When Hearts Remember (The Orchid #5)
Victoria Lum
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 9 ratings · 440 pages · Published: 04 Jun 2025

Two love stories unfold—one in the past, full of stolen moments and reckless devotion, and one in the present, where fate has given them a second chance.
Alexis Vaughn first fell in love with a forbidden stranger through the pages of a secret journal. Their romance burned fast and bright—until a car crash stole her memories and nearly her life. Eight years later, she wakes up from a coma to a world she doesn’t recognize. When her brother’s best friend offers her an internship, she accepts. But something about the brooding, enigmatic billionaire unsettles her.
Ethan Anderson made a promise—to love Alexis even when she forgot him. For years, he’s kept it, watching over her, honoring the dreams she never got to chase. But now that she’s awake, she looks at him with no memories of their past. Pretending that doesn’t shatter him may be the hardest thing he’s ever done.
But as the truth behind her accident unravels and danger closes in, will love be enough to save them this time?
Note: All my books are standalones and can be read out of order.
Tropes:
• Brother’s best friend
• Amnesia
• Billionaire
• Office romance
• Angsty and emotional
• It’s always been you
• Second chance
• Pining hero
• Secrets and twists
• Letters/pen pals
• Dual timelines
• Standalone and dual POV
• Spicy and HEA!
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- boss & employee 1
- forbidden love 1
- secret relationship 1
- forced proximity 1
- found family 1
- workplace/office 1
- sibling's best friend 1
- contemporary 1
- suspense 1
- enemies to lovers 1
- second chances 1
- friends to lovers 1
- age gap 1
- angst 1
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- dual pov 1
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The 'The Orchid' series
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