Lucky Penny: A Second Chance Romance (The Hometown Series) by Katherine Bitner

Lucky Penny is book two in The Hometown series, however it can be read as a stand alone novel. Ten years ago, they were inseparable—until she left for college and he went to prison. Penny Hanson swore she’d never look back. She built a successful photography career, buried the heartbreak, and never breathed a word about the boy who shattered her heart. Because Jesse Rivers wasn’t just her first love... he was the secret she promised to take to the grave, and a mistake she could never make again. So when her little sister finds herself in a crisis, Penny drops everything to return to her hometown with one mission: clean up the mess, help her sister, and leave before the past has a chance to touch her. However, things rarely go according to plan. Like him being back in town. But Jesse’s not just back—he’s renting a room in her sister’s house. Penny can’t afford to lose control, but as the tension between them simmers with every glance, every memory, every night spent with just a wall between them, one thing becomes clear: the mess she came to fix just got way more complicated. Read more