Carmen's Not Quite Letting Go: A second-chance romance in Spain

By Emma S Linden

Carmen's Not Quite Letting Go

Carmen Ruiz is very good at fixing things.

Broken photocopiers. Department politics. Other people's problems. At thirty-four, she has a stable job, a shared flat that works, and a life in Murcia that runs smoothly because she makes sure it does.

Then a man she loved twelve years ago walks back into her city.

Mateo Vidal left for Madrid with ambition, certainty, and a future that didn't include Carmen. She stayed - choosing family, stability, and a life she could control. Seeing him again should be simple. Just coffee. Just closure.

It isn't.

As old feelings surface and long-buried choices demand to be examined, Carmen is forced to confront the life she's built - and the one she quietly stopped campaigning for. Between work pressures, family expectations, and the comfort of being the reliable one, she must decide whether holding everything together is the same as being happy.

Set in modern Spain, Carmen's Not Quite Letting Go is a sharp, emotionally charged romance about timing, restraint, and the risk of wanting something more than what already works.

For readers who love:

second-chance romance

intelligent, capable heroines

tension rooted in history and chemistry

love stories grounded in real lives

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GL8D12PP
• ISBN13: 9798246712535
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"