Second Chance at Warton's Creek: AWWM Plus Size Small Town Neighbors-to-Lovers Second Chance Romance (Luscious Ladies of Clairborn) by Stevie Alison

What if your first heartbreak moved in next door? Kirsten Todd Meyer was my almost. Almost my first love. Almost the boy who would’ve chosen me if only he’d been brave enough. At eighteen, he kissed me by Warton’s Creek and promised I wasn’t a joke, but then let the crowd’s laughter convince him otherwise. That kind of betrayal and humiliation settles deep, shaping what you think you deserve. For years, I stayed in half‑relationships of being desired but never claimed. Therapy taught me the truth: I wasn’t too much; he was too afraid, and that wasn’t my fault. Now I’m thirty‑four, an artist who finally knows her worth. And just when I thought I could leave that terrible chapter behind, the man who once made me doubt everything has bought the house next door. He’s broader now, calmer, carrying the kind of regret you can see before he even opens his mouth. And no matter how many times I tell myself I’m over him, the pull between us feels dangerously familiar. But I remember what shrinking felt like. I won’t do it again. If he wants me now, he’ll have to say it out loud, where everyone can hear. Read more