Title: Before We Were Us

Author: C.A. Harms

Genre/Tropes: Age-Gap, Second Chance Romance, Older guy, Detective, Angst, OW Drama, Standalone

Release Date: May 14, 2024

Photographer: Eric Battershell

Cover Model: Alex Boivin

Cover Design: Melissa Gill

She stepped up to my side in a dark club and ordered a whiskey.

My go-to drink.

I didn’t know her name, I knew nothing about her, but every part of me came alive.

For more than a year my life had been turned upside down. I’d hit a wall at every turn, but suddenly the weight had lifted.

And the minute she stepped away, I felt the loss.

Things are not always as they seem.

We all have regrets; parts of our lives we wish we could erase.

For me, I wish I could change the order in which those choices were made.

Had I only met her first.

Had it been her that said yes.

Brynn is everything I could ever want, the problem is, my past may keep us from ever having a future.

Because before we were us, I was a version of myself I’d like to forget.

But that version of me has not yet been laid completely to rest.

** 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕&𝗡 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬-𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵. 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵!

C.A. Harms is an avid romance and mystery reader. She's always had a love for books, getting lost in writing and storytelling even as a young girl. She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories.

She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She holds an addiction for Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha’s and KitKat when she should really be focusing on water and maybe a fruit or two to make herself feel less guilty, but that feeling quickly passes...thankfully.

She is easy going, fun, and although she may seem like one of the quiet ones at first, you just wait until she gets to know you better...that quietness changes, fast.

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