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Forever & Always You

by Estelle Maskame

Book Details

Publisher:Black & White Publishing
Published:2025-09-04
Pages:229
Format:BOOK
Language:en
ISBN:9781785308116

Reading Info

About This Book

"Chock full of yearning and achingly sweet moments" - Katie Holt, author of Not In My Book "I simply could not put it down. A must read!" Ally Wiegand, author of First Base They promised to be best friends forever . . . but what if they could be more? Of all of Gabby's terrible mistakes, losing Austin may have been the worst one. As children, they were inseparable best friends - until golden girl Gabby publicly broke Austin's heart and set fire to their friendship. She hasn't seen him since. Now

Our Review

This YA romance delivers the kind of gut-wrenching, second-chance love story that will have you turning pages late into the night, following childhood best friends Gabby and Austin whose deep bond was shattered by a public betrayal. Years after Gabby broke Austin's heart and destroyed their friendship, the story explores whether some connections are strong enough to survive even the most painful mistakes, capturing that specific ache of wondering what could have been with someone who once knew you better than anyone.

What makes this contemporary romance stand out is its raw exploration of friendship's fragile boundaries and the high stakes of transforming a platonic relationship into something more. Teen readers who live for emotional tension and complex character dynamics will find themselves completely invested in whether these two can rebuild trust after such a devastating rift. The novel perfectly captures that bittersweet feeling of nostalgia mixed with hope, making you believe in the possibility of redemption and the power of first loves that never truly fade.

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Fiction

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Fiction