An emotional, irresistible second-chance romance filled with sparkling humor, big feelings, and "melt your face off intimacy" (Jessica Joyce) from celebrated USA Today bestselling author Tarah DeWitt.
Mention of miscarriage.
This time, they’ll get it right.
Spice rating: 4/5 explicit open door.
Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only teenagers, and built a life together in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for one another . . . until they fell apart. Now divorced and in their 30s, Wren runs the bakery in town, while Ellis works as a firefighter. They live separate lives, though they are hardly off each other’s minds.
When Ellis and Wren move Sam into college, Ellis convinces Wren to take an extended road trip back to Spunes to see if they can give their relationship one last chance. Amid the gorgeous California coastline and the intimacy they have missed for years, Wren starts to think it just might be possible. But can the past truly be left behind? When words fail and old wounds resurface, it’s a soul-baring letter that could finally reveal the truth—or close the door on them forever.
Don't just take our word for it...
“Left of Forever is a testament to the power of a second chance romance…gorgeous, tender, and filled with adorable, lovable, smoldering hope. It’s the kind of book that you wish you could live in, and I finished it feeling like an honorary member of the loyal (and nosy) Byrd family, and an honorary citizen of Spunes, Oregon—plus very ready to find a stoic firefighter to bake something for. Five stars!”
– Sierra Simone, USA Today bestselling author of Priest and Honey Cut
“DeWitt delivers an impeccable second chance romance that snatched me off real life and had me breathless until I turned the last page. I’m hopeless when it comes to beautiful prose that makes the world quiet around me, but pair that with a nice dose of angst, spine-tingling steam, and the kind of love that’s etched onto your heart, and I’m yours forever. Truly. That’s how long I plan on keeping Ellis and Wren’s story safely tucked against my chest.”
– Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception and The Fiancé Dilemma
“Left of Forever is a remarkable romance about grown-up love, about a love worth fighting for again and again, about hard-won love. It’s a second chance story for the ages. Wren and Ellis’s journey back to each other is written with incredible care, visceral tenderness, a depth that has no end, and melt-your-face off intimacy. I need a world-renowned scientist to study Tarah Dewitt’s beautiful brain, because I’m not sure her talent is of this earth.”
– Jessica Joyce, USA Today bestselling author of You, With a View and The Ex-Vows
Taste the very first page
When I met Ellis Byrd at age five, I thought he might be the most serious little boy that ever lived.
Later in life, I’d go on to learn that Ellis felt he had to be serious about everything, especially school, since he was starting a full year later than everyone else his age. I’d eventually learn how to make him laugh, though, and would experience the joy of seeing him be carefree.
Actually, I would go on to learn all sorts of things when it came to Ellis Byrd, and most of them would have something to do with love.
I’d learn how love could change; how it could grow from friendship into more, into something that felt infinite. Love could be loud and supernova hot, and something soothing and quiet, too.
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