🌷 PUBLIC SUMMARY Y/N Carter finally has the life she’s always dreamed of. At twenty-four, she’s opened her own flower shop in Boston and is determined to leave her painful childhood behind. When she meets Dr. Ryder Hale, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a charming smile and a seemingly perfect life, she begins to believe that happiness might actually be within reach. Ryder is everything she never knew she needed—kind, attentive, and completely devoted to her. Until he isn’t. As cracks begin to form in their relationship, Y/N finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about love. Just when she feels more alone than ever, a familiar face from her past returns. Atlas Morgan. Her first love. The boy who once taught her what it felt like to be safe. Caught between the man she loves and the man who never stopped loving her, Y/N must decide whether love is worth fighting for—or if some stories are meant to end before they destroy you. A story about first loves, second chances, heartbreak, healing, and finding the courage to choose yourself.