The Second First Chance

My Review:They were inseparable for most of their lives. And then a disaster forever changed the fabric of their families and their lives, and they didn't know how to make it okay again.

It's been over ten years since the world ripped them apart. It's been more than ten years waiting for the memories to fade and the wounds to heal. Dhillon is trying to make his vet clinic a success and be a mentor to his effervescent sister. Riya has finally decided to pursue a career as a firefighter.

Dhillon can't understand her decision, and Riya has her own demons to work through. She's the first woman ever in her company, and she has to do everything she can to be the best and the brightest. She doesn't have time in her life for people who can't support her decisions, especially when she's not sharing them with her family. There are already pressures from her Indian family to find a guy and settle down, and she doesn't want to give them more fodder to talk about. She wants to put her nose to the grindstone and be a success in her own right.

Circumstances and matchmaking relatives keep throwing them together and it becomes harder and harder to ignore the past and all of the things between them that remain unsettled.

It takes the possibility of loss to force their bittersweet reconciliation. It takes confronting the legacy of the tragedy that shaped them to finally bring them together.

I loved this second chance romance! It focuses on the cultural expectations that shape the main characters, and shows the extraordinary strength and resilience that can arise from tragedy.