Kristin Marzullo

After finding their way back to one another, Jake and Mia’s relationship takes an unexpected turn. As Mia now looks back on their last two years, she learns new lessons about herself and Jake that reshape her perspective on love. As the relationship advice columnist of ‘Just Now’ Magazine, Mia finds herself feeling like a fraud as she excels in her career while struggling in her personal life. She meets new friends, like her tenacious work bestie Grace and goofy non-conforming next-door neighbor Sam, who teach her that falling out of love, though painful, can lead to new and fulfilling experiences. Mistakes are made along her journey to happiness. But, can Mia find a way to forgive herself for ever accepting less than she deserved?

After two years of not speaking to her family, Mia Davis, a 25-year-old relationship advice columnist, receives a wedding invitation in the mail from her older brother Todd. Despite telling her boyfriend, Ethan, she’s going alone, she secretly RSVPs yes with a plus one. Once back in her hometown Mia is quickly bombarded by memories of her life before she left, as both Todd and her dad treat her like no time has passed at all. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for her mom, who is still holding tightly to the pain of Mia leaving her after experiencing a tremendous loss, that no one seems to want to talk about. As Mia navigates this new family dynamic and struggles to figure out where she fits in, she leans on Jake, the ex-love-of-her-life. In a bold—but not-so-innocent—effort to make amends with him, she invites him to the wedding. To her surprise, Jake’s presence brings up emotions she thought she’d never feel again, and her plan of keeping her cards close to her chest quickly unravels. Mia soon realizes that mending old wounds is harder than simply saying sorry. After searching for the answers to forgiveness in those around her and finding they were right in front of her all along, she admits that she’s not the expert on love, loss, and healing. Before returning to New York, she must choose between Jake and Ethan, find a way to redirect the anger and blame she feels towards her mom, and decide if she’s strong enough to integrate her broken past into her unfolding future.

Brooklyn tends to be pessimistic. Raised by her mother and the prized possession of her absent father, she’s always felt caught between two worlds: who she is and who her parents expect her to be. As a result, she decides to spend the summer in Boston supporting her mom after the divorce and discovering where she fits in. Eli manages a bookstore better than he manages his friends, family, and his broken heart. A wealth of knowledge in women’s fiction, he so easily slips in under Brooklyn’s skin. More annoying than his perfect face is how he can read her like every book he keeps stocked on the shelves. The only problem is Eli refuses to open up. When hearts collide, one is bound to break. Can Brooklyn piece together Eli’s mysterious past before the summer ends? Or will she go back to LA disappointed that she’s been right all along, and love doesn’t conquer all?