The Shape of Our Return

Two years ago, Nora Bennett left Briarwood University without explaining why, leaving Eli Mercer with unanswered questions and a heartbreak he never quite learned to forget.

Now, at twenty-two, Nora is back. A temporary position organizing the university's athletic archives should be a fresh start, but it brings her face-to-face with the one person she never expected to see again.

Eli has spent two years turning disappointment into determination. As a senior and alternate captain of Briarwood's hockey team, he has learned to keep his focus on the ice and his private feelings under control. Nora's return threatens the distance he worked so hard to create.

Forced to work together, they uncover old photographs, forgotten memories, and truths that neither of them was ready to confront. Beneath their guarded conversations and lingering attraction lies a question neither can avoid: can love survive the silence that once tore them apart?

Nora must find the courage to tell the truth about the past. Eli must decide whether protecting his heart is worth losing the possibility of a future with her.

Some goodbyes leave scars. Some memories refuse to fade. And sometimes, the hardest journey is finding your way back to the person who once felt like home.

The Shape of Our Return is an emotional second-chance romance set in the world of college hockey, where old wounds, unexpected tenderness, and the courage to trust again may give two lost hearts one more chance.