by Kara McDowell
It’s been thirteen years since Mars Darling first met West Emerson on a bench outside their writing class. What started out as a friendly rivalry turned into a best friendship and then, for a time that felt all too brief, a romance. Now over a decade later, as Mars stands at their college campus as a once-esteemed YA fantasy author, ready to take on a book festival, she comes face to face with West. The muse behind her infamous trilogy’s heartthrob hero, the man who betrayed her in the worst way
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Tropes: Second-chance romance, Dual Timelines, Yearning, Second Chance, Friends-to-Lovers, Betrayal
ISBN: 9780593955697
367 pages
Published: 2026-04-07
Publisher: Berkley