You Weren’t Mine Then

When the love of your life becomes off-limits, is a second chance even possible?

In the eyes of everyone else, I was a wallflower. A tall wallflower nicknamed Plain Jane. To Finn Brennen, I was a sunflower. The girl who tutored him into the college with the swim team of his dreams. His friend.

We wanted more, but timing was never right for us. Until it was, and we fell so hard that we couldn't have come out of it unscathed, even if the sky hadn't tumbled down on us soon after. A past mistake crushed us in a way we couldn't have foreseen.

Our love became forbidden. We remained connected, but not in the way we wanted to be. Not in the way we were meant to be. Every holiday and family gathering brought us into the same room. For years, we were each other's constant reminder of what-ifs and could-have-beens.

Now he's a divorced single dad, but family ties mean he's still considered off-limits for me in the eyes of everyone, including mine.

Family is forever, but what if love is, too?

'You Weren't Mine Then' can be read as a standalone. A dual pov, steamy slow-burn, small-town romance with no cheating, featuring a hero who sports a swimmer's body, a broken heart, and a scar on his ring finger. Our heroine has the looks of a wallflower but not the personality of one. She paints by night, decorates wedding cakes by day, even when it hurts, and has a sunflower tattoo on her hipbone.

????? "...a captivating story that mimics real life struggles...realistic and relatable....run your heart through a wide range of feelings. Lily has a gift for characters. My favorite thing is her ability to write not only physical heat but a soul-level attraction." - The Lit Buzz