Even After This
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Even After This
When widow Meredith Harper meets Harlan Holcombe during her Colorado escape, their instant chemistry reawakens her spirit. Despite his viral heroism, Harlan carries the weight of past mistakes. As their unexpected romance deepens, both must decide whether to guard their wounded hearts or embrace the healing power of a second chance at love neither saw coming.
When you're ready to live again, love often has a way of finding you.
Four years after tragedy, Meredith Harper is tired of hiding in her corner of Texas and living life like a game of dodgeball. She packs up her grief, awkward social graces, and sizable life insurance in search of a vacation and investment property in Colorado Springs. A botched dinner reservation throws her into the path of a bona fide movie star, and Meredith pushes through her comical celebrity neurosis to discover he is charming but a terrible dancer.
A viral video of a daring rescue makes Harlan Holcombe's celebrity star stronger, with millions of his fans deeming him a real-life Hercules. But a minute of heroism doesn't absolve his past mistakes.
As Harlan and Meredith spend more time together, he helps her believe there might be more for her not just in life but in love. And she might be part of the solution to restore the legacy he fears is tarnished. But what happens when the path to redeem his mistakes collides with the path to redeem her loss?
A poignant and humorous contemporary romance of second chances with swoon but no spice, grief and healing, celebrity meets reluctant widow, love after loss, and new beginnings. This clean and wholesome love story will delight fans of Abby Jimenez, Katherine Center, Annabel Monaghan, and Cara Bastone.
Content consideration: This story explores themes of significant loss and grief. For more specific content information that may contain spoilers, visit this book's page on the author's website.
Series: Shelter and Sky
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780800746940
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 March 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 399g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Publishers Weekly bestselling and award-winning author Deborah Clack is a native Texan who believes in the power of fiction, in the lost art of lip-synching, and that chocolate should be eaten without nuts. A high school AP history teacher for ten years, Deborah earned a master's degree in education and was awarded Teacher of the Year for arts in education. Now she creates stories of her own filled with endearing characters and a hard-fought romance. Learn more at DeborahClack.com.
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