IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖 #WF #LF #RF #A #Q #QuestPit PAST LIVES × NORMAL PEOPLE Twelve years after losing her first love, a married woman breaks her own rules and reaches out—triggering a reckoning over whether she’s chasing a man or the version of herself she left behind.

📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖 #WF #LF #RF #A / 89k / #Q After twelve years of marriage built on stability, a thirty-something woman secretly reconnects with her first love—forcing her to confront whether safety is enough when desire and identity have quietly eroded. #QuestPit

📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖 #WF / 89k / #Q When a married thirty-something secretly reconnects with her first love after twelve years, she must choose: stay in a marriage that feels safe but hollow—or risk everything to discover who she might have been. #QuestPit

📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖 #WF /89k/ #Q When a thirty-something woman reaches out to her first love after twelve years, she must decide whether she’s seeking closure or the spark she once had with him – even if it means leaving the safety of her fading marriage. #questpit

⏳ She’s only fifteen—but everything’s about to change. ⠀ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝: 📓 Honor student 🤘🏼Dating a flaky drummer 💄 Over being treated like Barbie ⠀ Then Gale shows up. ⠀ He’s messy. risky. But she can’t logic her way out of the spark.🔥 Do you relate to Aurora at all? Leave me an emoji! 👇🏻

FINALLY #querying! Look for a #litagent who wants a character-driven contemporary romance that blends elements of new adult and upmarket fiction. A dual-timeline story that turns the typical second-chance romance HEA on its head. Oh, and Kleenex. You'll need Kleenex.

👀SNEAK PEEK! “What about you?” I ask, my voice softer now, hesitant. “Are you the same Gale I remember?” He doesn’t answer right away. His eyes are fixed on the road ahead, his expression unreadable in my peripheral vision. Finally, he exhales, his voice low. “That’s a tough question to answer.”

✨MEET GALE ✨ Mysterious, charming, and unpredictable, Gale's quiet confidence and magnetic pull are impossible to ignore. He’s always been a question mark for Aurora, a deep pull that builds into something raw, intense, and unforgettable. Should it have always been him? 💫 #booksky #romance #wip

#romanceauthors and other #fictionauthors out there: How long was your manuscript? I’m almost done and I’m estimating 110,000 words. #itshouldvebeenyou #wip #secondchanceromance

Chapter 29 done! ✍🏼 And it was a doozy. The spiciest one by far and one I had a personal obligation to get just right ❤️ #booksky #romancenovel #romancebooks #wip #writingcommunity #itshouldvebeenyou #galeandaurora

I really don’t want to grade right now. I just want to live in my book’s world. 🙃 #booksky #author

Holy moly. 10,000 words this week. As the kids say, I’m cookin’! #wip #romancebooks #itshouldvebeenyou #galeandaurora #secondchanceromance #booksky #authors #writingcommunity

MEET AURORA 🖤 The protagonist of It Should’ve Been You—and my pen name. 🤔 Coincidence? Not quite. This “fictional” story is a memoir in disguise. Aurora is an emo cheerleader 🖤, valedictorian 🤓 & dreamer 🤘🏼, carrying memories📓 and a deep bond with Gale. This is her story—and mine. 💕 #booksky