I so love a second chance romance and I’m seriously looking forward to reading this one!
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Kyleโs Top 5 Memories With Ophelia
In A Brand New Ending, Kyle Kimpton and Ophelia Bishop are only eighteen years old when they decide to run away together to pursue their dreams. Leaving the family farm behind, they escape to Hollywood to get married and chase their careers. Kyle plans on being a famous writer, and Ophelia longs to be a singer as great as Adele. Unfortunately, their paths diverge and rip apart their relationship. As Kyle thrives in Hollwyood as the new hotshot screenwriter in town, Ophelia falters when she realizes in order to be famous in the music industry, she needs to change who she is. Choices are made that rip them apart, and Ophelia returns to the family farm with her heart shattered and dreams destroyed.
Kyle realizes heโs made a big mistake letting go of the only woman heโs ever loved. His memories haunt him. Here are the top five he thinks about constantly:
He remembers the first time they kissed when they were sixteen years old. Riding on horseback through the meadow, Ophelia falls off her horse, and when he frantically checks on her, they gaze into each otherโs eyes and he realizes at that moment, he is in love with his best friend. They share their first kiss, and when they walk away hand in hand out of the meadow, everything has changed.
When Kyleโs abusive father blames him for his motherโs death, he runs to the only place heโs ever felt safe: the Bishop family farm. Ophelia opens the door and instantly senses his pain. She holds him tight and for the very first time, Kyle cries in her arms.
When they were young, they hung out with Opheliaโs brother, Ethan, and were called the Three Musketeers. Theyโd run around the small town of Gardiner, raising hell, and ending up at Beaโs Diner for her famous burgers and pies, detailing the glory of their future.
Ophelia would sneak out at night to meet him at the barns. They kept their relationship secret from Ethan and Harper (Opehliaโs siblings) and spend nights lying on a blanket, under the stars, holding hands and talking about their dreams and future.
Kyle vowed to wait until they were married to claim Ophelia as his. They get married in Vegas in a tiny chapel, by Elvis, and when they return home to their tiny apartment, they make love for the very first time.
After a decade, Kyle returns to his hometown and back to Ophelia. He intends to create many new memories with the woman he loves. He dreams of running the Inn with her side by side as he writes his new books on his terms. He wants to raise a family with her in their childhood town, and be surrounded by the people and animals heโs always loved. He wants to watch her sing again, making people happy, finally owning her special gift without fear. And this is where A Brand New Ending begins…
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A Brand New Ending
by Jennifer Probst
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Summary
Ophelia Bishop was a lovestruck teenage girl when she and Kyle Kimpton chased their dreams to Hollywood. Kyleโs dreams came true. Opheliaโs did not. When Kyle chose his career over their relationship, Ophelia returned home to rural New York to run the familyโs B & Bโwiser, and more guarded against foolish fantasies. Now Kyle has come crashing back into her life, and all her defenses are down.
Kyle canโt think of a better place to write his latest screenplay than his hometown. After all, that was where he met the heart of his inspirationโhis first love. He knows the damage heโs caused Ophelia, and he wants a chance to mend their relationship. If anyone can prove to Ophelia that happy ever afters arenโt only for the movies, it should be him.
As much as Opheliaโs changed, she still has feelings for Kyle. But her heart has been broken before, and she knows that Kyle could run back to Hollywood at any time. She gave up her dreams once, but maybe she can dare to change her own love storyโฆone last time.
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Excerpt:
He parked the car and cut the engine.
Ten years.
Ten years since heโd come home to the small upstate New York town of Gardiner and gazed upon the staggering Shawangunk Mountains. Ten years since heโd touched snow. Ten years since heโd been surrounded by the eerie beauty of natureโs silence.
And too many years since heโd seen the only woman heโd ever loved.
Theyโd been the three musketeersโEthan, Ophelia, and himโcaught in a world of their own making. Memories assaulted him. Of running through the woods when they were young and racing horses barefoot as the green meadow flashed below. Of moonlight walks and late nights at Beaโs Diner, squeezed into the cracked red-vinyl booths as they spun dreams of the future and feasted on greasy burgers. Of his first kiss with Ophelia. The taste of innocence and passion mixed with Juicy Fruit chewing gum.
He closed his eyes, staggering under the raw emotions the images brought. Some of those dreams had come true for him, but the price had been brutal.
It was time to make things right.
It was time to reclaim what heโd lost.
Kyle glanced at the passenger seat, his fingers already reaching to stroke the leather laptop case. Heโd left a fancy mansion behind, along with rooms filled with expensive trinkets meant to amuse, entertain, and distract the masses. Heโd walked away from a gourmet chef, housekeeper, and personal trainer. His garage still held the laser-blue Lamborghini and the sleek black Hummer. Heโd left the tuxedoes and designer clothes in his closet; the cedar wine cellar still filled with rare, expensive wine; and the four-poster mahogany bed that had seen too many lonely nights.
Now all he had to his name was one battered suitcase, his laptop, and a Ford Fusion rental car.
And for the first time in way too long, he felt the beginning of a creative sparkโthe sexy wink of his muse beckoning him closer to his childhood home, where heโd sworn heโd never return.
He grabbed his phone and tapped out a text to Ethan.
Iโm here. How bad is she going to take it?
He waited a bit, until the familiar gray bubble with ellipsis popped up.
Donโt knowโdepends on how pathetic you look. Still have no clue why sheโs mad at you.
Kyle winced as guilt punched through him. Falling in love with your best friendโs younger sister was a no-no. Running away with her was even worse. But eloping and not telling his friend about it?
There was no making amends for that one.
He cursed, then tapped his fingers again.
Maybe this wasnโt such a good idea.
Donโt be stupidโitโs a great idea! The inn isnโt booked up and sheโs just being stubborn. Go inside, make nice, and Iโll be there in an hour.
He groaned and resisted the urge to bang his head against the steering wheel. When heโd asked about staying at the inn for three months to work on a new project, heโd worried Ophelia would refuse. When Ethan told him to book his ticket, heโd been relieved.
Until he found out on the plane ride that Ophelia had actually said no. Ethan had conveniently left that part out, citing in true guy code it would all be fine.
Her refusal to see him hurt more than heโd imagined it would, but now he had no choice. Everything was set in motion, and he wasnโt about to return to LA. Not only had he committed to writing this screenplay surrounded by his memories, heโd sworn to fight for a second chance with Ophelia. It was time they both faced the past, put some ghosts behind them, and figure things out. After all, it had been eight years.
She had no idea he was about to walk through her door with the intention of staying for the next three monthsโin the dead of winter.
Thatโd be bad enough, but when she heard his other piece of news?
Things were gonna get a hell of a lot worse.
He stayed in the car a few more minutes, trying to psych himself up. Maybe sheโd surprise him and be open to talking things through. Maybe she wouldnโt be horrified when he told her about what heโd discovered a few months ago. Maybe it would all work out fine, just like Ethan said.
Even better?
Maybe heโd find himself again.
Grasping at all those positive possibilities, he gritted his teeth, grabbed his bag, and got out of the car.
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Author Info:
Jennifer Probst is the New York Times bestselling author of the Billionaire Builders series, the Searching For series, The Marriage series, the Steele Brothers series, and The Start of Something Good, which is the first book in the Stay series. Like some of her characters, Probst, along with her husband and two sons, calls New Yorkโs Hudson Valley home. When she isnโt traveling to meet readers, she enjoys reading, watching โshameful reality television,โ and visiting a local Hudson Valley animal shelter.
Website: https://www.jenniferprobst.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferprobst.authorpage
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniferprobst
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2965489.Jennifer_Probst
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Giveaway:
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