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The Choices I've Made: A Small Town Second Chance Contemporary Romance
314 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2025
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April 30, 2025
The Choices I’ve Made is a small town, second chance romance set in Ocracoke, North Carolina. Jake Jamison and Molly McIntyre, childhood sweethearts, are reunited after twelve years when Jake returns home to Ocracoke for his father’s funeral.
This is a slow burn story filled with swoon. Author J.L. Berg has created a wonderful setting. I want to visit this fictional town on Ocracoke Island. I loved the By the Bay Inn that Molly runs. A cozy atmosphere with delicious food and family style meals? Sign me up, please! I became invested in the plot and found myself rooting for many of the characters. Main characters and side characters alike add depth to this novel. Berg weaves their storylines and experiences together in such a way that readers will feel as though they themselves are there.
I’m so happy that this is book one of a six book series! This is the first book I’ve read by J.L. Berg and not only am I looking forward to future By the Bay books, I am interested in checking out her backlist.
This is a slow burn story filled with swoon. Author J.L. Berg has created a wonderful setting. I want to visit this fictional town on Ocracoke Island. I loved the By the Bay Inn that Molly runs. A cozy atmosphere with delicious food and family style meals? Sign me up, please! I became invested in the plot and found myself rooting for many of the characters. Main characters and side characters alike add depth to this novel. Berg weaves their storylines and experiences together in such a way that readers will feel as though they themselves are there.
I’m so happy that this is book one of a six book series! This is the first book I’ve read by J.L. Berg and not only am I looking forward to future By the Bay books, I am interested in checking out her backlist.
April 27, 2025
Really hooks you in right away and leaves you rooting for the characters! The visuals of where the story is unfolding is really well done!
April 22, 2025
This is the first @authorjlberg book that I have read, and it gave me all the feels. Luckily, I don't have to wait for book 2, The Scars I Bare, because it is also available now.
~What you need to know~
Tropes:
💞 Second Chance
🌼 First-Love
🏡 Small-Town
🏖️ Coastal Romance
☀️ Return to Hometown
🔪 Emotional Scars
He was my first love, my greatest heartbreak. Now, he's my second chance..
After years of building a quiet, steady life running her family's inn, Molly McIntyre finally feels like she's moved on. She's engaged, settled, and ready for the future—until a ferry accident nearly takes her fiancé's life, and the man who saves him is the one she's spent twelve years trying to forget.
Jake Jameson never planned on coming back. But after the loss of his father and the accident that changes everything, he finds himself staying longer than he intended. And staying means facing Molly—the woman he left behind but never stopped loving.
As old wounds resurface and familiar feelings prove impossible to ignore, Molly and Jake find themselves drawn back to each other. But love isn't just about the past—it's about choices. And when painful truths come to light, Molly must decide if the man who once broke her heart is worth the risk of loving again.
The Choices I've Made is an emotional, small-town second-chance romance about healing, forgiveness, and the kind of love that never lets go. Perfect for fans of deeply heartfelt stories and the quiet magic of a coastal town.
@lovenotes.pr
~What you need to know~
Tropes:
💞 Second Chance
🌼 First-Love
🏡 Small-Town
🏖️ Coastal Romance
☀️ Return to Hometown
🔪 Emotional Scars
He was my first love, my greatest heartbreak. Now, he's my second chance..
After years of building a quiet, steady life running her family's inn, Molly McIntyre finally feels like she's moved on. She's engaged, settled, and ready for the future—until a ferry accident nearly takes her fiancé's life, and the man who saves him is the one she's spent twelve years trying to forget.
Jake Jameson never planned on coming back. But after the loss of his father and the accident that changes everything, he finds himself staying longer than he intended. And staying means facing Molly—the woman he left behind but never stopped loving.
As old wounds resurface and familiar feelings prove impossible to ignore, Molly and Jake find themselves drawn back to each other. But love isn't just about the past—it's about choices. And when painful truths come to light, Molly must decide if the man who once broke her heart is worth the risk of loving again.
The Choices I've Made is an emotional, small-town second-chance romance about healing, forgiveness, and the kind of love that never lets go. Perfect for fans of deeply heartfelt stories and the quiet magic of a coastal town.
@lovenotes.pr
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