Twenty Five Years Later

by June Woods

“You really want me to keep your affair a secret?” It was a question Emma thought she would never have to ask her husband.

Pediatric surgeon Emma Reeves thought she had it all... until a sudden car crash shattered both her hand and her marriage in one day.

Now healing in her hometown of Fernandina Beach, Emma gets roped into planning her 25th high school reunion alongside her widowed best friend Rose. It's the perfect distraction, until she's forced to work with the one person guaranteed to get under her skin.

Eliot Tate. The boy who went from childhood friend to enemy #1. The man whose mere presence still makes her blood boil.

But when a mysterious photograph surfaces from their past, Emma begins to question everything she thought she knew about him, and about herself.

Some secrets are hidden for a reason. Some wounds take twenty-five years to heal. And some second chances arrive when you least expect them.

This is book 5 of 6 in the Fernandina Beach series. Scroll up to begin reading now!

Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2026

About the author

June Woods is a coffee-loving beach bum who has spent the last decade traveling the states and meeting interesting people.

She was born and raised in Florida but has called everywhere home for a little while.

She’s been obsessed with reading ever since she learned how to, and has been writing short stories for as long as she can remember.

Her first love will always be mysteries, but she also dabbles in romantic suspense and comedy.

You can expect her books to be light, fluffy, and full of emotion. June loves making her readers feel something, even if it's just laughter.

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Reviews

[Maria Logan-Montgomery · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good beach read. I was disappointed that it’s really one book spread over 6 “books”, like 6 short stories. There were a lot of words missing such as, “…curled her light brown into elegant ringlets.” Probably her hair, but it leaves the reader to fill in the blank. “…put a called Rose…” Maybe “put a call in to Rose”? Or maybe, just “called Rose”. Then there is the incorrect use of I vs. me. It’s Nathan and me, not Nathan and I in the context in which this phrase was used.

[Christopher Sloan · Rating 1 out of 5]

ugh

Drivel. Unresearched, unrealistic, drivel. I don’t know why anyone would bother to write about a neurosurgeon and not 1) know more about how the medical field and hospitals work, and 2) assume that a neurosurgeon would be such an emotional pushover and wimp. Yuck.

[Cheryl Fraser · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

Where is the 2 nd book? I want to continue reading?
This is frustrating when you want to know how a story ends

[Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riveting

A lot of us remember awkward school days. Took me back. Good days and awkward, young mistakes and crushes, fun and fights...