Take Me Back

Kat and Dane Cross met on a beach and married in paradise. Two years later, each has built emotional walls so thick that the other is close to a stranger. They are still together, but barely.

To try to save the marriage, they travel to a secluded tropical island, this time in Belize. The trip is a test of whether what they once had can be rebuilt or whether too much has slipped away.

The book is a standalone contemporary romance with two timelines. The present follows the anniversary trip, while flashbacks show how Kat and Dane met, married and drifted apart. Both of them are holding back secrets, and those secrets complicate every attempt to get close again.

Suspense and action break into the love story along the way, so the pace is not confined to quiet conversations on a beach. The couple has to work through whatever nearly ended them. The book turns on whether two damaged people can hold on to each other once the truth is out.