Ten years growing up together.

Jovie and Levi have always been inseparable. He’s her best friend’s older brother and her fiercest protector. So when something shifts between them, they both start resisting it with all their might. It can’t possibly be allowed.

Until—

A summer falling madly in love.

Levi gets a girlfriend. Jovie pretends she doesn’t care. They both try to pretend this thing between them is nothing. Instead, one teenage summer they fall completely, spectacularly—and very secretly—in love. And only hours after they finally cross the line they’ve been circling for years, Levi is gone.

One more chance to believe it’s allowed.

Ten years later, he’s back. And their connection is as strong as ever. But Jovie never learned why Levi disappeared from her life. And before they can find their way back to each other, they’ll have to confront the beliefs that drove them apart in the first place.

Because falling in love has never been their problem.

Believing they’re allowed to is.

Spanning five summers then and two weeks now, Things We Never Lost is an irresistibly nostalgic story about first love and how the beliefs we form when we’re young can shape who we become.

A slow-burn, closed-door romance perfect for readers who enjoy hilarious families, mischievous pets, quirky heroines, and protective heroes.

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