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JAIME

Two years ago, I survived a car accident that killed my best friend.

I haven't really lived since.

I work from home, avoid going out, and wake up from nightmares of the water swallowing me. Everyone keeps telling me it's time to move forward. They don't understand that moving forward feels like leaving Rita behind.

Then my uncle falls in love.

Suddenly, I'm sharing my home with his new wife—and her son, Keith.

Keith is irritating. Stubborn. Completely impossible.

And somehow, he's also the first person who seems to understand what I'm going through.

The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the connection growing between us. But I'm still grieving Rita. Keith is still mourning the woman he loved. And neither of us knows whether falling in love again means we're finally healing—or betraying the people we lost.

Sometimes the person who helps you find your way back to life is the last person you ever expected to love.

KEITH

My life fell apart all at once.

My girlfriend died. I lost my job. My parents' marriage ended. The future I'd spent years building disappeared overnight.

Then my mother fell in love with Jaime's uncle.

Now Jaime and I are living under the same roof.

We start out as strangers who barely tolerate each other. Then we become friends. Then something changes.

Something neither of us is ready for.

Because falling for Jaime means risking everything we've rebuilt—and facing the question neither of us wants to answer:

Can you love someone new without letting go of the people you've lost?