Under the Same Sky

De: Nichole Greene

Narrado por: Ellie Gossage, Jay Alder

Ten years ago, I was trapped between the boy I grew up with and the most forbidden man in my life. The comfort and familiarity of my best friend versus a 'once in lifetime' kind of love with a boy bound for greatness.

I chose wrong.

When a tragic accident and a manipulative man took away my free will, I fought to retain my identity. Bit by bit, he erased it. Erased me. Drowning us both in shared misery. His abrupt death should have freed the bonds, but instead they continue to tighten.

In an effort to escape it all, I find myself pulled by an invisible string right back to the man I've never forgotten. A man that would spend every second reminding me of who I once was. I wanted to hide while I battled the demons of my past, but he will not see me cower. And just when I think there could be happiness out there for me, the spotlight sparks to life and threatens everything.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Nicole Greene (P)2023 Tantor Media

Perfect Second Chance

Massimo, a foreign exchange student from Italy, ends up being placed with Fia’s family for their senior year. It seems perfect. Fia, a frizzy redhead with curves, is the editor of the school newspaper and a passionate photographer. She’s also secretly hooking up with her neighbor—the quarterback—but he’s a jerk who refuses to define their relationship. Not the most popular girl and a bit shy, Fia keeps her guard up. Massimo, on the other hand, is a quiet, athletic guy with dreams of being noticed in the soccer world. Though he’s reserved, he only has eyes for Fia. The two feel an undeniable pull toward each other but agree not to risk Massimo’s placement by becoming anything more than friends.

That promise doesn’t last forever. At the end of their senior year, they finally give in and spend one unforgettable night together. It’s perfect—they’re perfect—but when Massimo returns to Italy, they don’t make any plans for the future.

Years later, Fia is—was—married to her old neighbor, the same guy who once refused to call her his girlfriend. But fate has a cruel sense of irony. He dies in a car accident alongside the woman he’d been cheating with—the same woman he’d gotten pregnant. The mistress survives.
Fia’s grief is complicated. She isn’t mourning her husband so much as the closure she never got—the answers he took with him. Now, she’s built a life on her own terms. She’s a renowned photographer who’s worked with National Geographic, constantly chasing new places and moments to capture.
Meanwhile, Massimo has become a world-famous Italian soccer star, living in Italy and thriving in the spotlight. But he’s never forgotten Fia. In fact, she’s closer to him than she realizes—because Fia’s latest client, the one she manages remotely through her father’s firm, is Massimo.
When he learns what she’s been through, Massimo decides it’s time to stop watching her life from afar. He arranges for Fia to stay in his guest house, offering her a quiet escape to “find herself” again—without revealing who he is. Fia agrees, unaware she’s about to walk back into the orbit of the one person she’s never truly moved on from. When they finally “run into” each other in Italy, it’s like no time has passed. The moment they start talking—about what they were, what they lost, and what they still feel—it’s game over.

Tropes:
Second Chance
Its Always Been You
Then and Now- Timeline
Toxic Ex
Soccer Romance
Curvy FMC
He Fell First and Hard

Absolutely Loved

I went into this blind and was not expecting the amazing story I got. Second chance romance at its finest.