Wish You Were Here

Bluebird Basin, Book 3

By: Jess K. Hardy

Narrated by: Willem Bloom, Alexa Elmy

She thought she could forget him. He’ll never stop trying to prove she shouldn’t.

Davis Thompson had never been so happy or so in love as she was with Kevin Lowes. Until his relapse shattered their world. After finding him at his lowest, in a moment that will haunt her forever, she’s convinced he’d not only chosen drugs over her. But he’d chosen another woman too. Now she’s trying to rebuild her life, wanting desperately to move on and figure out who she is and what she wants without him. There’s only one problem: Kev is returning to Bluebird Basin.

After a brutal rebab stay, Kev is determined to recommit to his recovery and win back the only woman he’s ever loved. But when he realizes the depth of the pain he caused and the secrets Davis has kept to protect him from himself, he wonders if it’s too late. More broken than he’s ever been, Kev finds unexpected healing while working with a wild mustang whose invisible scars match his.

But Bluebird Basin is a small ski hill, and as Kev and Davis continually cross paths, old wounds reopen and sparks reignite. Davis doesn’t know if she can trust Kev again. And Kev must confront his darkest fears and deepest regrets if he wants to prove to her that a second chance with him is worth fighting for.

Wish You Were Here is book 3 in the Bluebird Basin Romance series but can be enjoyed as a standalone. Although listening to the first two books is recommended.

Content notes: Relapse, discussions of drug use, discussions of abuse.

Tropes: second chance romance, relationship in trouble, forced proximity, reformed bad boy, hurt/comfort, redemption romance, animal as a mirror, small-town romance, high angst, pining/groveling.

©2025 Jess K. Hardy (P)2025 Dreamscape Media

A disappointing 3rd after 2 BANGERS

The performers were meh, and were very wooden. The story was boring compared to Come as You Are and Lips Like Sugar, which I absolutely LOVED.