rekindled years later, every story proves that healing doesn’t mean forgetting—it means daring to begin again.
If you believe love is worth fighting for—and that second chances can be even sweeter than the first—this collection is waiting for you.

Start reading now and discover why some love stories are worth the wait.

MIMI BARBOUR - LOVE ME TENDER
She walked away once. Coming back may be the bravest thing she’s ever done.
She left Texas with a secret that changed her life forever. Years later, Anne must return and decide whether love deserves a second chance.
JOSIE RIVIERA - 1-800-CUPID
She planned to save the house. He might just save her heart.
She’s determined to save a crumbling Victorian for kids who need a second chance—until a guarded investor with a complicated past steps into her plans and her heart. As renovation dust settles and attraction grows, Candee and Teddy learn that second chances don’t just rebuild houses—they rebuild people.
SUSAN JEAN RICCI - KISSING OFF THE CHAOS
Sometimes the second chance you need shows up disguised as a job you never wanted.
Widowed fantasy author Kendal Harper never planned on taking a second chance at love. But when a high-stakes publishing wager forces her into unfamiliar jobs, one unexpected connection threatens to turn research into something real.
DENISE DEVINE - THE ENCORE BRIDE
She lost the love of her life. Finding love again may be her bravest step forward.
Widowed by tragedy, Jenny Landon has closed her heart to the idea of love ever finding her again. But when an unexpected connection offers her a second chance, she must decide whether healing means holding on—or daring to begin again.
DANI HAVILAND - ONE ARCTIC SUMMER
The sequel their hearts have been waiting for.
Angry, broke, and stranded in Barrow during Alaska’s endless summer, a snobby archaeology intern clashes with a calm Native healer whose quiet patience challenges everything she believes about trust, survival, and belonging. What begins as reluctant dependence deepens into something neither expected—then vanishes as abruptly as the Arctic seasons change. Twenty years later, fate offers them a second encounter neither saw coming. Some connections don’t fade with time, and some second chances are worth the long wait.
RACHELLE AYALA - OCEANSIDE COWBOY
Wild horses brought them together. Love will decide if they stay.
When disgraced veterinarian Ellie Hopewell clashes with Texas rancher Cole Walker over Chincoteague Island’s wild ponies, sparks fly as fiercely as the ocean winds. United by a growing threat to the island’s beloved herds, their uneasy partnership deepens into something neither planned. Then betrayal and unanswered questions tear them apart, leaving Ellie to guard her heart once more. Now she must decide whether trust, once broken, can be rebuilt—or if some loves are as untamable as the wild shores that brought them together.