The One That Got Away

By: Vernon, Magan

Relationships never work out for me-especially when my high school boyfriend turns up in someone's dusty attic.

One hungover morning, one ill-advised estate sale, and one heartbreak I was absolutely not prepared to relive later, there he is: my first love, back in Friendship, Texas, looking better than any man has a right to look while standing beside a box of discarded wares.

He says he's only here for the summer.

He also says he wants to reconnect.

Which is a problem, because I have sworn off romance, second chances, and men who leave for New York like it's a personality trait. But between small-town gossip, accidental run-ins, unfinished history, and the inconvenient way he still knows exactly how to make me laugh, my carefully guarded heart is starting to act suspiciously hopeful.

He was the one who got away once.

I refuse to let him do it again.

Probably.

Second-chance romance, high school sweethearts, small-town chaos, summer fling tension, found-again first love, and a swoony rom-com slow burn that proves some exes are worth digging up.

Each book in the Friendship, Texas series is a STANDALONE *Edge of Glory *Rumor Has It *Meet Virginia *Part of Me *The One That Got Away *Something to Talk About *Love Like Crazy

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8T8H257
• ISBN13: 9798186709466
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"