Recommendations based on "The Promise"

A College Romance...Coming February 18th.For years, I’ve dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant.It didn’t matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end.It led me to him.My future was clear, and he was it.Until suddenly ... he wasn’t.Now I’m a shell of who I was, on a path too blurry to follow, and I see no way out.No way up.They say first loves last forever.That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.

A heart-gripping second chance contemporary romance that'll leave you reeling with emotion overload. I lost her ten years ago…On graduation night, a drunk driver swerved in my lane, and trying not to hit his car, I crashed into a tree. She was taken to the hospital, where they told me she’d died.I found out the next day that it had been a lie. They just didn’t want her with me. Then they moved, and I couldn’t find her. She was the love of my life. She’d always be the one that I’d love forever. I should have searched harder, longer, but medical school and my residency that followed took over a decade of my life. I drowned myself in work, and when that didn’t numb the pain, I sought relief with a tattoo needle. Then, my boss invited me to his house for a party he throws for all the new interns yearly. I’m strumming a song on my guitar when someone starts singing lyrics to a song only she knows. I looked up, and Whitney was standing in the doorway, so goddamn beautiful that I swear my heart broke again. She knew the song, but she didn’t know me. She didn’t remember me. Then, her husband stepped outside. Her being married wasn’t the biggest tragedy of all. That would come an hour later when I see her nine-year-old daughter. My daughter…

An illustrator in hidingA millionaire with a gardening fascinationAnd the possibility of a perfect fit for a happily-ever-afterOnce Upon a time…A young illustrator, forced from her home in Boston, must return to her Blue Ridge Mountains to escape a scandal. Certain that her dreams are on hold, Stella Emory doesn’t expect to find a prince charming in the form of James Craven, a young man who works in the gardens of the famed Biltmore Estate. Brought together unexpectedly, the two begin a tender friendship inspired by James’s little sister and the story of Cinderella, but James isn’t all he seems. As their friendship grows into a romance, the truth of James’s millionaire status shakes Stella’s confidence. When her past follows her to Asheville, Stella thinks her chance at romance with James is over, but will a Christmas masquerade and the remnants of a charm bracelet somehow provide the magic Stella needs to clear her name and claim her own happily-ever-after?

When Amy's father gives her a thoroughbred jumper, she decides to begin showing again. She meets Daniel at a local event and becomes interested in helping him treat his horse, Amber.When Amy meets Daniel, she is stunned by his defensive nature. She can't figure out how someone with so much love for his horse could be so cold to everyone else. But as Amy gets to know Daniel, she begins to understand him. She respects that he won't give in to the pageantry of the elite show circuit - and that he doesn't care what others say about his horse. Daniel rides Amber like it's the two of them against the world. And Amy wants to do everything she can to help them conquer it.

Available Now!Flux's First New York Times Bestseller!From the New York Times Bestselling Author of RULES OF ATTRACTION Comes the Sequel to LEAVING PARADISECaleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything.Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She’s determined to make a new life for herself.But then Caleb and Maggie are forced together on a summer trip. They try ignoring their passion for each other, but buried feelings resurface. Caleb must face the truth about the night of Maggie’s accident, or the secret that destroyed their relationship will forever stand between them.Praise for Leaving Paradise:"Elkeles writes convincingly about family tensions, retreating from painful reality, and teens outgrowing their old skins."―School Library Journal"Elkeles creates raw emotions, dialogue, and high-school ambience that’s just right… [A] delicate, delicious love story."―Booklist

A powerful debut novel of friendship, love, and family set in the segregated pre-Civil War South. "This is a promise bridge, and it bridges a promise flowing from your heart to mine. It can't never be broken...the promise is part of you now, understand." Thus begins an unlikely friendship between Hannelore Blessing, a plantation mistress, and a slave girl named Livie. As the young women are launched on a harrowing journey of awakening filled with shared risks and nurtured promises amid whispers of the Underground Railroad and the rising tension preceding the Civil War, they discover their ability to trust, love, and ultimately take action. Aided by Colt, a devoted suitor hoping to win her heart, Hannah comes to understand that true friendship means letting go, so that Livie can be free to find a life and destiny all her own. However, a vicious slave catcher stalks the two women-and his unseemly motives and relentless pursuit threaten all that Hannah holds dear, as well as put her loved ones in unimaginable danger.

Robyn is shocked when she finds out that Nick is back in town and in trouble again. An elderly friend, Mr. Shuster, with whom Nick has been staying, has had a stroke and is in the hospital. Mr. Shuster's family showed up, kicked Nick out, and later accused him of theft, when it was discovered that Shuster's very expensive coin collection was missing. Now, with evidence against him, Nick has been arrested and could actually be facing jail time.Despite her good relationship with Ben, Robyn is still both hurt and angry that Nick left months ago without saying goodbye. And Nick, ho knows she's seeing Ben, and is just as hurt and angry that Robyn didn't wait for him. He is reluctant to let her back into his life, but eventually realizes he needs her, and her father's help, more than ever.The tension between them remains, but Robyn investigates to uncover the truth of the theft, and realizes she believes in Nick's innocence. However, the dangerous nature of the real culprit is revealed when she is assaulted. Once again, her involvement with Nick is going to hurt her, but this time, it's her life -- and her heart -- on the line.

A Desperate Young Mother Rachel Stone's bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. With an empty wallet, a car's that's spilling smoke, and a five-year-old son to support, she's come home to a town that hates her. But this determined young widow with a scandalous past has learned how to be a fighter. And she'll do anything to keep her child safe—even take on. . . A man With No Heart Gabe Bonner wants to be left alone, especially by the beautiful outcast who's invaded his property. She has a ton of attitude, a talent for trouble, and a child who brings back bad memories. Yet Rachel's feisty spirit might just be heaven-sent to save a tough, stubborn man. Dare To Dream Welcome to Salvation, North Carolina—where a man who's forgotten what tenderness means meets a woman with nothing to lose. here two endearing lovers will set off on a funny, touching journey of the heart. . .to a place where dreams just might come true.

When Tyler Winchester learns that his former wife, Miranda Caldwell, gave birth to his son eight years ago, he immediately confronts her. Now, Tyler and Miranda must work through the past hurts and insecurities to make the family that their son deserves. Original.

The first time Wyatt Hutton's pale blue eyes meet mine, they steal my breath--even if I only see them for a second before he refuses to look at me again. He's older than me, by way too much, and if he had his way, our paths never would have crossed in the first place. But our fate was written in the stars and while the truth of our families should keep us apart, life keeps bringing us together again. Over and over, he's the only one I turn to when things fall to pieces. And when he's in need, my embrace is the only cure. We fight our feelings. We fight our families. We fight fate. Maybe it's time we fight for each other instead... "...a modern day star-crossed lover story." (...with a happily ever after, of course!) This emotional age-gap/forbidden contemporary romance has all the joy and angst you can expect from Abby Brooks. BEYOND LOVE can be read as a standalone, but to get the most out of the experience, read the Hutton Family series in order.