The Summer She Left

He realized he loved her the summer she walked away...

Violet Howard has spent her entire marriage loving a man who never asked her to come second.

He just always made sure she did.

While billionaire CEO Jake Howard built an empire, Violet quietly built everything else—the perfect home, the perfect life, the perfect marriage... or so she kept telling herself.

But when Jake forgets her birthday yet again, Violet packs a suitcase and drives to the beach house where they once dreamed of spending every summer together.

Only this time... she’s not waiting for him to come back.

As long, sun-drenched days melt into warm coastal evenings, Violet begins remembering the woman she was before she built her entire world around her husband. For the first time in years, she can finally breathe.

Jake has always believed there would be another dinner. Another anniversary. Another vacation. Another chance to make it up to her.

Until he comes home to an empty penthouse—and realizes the only woman he’s ever loved has finally stopped waiting.

Now, beneath endless blue skies and golden sunsets, Jake must confront the devastating truth that losing his wife wasn’t one catastrophic mistake. It was a thousand ordinary ones.

Grand gestures can’t undo six summers spent choosing work over the woman who chose him every single day. And sometimes the hardest person to win back...

...is the wife who has finally learned she deserves more.

A deeply emotional marriage-in-crisis romance filled with angst, unforgettable grovel, and a hard-won happily ever after. Start reading now!