Once, Again, Always

By (author) Gayle, Amanda
Description:

A second-chance romance following a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years, only to find that she apparently married the one man she can’t stand—her arrogant and infuriating former boarding school rival.

Molly Graham’s day can’t possibly get any worse after she wakes up in a hospital bed with a head injury and amnesia. But then Aster Bishop—the Aster Bishop who made her life hell at boarding school—storms into her room calling her his wife.

To Molly’s shock, in the six years she no longer recalls, she somehow fell in love with a man she once despised. Persuaded by her lifelong friends to give her new reality a chance, she reluctantly returns to the home she and Aster share to try and piece together her life.

So much has changed, not least the considerate and devastatingly handsome man who spends every night sleeping on the sofa to avoid making her uncomfortable. This Aster is nothing like the entitled boy she once knew. Their chemistry is undeniable, but he’s distant with her, infuriatingly so. It’s clear he has secrets, and Molly can’t stand it. Especially knowing that she might never regain her memories.

That she fell in love with Aster Bishop once is hard enough to believe. But to fall in love again? To promise a future, always, when she can’t remember her past? It feels impossible when faced with a man she hardly knows and isn’t sure she can trust.

And yet…

Tropes
• Rivals to lovers
• Forced proximity
• Slow burn
• Yearning (so much yearning)
• Found family
• Second-chance romance
• Memory loss
• There’s only one bed and he takes the sofa like a boring, sensible man

Review quote:
“Once, Again, Always is filled to the brim with tenderness, yearning, and heart. This book is the platonic ideal of the amnesia trope: Molly’s vulnerability and confusion are masterfully drawn, while Aster’s angst and longing are positively delicious (sorry, Aster: I do enjoy seeing you suffer). All culminates in the swooniest love story. Amanda Gayle is an unmissable new voice in contemporary romance. Five effervescent stars!” — Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy “Heart-scorching, sexy, and wonderfully emotional, Once, Again, Always is second-chance perfection.” — Tarah DeWitt, USA Today bestselling author of Left of Forever “With its lovable cast of characters, intrepid heroine, and down-bad hero, Gayle’s compelling and lyrical debut is sure to captivate readers with its tender, emotional love story and its heartfelt, hopeful look at one woman’s journey to let go of who she was so she can become who she is now. Or perhaps, so she can become who she was once, again, and always meant to be.” — Jacqueline Firkins, author of Marlowe Banks, Redesigned "Once, Again, Always is a deliciously angsty romance that takes big swings and lives in the liminal space between the grief of losing what was and the joy of discovering what can be. Amanda Gayle has written an achingly romantic story that will stick with you for weeks afterward." — Elizabeth Davis, author of Time for You and The Friendsgiving Pact
Biographical note:
At any given time, Amanda Gayle might be writing, reading, or spying on the birds in her backyard. She spends too much time on the internet, usually obsessing over fictional characters kissing. She lives in North Carolina with her two favorite people: her husband and toddler. Once, Again, Always is her debut romance.