Wes and Addie Had Their Chance
A Left-at-the-Altar, Second-Chance, Rom-Com
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
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"A delight!" --Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author
"The perfect escape for every sweet romance lover!" --Courtney Walsh, New York Times bestselling author
"Another laugh out loud, pitch perfect romance." --Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author
Wes left Addie at the altar two decades ago . . . and that was supposed to be the end of the story.
When her life crashes and burns in a flurry of secrets and redacted information, Addie Atwater-Elwyn hightails it home to the tiny mountain town of Adelaide Springs, Colorado--back to living with her dad, back to working a low-paying job, back to a life of disappointments. Growing up, nobody expected their local girl to become a high-ranking CIA analyst, married to a gorgeous CIA operative. But that was Addie's life until she lost . . . well, everything.
Now she's trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life with a little help from old friends. But there's one old friend she knows her life is better without--Wesley Hobbes, her childhood sweetheart who left her standing at the altar when they were eighteen years old. Truth be told, Addie would be perfectly content never seeing Wes's stupid face ever again--which makes it very inconvenient that he's now a beloved senator and presidential frontrunner, his face everywhere she looks. But that has nothing to do with Addie personally. He might make history, but in her book, he is history.
So, when the unwelcome Wes appears back in their hometown, no one rolls out the red carpet--not Addie and not an entire town that was forced to pick sides (and unanimously chose Addie) decades ago. Senator Hobbes certainly won't win the popular vote in Adelaide Springs.
Wes, meanwhile, is sitting on a few secrets of his own, including the political scoop of the decade: he'd seriously rather gouge his eyes out than spend another minute in politics, much less ever go anywhere near the White House. Addie knows there has to be more to the story, and her curiosity is clouding her judgment. You can take the girl out of the CIA, but it's not so easy to shake the CIA out of the girl. Of course, it's not just curiosity (and the acknowledgement that his face isn't so stupid after all) that's been reawakened inside her. But after more than two decades, it's too late. Wes and Addie already had their chance. Right?
Wes and Addie Had Their Chance is a standalone novel set in charming Adelaide Springs, Colorado, where the author's previous books, Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other and Cole and Laila Are Just Friends, also take place. This heartwarming story includes discussion questions for book clubs and readers to further explore the delightful journey of Wes and Addie's relationship.
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Returning to the cozy setting of Adelaide Springs, Colo., Turner (Cole and Laila are Just Friends) delivers a sweet second-chance romance. Addie Atwater-Elwyn left her job as a CIA analyst and developed an alcohol abuse problem following the murder of her husband, CIA operative Joel Elwyn. Now in recovery but still mourning deeply, she heads home to Adelaide Springs, where she moves back in with her father, the town doctor, and reconnects with old friends, including some familiar faces for Turner fans. There's only one person from her past whom Addie doesn't want to see: Wes Hobbs, her first love who left her at the altar when they were 18. Two decades later, Wes is a beloved senator and a front-runner in the presidential race. The townsfolk, who all took Addie's side in the breakup, don't welcome him home kindly, but Wes is back in Adelaide Springs to wrestle with a professional secret—and his burning desire to make things right with Addie. Turner makes their emotional rekindling sing, taking special care in portraying Addie's fraught feelings about entering a new relationship after her husband's death. Readers will hope for further visits to this bucolic town.