It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

It Starts with Us by Colleen HooverLily and Ryle have just settled into a civil co parenting rhythm with their daughter, Emerson, when Lily suddenly runs into Atlas nearly two years after they last spoke. Elated that the timing finally seems to be right to give what they have together a real chance, Atlas asks Lily on a date. But Lily's excitement is almost immediately replaced by dread and anxiety when Lily remembers that Ryle, though no longer her husband, is still very much part of

my favorite time of the year

forgive her debts

When invited to be The House’s academic liaison

after a brutal divorce and a heavy dose of therapy

This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone

watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse

After being locked in his own realm for a crime he didn’t commit

Each day spent with her slowly chips at the wall I built between us until there’s nothing left of it but rubble

The secrets concealed within the guild can be as deadly as the weapons they build—and with her life and the future of her homeland at stake

Not her angry fiancé who thinks I'm growing too close

For my family

felt in every gust of wind