Almost Never Apart

<p><strong>What if the one person you never expected to see again is the only one who can bring you back to life?</strong></p><p></p><p>Mia Evian has never been one to believe in fate. But when she unexpectedly runs into Preston Maddox-the boy she hasn't seen in over a year-at a university house party in the heart of London she starts to wonder if the universe is playing tricks on her.</p><p></p><p>Preston is different now. Quiet. Distant. Determined to lead a safe uneventful life under the radar. But Mia knows better-she knows Preston's hiding not just from the world but from a past that still haunts him.</p><p></p><p>The two share a complicated history. There's tension-crackling electric tension-and unspoken feelings buried under sarcasm and sidelong glances. Mia tells herself it's platonic. Totally friendly. Completely manageable.</p><p></p><p>But when she discovers Preston's plan to live like a ghost-to coast through life without ever really feeling it-Mia makes it her mission to pull him out of the shadows. To show him what it means to actually live: to chase joy to take risks to let go.</p><p></p><p>Only Preston's past isn't something he can just escape. And if the wrong people in London find out who he really is his attempt at a quiet life could explode into something much darker-for both of them.</p><p></p><p>Heartfelt witty and quietly intense this is a story of second chances hidden truths and the fragile courage it takes to let someone back in-even when everything feels like it could fall apart.</p><p></p><p><em>If you love slow-burn romance tangled pasts and stories about rediscovering yourself through someone else-this is the book you've been waiting for.</em></p>