Tessa Lucente – författare

Samantha Collins left her small hometown ten years ago with a shattered heart and a dream big enough to outrun it. Now a rising actress in Hollywood, she returns for her high school reunion expecting nostalgia, awkward conversations, maybe a few bad photos — not the collision of her past and present.One unexpected encounter with Brett Nichols, the boy who betrayed her, is enough to shake the ground beneath her. He's older now, steadier, and suddenly saying all the things she once ached to hear. And worse… she still feels something.But Samantha isn't the girl who left. She has Declan O'Shea — kind, steady, loyal Declan — the man who has loved her without conditions, the one person she trusts completely. When a sudden medical crisis pulls her world off its axis, she's forced to confront what — and who — truly matters.With both men fighting for a place in her future, Samantha must untangle a decade of heartbreak, healing, and hope.Is love something you return to… or something you choose?