
Author: E.J. Noyes
Genre: Contemporary Romance 🌶️
Tropes: Second Chance, Coming Out, Forced Proximity
Series: N/A
Pages: 319
Published: November 16, 2021
Format: ebook (kindle), audiobook (audible)
Started: 05-11-2025
Finished: 05-30-2025
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synopsis
Avery Weston is doing fine.
Sure, she’s not doing as fine as her ex – award-winning actress and current television it girl Elise Hayes – but Avery enjoys her work as a federal air marshal and also enjoys almost being over Elise walking out on their relationship 15 months ago. Then Elise is seated next to her on a flight, and the emotional progress Avery thought she’d made is reset in an instant.
Just like their first flight together, this one also has some bumps. But this time they don’t have to make a go around for a safe landing; they just have to deal with an overzealous fan threatening Elise. And when Elise comes begging for a place to stay until the stalker situation is resolved, Avery has to agree it’s the perfect solution to keep Elise safe. After all, nobody knows Elise Hayes used to have a girlfriend.
It’s only for a few weeks, what’s the harm? Except for some tiny issues, like when you’re still kind of in love with your ex and the mutual spark is as strong as ever, it’s easy to fall into familiar habits. Then there’s Elise’s apologies and genuine regret over leaving, which makes it hard for Avery to hold on to past hurts and sends her simmering emotions to a boil.
But love and sparks aren’t always enough. If Avery and Elise can find a way to move past everything that came between them last time, maybe they’ll get a chance to go around and try landing their relationship again.
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- Loved this
- Took me forever to read bc I was busy w/ finals but it was so easy to jump back into after taking a break ‐ I finished the second half of it in one sitting
- I picked this up for the first time to like help me get some closure from TLOU2 (I never played video games before and for some reason I didn’t think there would be fanfic about it) ‐ anyways I just thought that was funny but it definitely is in my like top 3 E.J. Noyes books for me rn
- Avery and Elise were everything ‐ the angst and the yearning was *chef’s kiss*
- The writing style and pacing were great ‐ I loooved the plot of this ‐ it was so entertaining and dramatic like right from the start ‐ I loved that it was kind of messy, confusing, blurry it kept me glued to the book
- I thought the proposal at the end was lowkey kind of whack ngl but I liked the epilogue
- Would 100% read again
noted & quoted
- Airplane meeting
- First night “back together”
- Christmas
- Elise coming out
Can’t even be mad at Avery for watching Elise’s show bc I would watch that shit too 😭. Idk why but I feel like I’ve read a book or watched something that had the exact same concept and I can’t freaking think of what it is and it’s starting to pmo lmao.
Not Avery having literally no faith in her 😭 she might just surprise u