From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a new second chance standalone love story.

At eighteen, I walked away from Willow Creek Valley for good.
I was young, scared, and stupid, and it cost me the love of my life—Grayson Parkerson.

Fourteen years later, a crash sends me back home to recover.

Back to where we met, fell in love, and planned a future.
The one he’s now living as a single dad to his daughter.
Working at The Park Inn together gives us a chance to reconnect, and seeing him with his little girl makes me long for the days when he was mine. One look in his gorgeous blue-green eyes, and it’s like I never left. One kiss, and my world is upside down. One night together, and I know without a doubt, in his arms is where I belong.

I’m not the girl I was—intimidated by his wealthy family and desperate to escape our small town. I can imagine a new life for us here.

But he’s learned to guard his heart, and trust won’t come easily.

How can I convince him to give first love a second chance?

Return to Us by Corinne Michaels sucks me in from the opening lines… and that was much needed as I was in a really bad book hangover at the time and feared I would not be able to get into another world… man was I wrong.

Jessica Walker and Grayson Parkerson grabbed my heart and had me rooting these two high school sweethearts would find a way back to each other.

Now to share my love of this story will no spoilers… the blurb shares that Grayson is a single Dad and wow… the way Amelia and his role as a father in weaved into the story will steal your heart.

Jessica returns to Willow Creek after a crash that sends her home to recover; her injuries and recovery are used to move the story forward and to endear her to the reader.

The small town of Willow Creek takes on a life of its own as so many of the characters are intertwined and the reader is able to feel the bonds.

The happy Jessica and Grayson find with each other really feels like the happy that was meant to be and I very much look forward to seeing these two in the background as the Willow Creek series continues!

The storyline that leads up to the Parkerson brothers coming home to Willow Creek is amazing and has me so excited for the Willow Creek Valley Series.

The build-up to book 2 about Grayson’s best friend Jack and his younger sister Stella was EPIC and if the author’s “promise” of a story like you have never read before is on target I am even more excited as I LOVE unique and original storylines… so yes I am so freaking excited for Could Have Been Us!

Side Note: Jessica’s crash interconnects this story with the author’s Arrowood Brother’s series! Most notable Jacob Arrowood the hero of Stay for Me.

I am also ashamed to admit this is my first Micheals’ book…. I have known this author for some time well just somehow never managed to weave a book into my reading schedule. Well, let me tell you this author is now a must-click for me!