Loved itIt's a really steamy, adorable second chance romance. I really enjoyed this one.
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Rewind It Back (2025)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Hallie When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his. When I was thirteen, he was my first crush. When I was sixteen, we fell for each other. And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts. Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for. I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I'm assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job... It's his house. But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can't even stand to be in the same room? I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore. Rio I never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore. That is until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I've kept secret for years. You see, there's something that my friends don't know. That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find... I had already found her when I was twelve years old. And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door. Again.
- ISBN:
- 9781399751964
- Length:
- 496 pages
Genres: romance
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Loved itI did end up reading Rewind It Back by Liz Tomfordy for that 24-hour reading vlog and this one I did end up giving it four stars. I did really like it. I love a second chance romance and I think there was a lot of pining in here... it was a four-star read for me. I still really liked it.
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