The Love I Burned Away

For ten years, Grace has loved Mike Miller, the boy next door who took her in after her parents died. When the Sinclair family faces ruin, Mike's devotion to Chloe Sinclair becomes impossible to ignore. On their wedding day, a fire consumes the chapel, and Mike saves Grace only to die with a hatred she never understood. Blamed by his family and broken by grief, Grace dies too—then wakes one week before the wedding, back in the bridal boutique where Mike's contempt is waiting.

This time, Grace quietly steps aside. She orders the dress in Chloe's measurements, changes the bride's name on every invitation, and chooses the ring Chloe would want. Mike mistakes her calm for surrender, but his parents still push for the grandest wedding New York has seen, and his secret bailout of the Sinclairs is about to surface. As the life she once burned for unravels around her, Grace must decide how much of her own heart she is willing to let go.