She thought heartbreak would be the hardest part. She was wrong. After her husband tells her he isn't in love with her anymore, thirty-eight-year-old Lola finds herself navigating divorce, single motherhood, and a future she never planned for. Determined to hold it together for her children while quietly falling apart behind closed doors, she searches for anything that might help her feel like herself again. What begins as a distraction turns into a series of unexpected connections, complicated feelings, and lessons she ... Read More
She thought heartbreak would be the hardest part. She was wrong. After her husband tells her he isn't in love with her anymore, thirty-eight-year-old Lola finds herself navigating divorce, single motherhood, and a future she never planned for. Determined to hold it together for her children while quietly falling apart behind closed doors, she searches for anything that might help her feel like herself again. What begins as a distraction turns into a series of unexpected connections, complicated feelings, and lessons she never saw coming. As she stumbles through bad dates, impossible choices, lingering heartbreak, and the messy process of rebuilding a life, Lola discovers that healing doesn't happen all at once-and neither does love. Filled with humor, heart, heartbreak, and hope, The Summer I Stopped Chasing is a deeply relatable story about learning to let go of the life you thought you wanted in order to embrace the life waiting for you. Perfect for readers who love emotional women's fiction, second-chance stories, slow-burn romance, and characters who discover that sometimes the greatest love story isn't the one that finds you-it's the one that brings you home. Read Less