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The Seat Beside You
Paperback
Publisher: Isabella Hart
Published: Jan 15 2026
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.12 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
After a spectacular career crash and broken engagement, Grace Harper returns to the small town she fled twelve years ago-the place where she left her first love without a goodbye. The bench by the lake is still there, weathered wood holding carved initials and broken promises. So is Daniel Rivers, the boy she left behind, now a man carrying secrets he never shared.Daniel has spent twelve years coming to their bench every morning, talking to ghosts and healing from the heartbreak Grace caused. He stayed when she left, built his father's contracting business into something meaningful, and never stopped loving the girl who chose New York over him. When she walked away, she took his heart. When she comes back, she brings chaos.Then the town announces plans to demolish Lakeside Park for luxury condos-their bench, their memories, their sacred place, all scheduled for destruction. Despite twelve years of hurt, Grace and Daniel must work together to save it. Fighting for the place that shaped them forces them to face the truth neither wanted to admit: the love they lost never really left. It just sat waiting on that bench, patient and permanent, for them to find their way back.Some seats remain empty. Some loves wait forever. Some places hold more than memories-they hold second chances, if you're brave enough to sit back down and stay.
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