{"product_id":"the-year-i-kept-your-aria-vale-9798299329391","title":"The Year I Kept Your Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne year after choosing herself, can she choose him again-without losing who she's become?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara left her high-school sweetheart to see who she was off the map of \"us.\" Now she's rooted in the harbor town of Hartwell-pouring lattes at a warm-lit café, making zines with friends, and learning the quiet art of keeping without owning. Across state lines, Evan has learned other kinds of courage-ladders, sirens, and the discipline of not calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen family pulls Evan back to Hartwell and a chapbook ties Mara closer to the place she swore she wouldn't romanticize, the town becomes a map of near-misses: shared rooms, borrowed spines, the same shoreline walked at different hours. Old love hums under new rituals. Kindness replaces rescue. And two people who once chose distance have to decide whether the selves they've built can stand side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarbor Romances - Book One\u003c\/b\u003e is a low-angst, slow-burn second-chance love story-tender, contemporary, and full of everyday bravery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond-chance, small-town coastal romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow burn, yearning, mutual respect (consent-first)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound family, cafés, makers, and community workshops\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eClosed-door intimacy; emotions forward, language mild\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soft, hopeful ending that opens the door to Book Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers who like heart-forward contemporary romances that trade grand gestures for honest ones-and towns that quietly teach you how to stay.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aria Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798299329391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Aria Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170137841919,"sku":"9798299329391","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-i-kept-your-aria-vale-9798299329391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}