N.S. Perkins

Advocate Wren is drager van het gen voor vroegtijdige alzheimer. Ze stort zich volledig op haar werk en vermijdt vriendschap en liefde. Als een medische fout ervoor zorgt dat Aarons vader zijn kerstboomgaard niet meer kan runnen, verhuist Aaron terug naar het kleine stadje uit zijn jeugd. Om zijn vader gerechtigheid te kunnen geven, huurt hij Wren in. Als emoties groeien en grenzen vervagen, moeten Aaron en Wren beslissen of het beter is om liefde te verliezen, dan om nooit lief te hebben gehad. ‘Als ik je vergeet’ is het emotionele debuut van N.S. Perkins, perfect voor iedereen die houdt van romance met diepgang.

When Matthias Phillips imagined the new caretaker for his mother with ALS, the last thing he had in mind was a gorgeous twenty-something who didn’t look like she had a day of experience in the field. However, his mother has always been stubborn, and despite his objections, she’s insistent: it’s Adelaide Samson she wants him to hire. After losing her job, Adelaide needs a new gig to continue supporting her family, even if that means working for overprotective and rude Matthias. Once she earns his trust, though, she gets to see a whole other side of him—a funny, sweet, and sensitive side. A side she might start to like. Feelings take hold, but soon, Adelaide must choose between helping Helen with a secret task or being honest with Matthias. Caught between the woman who feels like a second mother and the man she’s falling for, Adelaide must navigate the murky waters of a job that has started to feel like home.

ANOTHER SCORCHING SUMMER ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE INFINITY BETWEEN US!Jamie and Emma’s relationship is on the brink of death. After five years of dating, the high school sweethearts have run their course. At least that’s what Emma thinks. While they are both highly-trained pianists on the verge of their big break, Jamie’s the only one who can’t seem to prioritize them, and she’s had enough. On their way to the musicians’ retreat they spend every summer at, she finally tells him the they’re over. Their failing relationship seems to be their biggest problem. That is, until they arrive at camp and realize something is very they’ve gone back a year in time. More than that, the two of them are the only ones who seem to notice it. This in itself isn’t good, but what’s worse is, in present time, the summer will be finalized by a major showcase that will determine the fate of their careers. They need to find a way to go back, and fast. So if they have to work together to find the solution to their crazy time-travel issue? Then so be it. And if Jamie can find a way to make Emma fall in love with him again in the process? Well, even better.

Eighteen years of summers spent in a beach house in Ogunquit, Maine, have brought Violet Mitchell and Will Seaberg together. For two perfect, beach-filled months every year, they spent every waking minute together. First as friends, until one summer changed everything. But before the two even had a chance to claim the love they’d spent their entire lives creating, disaster struck, tearing the two lovers—and their families—apart. Heartbroken and haunted by the memories of that fateful summer, Violet struggles to move on from the past. Still, she promises herself to never contact Will again. But five years later, when Violet arrives to finalize the sale of the property, she finds Will right where she left him: sun-kissed, loving, and so incredibly sorry. At first, she wants nothing to do with him, but Violet soon realizes that it’s inevitable and that the past she was running away from might actually hold the key to the love and the happiness she believed was stolen away from her five summers ago.

Lilianne DiLorenzo has spent most of her life waiting for a kidney transplant, but now that her dream has become a reality, she’s met with a new horrible medical debt. More than that, she can’t afford the medication she’ll need to take for life, and while she’s successful as a content creator, she’ll never be able to survive without health insurance. After realizing his lifestyle as a famous band member had become toxic, Andrew Carter moved across the country and left everything behind, losing his friends and family in the process. Starting over has been a struggle, and the only silver lining has been his new career as a music producer. Succeeding in it is the one thing that keeps him going. After an awkward first meeting, Lilianne and Carter realize they both have something the other she has the platform to promote the band he produces for, and he has the health insurance she needs…so long as they get married. While the idea sounds ridiculous at first, they can’t help feeling like it’s their best option. With the two being total opposites, moving in together isn’t smooth sailing, but soon enough, they realize that faking feelings for the other might not be so hard after all. That is, so long as Lilianne doesn’t learn the secrets Carter is keeping from her.

Twenty-six-year-old Wren Lawson knows she will soon forget who she is. With early familial Alzheimer’s disease written in her genes, it’s a fact she’s wrapped her whole life around; to indulge in friends or romance is a risk for everyone around her—one she’s not keen on taking. Throwing herself into her work as a lawyer is the only thing she can do. Aaron Scott-Perez was happy with his quiet life in Boston, but when a doctor’s mistake leaves his father unable to run his Christmas tree farm, Aaron has no choice but to move back to the small Vermont town he used to call home. He never saw himself managing the business, but since it is so dear to his father, Aaron has given up everything to do it. To get his father the justice he deserves, he hires none other than Wren. She’s emotionally blunted and secretive, but her kindness and competency provide something his family hasn’t felt for a long time: hope. So much so that Aaron starts to think the life he didn’t want might not be so bad when she’s around. Yet Wren cannot let him in, too haunted by her future. As the two get closer and the lines become blurred, Wren and Aaron find themselves at a crossroads. But their attraction is unyielding, and together they must decide what risks are worth taking, and if love is better to lose than to never have at all.

Lexie Tuffin has one goal in life: making it to the Olympics as a gymnast for Team USA. Her dream was almost crushed when she injured herself last year, but now she’s back with a vengeance. Except her old coach fired her, and she’s starting from scratch. The only gym that will have her is in Nowhere, Vermont. Finn Olsen has spent his adult life traveling the world, never wanting to settle in one place until last year, when he had to come back to his dull hometown to take on a job managing a Christmas tree farm. And while he’s slowly fallen in love with the job, he still feels like something is missing from his life. How could he ever feel fulfilled in a place that still sees him as his wild teenage self? After a catastrophic introduction and an even worse second meeting, Lexie wants nothing to do with Finn. The fact that she rents a cabin on his farm makes their interactions unavoidable, to Lexie’s great despair. However, the more they bump into each other, the clearer it becomes that the snarky flannel-wearing man might not be so bad after all. In fact, he might be the first person to really see her. Her only focus should be on her training. He should not fall for anyone. But neither of them seems able to stop feelings from developing, and maybe in each other, they can find what they’ve been looking for all along: somewhere to belong.