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“Yeah,” he says, grinning as he slides an arm around me. “Sure did.”

I lean my head against his shoulder, gazing up at the sky, and say, “You know, I think I have a new favorite color.”

“Yeah, and what’s that?”

“Green,” I say. “Not sage, though, like yours. Green like the color of the grass at our favorite park. The turf at our home field. It’ll always remind me of you.”

“It’s pretty wild, when you think about it.”

“What is?”

“That so many times, you were sitting there just beyond the sidelines, watching me play. But somehow, someway, I kept on missing you.” He presses a kiss to my crown, gulping low in his throat. “Don’t worry, because I see you now, Li. Clear as day.”

“I see you, too. And I love you, Callum, more than anything.”

“I loveyou,” he says. “Always have. Always will.”

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Fault Line (Book 2)

Ripple Effect (Book 3)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ki Stephens is a romance enthusiast who finds comfort in the happily-ever-after ... with just a little bit of angst along the way. She has a special interest in works that include neurodivergent characters like herself. When she’s not daydreaming about books, Ki enjoys working with kids, creating art in her backyard studio, and spending loads of time with her baby girl, her husband, and their three pets.

She released her debut novel, Spring Tide—Book 1 in the Coastal University Series, in December of 2022.

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BLURB

It only took two weeks for Harlow to learn two things about the boy next door.

One: His name was Jace Rivera, and

Two: He was the Golden Boy of Rowville.

But what she couldn’t have known, or even predicted, was how much Jace would change her forever.

CHAPTERONE

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