You Weren't Mine Then: A Riviera View Novel

By Lily Baines

Family is forever, but what if love is, too? When the love of your life becomes off-limits, is a second chance even possible?

Finn Brennen, swim team star, and Anne Drecher, the wallflower who tutored him, sparked an unlikely friendship that turned into a love so breathtakingly deep that they couldn't imagine life without the other.

But their happiness was short-lived. Torn apart by horrible timing and a twist of fate, for over a decade they are forced to hide their mutual past.

Gripped by a love neither could forget, Anne built a life away from it all while Finn strove to give his son a stable home. But every family gathering brought them into the same room and served as a torturous reminder of what-ifs and could-have-beens.

Now Finn is divorced, raising his son, and ready to fight for what his heart wants and needs. Anne tries to resist but yearns for the love she thought she'd lost forever.

Is a second chance even possible when their love could tear a tightly-knit family apart?

'You Weren't Mine Then' can be read as a standalone. A steamy slow-burn small-town romance with NO cheating, featuring a hero who sports a swimmer's body, a broken heart, a scar on his ring finger, and who calls Anne by her dropped first name, Jane. Our heroine has the looks of a wallflower but not the personality of one. She paints by night, decorates wedding cakes by day, even when it hurts, and has a sunflower tattoo on her hipbone.

★★★★★ "...a captivating story that mimics real life struggles...realistic and relatable....run your heart through a wide range of feelings. Lily has a gift for characters. My favorite thing is her ability to write not only physical heat but a soul-level attraction." - The Lit Buzz

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B8BRL6KX
• ISBN13: 9798843399573
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"