Braver This Time: A Second-Life, Small-Town-to-City, Closed-Door Romance

Avery Knox

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Braver This Time: A Second-Life, Small-Town-to-City, Closed-Door Romance by Avery Knox
Nora Dale died believing her husband was faithful—then watched, weightless, as the truth kissed someone else. When she opens her eyes twenty years earlier, she refuses to live obediently again. A blind date with gentle, gold-rimmed-glasses Julian Whitaker becomes a different a courthouse “yes,” a corkboard plan, and a move from a mill town that kept her small to a city that lets her breathe.

But the past doesn’t surrender quietly. A glamorous, grasping ex-friend circles. A blue-collar almost-past won’t stop knocking. Nora studies for her GED and beyond, while Julian—equal parts professor brain and cinnamon-roll heart—learns to choose rest over martyrdom. Together they build a life with stars drawn for small victories, closed-door kisses, and a rule they can finally we don’t negotiate with hunger that isn’t ours.

Tropes you’ll second-life/fresh start, marriage-first, small-town escape → big-city hope, academic cinnamon-roll hero, toxic-friend drama, closed-door/low-spice, hard-won HEA.

Braver This Time is an uplifting, emotionally satisfying contemporary romance about choosing yourself—and then choosing love. Perfect for fans of clean but deeply felt love stories, women’s-fiction crossover arcs, and heroines who turn courage into a habit.
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