Recommendations based on "The Way I Used to Be Series Collection 2 Books Set By Amber Smith (The Way I Used to Be, The Way I Am Now)"

"This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for. Kirsty Greenwood has a new fan!”—Colleen Hoover, New York Times bestselling authorA recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by choking on a microwaveable burger, but now she’s standing in her ‘shine like a star’ nightie in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen. And he’s smiling at her.As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise. That is until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth. And here Delphie was thinking her luck might be different in the afterlife.When Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to earth and reconnect with the mysterious man, she jumps at the opportunity to find her possible soulmate and a fresh start. But in a city of millions, Delphie is going to have to listen to her heart, learn to ask for help, and perhaps even see the magic in the life she’s leaving behind…

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.

Kensington Worth Had A Vision For Her Senior Year. It Involved Her Best Friends, Her Posh Private School In Downtown Chicago And Time Alone With Her Piano Until Her Audition Was Perfected, A Guaranteed Ticket Into The Best Music Programs In The World. Instead, A Nightmare Took Over. It Didn’t Happen All At Once, But Her Life Unraveled Quickly—a Tiny Thread That Evil Somehow Kept Pulling Until Everything Precious Was Taken From Her. She Was Suddenly Living Miles Away From Her Old Life, Trapped In An Existence She Didn’t Choose—one Determined To Destroy Her From The Inside, Leaving Only Hate And Anger Behind. It Didn’t Help That Her Neighbor, The One Whose Eyes Held Danger, Was Enjoying Every Second Of Her Fall. Owen Harper Was Trouble, His Heart Wild And His Past The Kind That’s Spoken About In Whispers. And Somehow, His Path Was Always Intertwined With Kensington’s, Every Interaction Crushing Her, Ruining Her Hope For Any Future Better Than Her Now. Sometimes, Though, What Everyone Warns Is Trouble, Is Exactly What The Heart Needs. Owen Harper Was Consumed With Darkness, And It Held Onto His Soul For Years. When Kensington Looked At Him, She Saw A Boy Who’d Gotten Good At Taking Others Down When They Threatened His Carefully Balanced Life. But The More She Looked, The More She Saw Other Things Too—good Things…things To Admire. Things…to Love. Things That Made Her Want To Be Reckless. And Those Things…they Were The Scariest Of All.

Holly ended things to give him a better life, but she was the future he’d always dreamed of. Eight years have passed since Holly last saw her high school sweetheart, Josh. Now the wedding of Josh’s best friend has brought him back to Martinsburg, Texas.  His duties as best man and Holly's as the church's volunteer wedding coordinator link them together.  As they work behind the scenes to plan a beautiful November wedding for their friends, they're forced to confront painful reminders of what might have been. Holly broke up with Josh all those years ago in an attempt to ensure his future success. However, she never told him the true reason behind her actions and now must decide whether to keep her secret hidden.  She's terrified of letting herself fall for him because she barely managed to piece her life back together after losing him the last time. Not a day's gone by since Josh parted from Holly that he hasn't thought about her.  The pain of the past eight years has been too much to bear and he doesn't want to make himself vulnerable to her again. But the more time he spends with her, the harder it is to deny the love he still has for her. Will Josh and Holly risk their hearts on the hope that God's timing really can be best?

Carley Fortune’s radiant New York Times bestselling novel now in this gorgeous hardcover collector’s edition featuring:• A breathtaking revamped cover• Beautiful endpapers and sprayed edges that will transport you to Barry’s Bay• A stunning foil stamped case, and...• A new introduction from the author and an exclusive bonus chapterSix summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Some Flames Can't Be Extinguished... Jason Burkwell Is All About The Next Adventure. Whether It's An Emergency Call As Lieutenant On Redwood Ridge's Fire Department Or A Pretty Woman Between The Sheets, He Gets In And Gets Out. He Has No Interest In Being Trapped By Anything Or Anyone. But When He's Manipulated Into A Charity Auction For His Station, Something Tells Him He's About To Get Hosed. Especially When The Town Matchmakers Shove Quiet, Shy Ella Sinclair In His Path. Constantly. Every Encounter With The Brown-eyed Beauty Makes Him Realize The Simmering Attraction And Strange Tug Of Emotion Is Beyond Basic Heat. Together, They're Combustible. If Only He Can Figure Out What She's Hiding... Ella Sinclair's Been Burned Before, And She's Got The Scars To Prove It. Ever Since Her Return To Redwood Ridge, She's Had More Than A Little Crush On A Certain Gorgeous Firefighter. Except Jason Doesn't Know She Exists. To Trigger His Memory Would Mean Reliving The Worst Day Of Her Life, And She's Worked Hard To Move Past The Pain. Venturing Out Of Her Safety Zone Is Tough Enough, Never Mind That Hero Worship Leaves Her With A Horrible Case Of Babbling-itis. Her Heart's Becoming More Engaged The Longer They Spend Together, But His Sudden Interest Can't Possibly Last When He Discovers She's Not The Ideal Image Of Perfection.

The New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series returns to Hartwell, Delaware—the perfect place to get away from it all, and find what you never knew you needed....Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy.Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for her has grown, his antagonism toward her has only worsened. Every little thing Bailey does seduces him. But when Vaughn’s painful emotional past makes him walk away in fear he will hurt her, it opens an old wound in Bailey, and she uncharacteristically retreats.Once Vaughn begins to realize he’s made the biggest mistake of his life, he has no choice but to fight like he’s never fought before to convince Bailey that the love they’ve found together only comes around once in a lifetime….

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. This time, they'll get it right. 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 Sam gets accepted into college and the pair help him move in together, Ellis convinces Wren to take an extended road trip back to Spunes with him to see if they can give their relationship one last chance. Amid the gorgeous scenery of the California coastline, dreamy destinations, and a great deal of long-yearned-for proximity, Wren starts to think it just might be possible. But the two still have to contend with their tumultuous past in order to move forward. And when spoken words fail, sometimes the written word must bridge the gap. Will they make the most of what’s left of forever? Or will they let each other go for good? Brimming with big feelings and packed with steam, Left of Forever is bestseller Tarah DeWitt at the top of her game.

Jennifer L. Armentrout, New York Times bestselling author of the Wait for You series, delivers a new novel of first love, second chances, and scorching chemistry.Eleven months ago, bartender and weird-shirt-wearing extraordinaire Roxy and Officer Reece Anders had a one night stand. Well, kind of. She's been in love with him since she was fifteen, and he wishes that night they shared never happened. She's sworn him off forever, but the past and future collide, forcing her to rely on the one man who broke her heart not once, but twice.Her best friend since birth has been in a long-term care facility since he became a victim of a hate crime years ago, and the person who put him in there is out of prison and wanting to make amends with him and Roxy. She's not sure she has room for forgiveness in her and when she begins to receive frightening messages and is on the receiving end of escalating violence, she thinks she knows who is to blame. The man who already destroyed one life already.But Reece isn't convinced. The threats are too personal, and even if Roxy doesn't believe him, he's not willing to let anyone hurt her. Including himself. He's already messed up more than once when it comes to Roxy and he's not going to let history repeat itself.

Her whole life, Puffin Islander Brittany Forrest has dreamed of adventure. And at the age of eighteen, she thought she’d found it in bad boy Zachary Flynn. But after just ten tempestuous, smouldering days, their whirlwind marriage went up in smoke, and Brittany resolved to put him out of her mind forever.Zach knows he let Brittany down, but being back on Puffin Island and seeing Brittany again stirs up long-buried emotions. This daredevil pilot has never felt worthy of her, yet he can’t stay away—even when he knows the chemistry between them will only complicate his life.As long, hot summer days on the beach dissolve into sultry, starry nights, Brittany and Zach find that the sparks between them are more powerful than ever. Could it be that the second time around, their dreams of a happy-ever-after will finally come true?