Things We Never Got Over
Naomi Witt has always been the responsible twin, so when her troublemaking sister Tina summons her to the rough-around-the-edges town of Knockemout, Virginia, Naomi drops everything to help. Instead she finds herself robbed, stranded, and suddenly responsible for a niece she never knew existed — with no money, no plan, and nowhere to go.
Enter Knox Morgan, the gruff, tattooed local who wants nothing to do with other people's problems and even less to do with a woman who clearly means trouble. But as Naomi digs in and refuses to run, the two of them keep colliding, and the walls Knox has built start to crack.
Lucy Score's small-town romance mixes grumpy-meets-sunshine banter, found family, and a thread of danger, launching the Knockemout series with humor and heat.
A runaway bride who drives to Knockemout to rescue her estranged twin and is left stranded, caring for a niece she never knew she had.
A bearded, tattooed barber and bar owner who prefers his own company and does not tolerate drama.
Knox's basset hound.
Naomi's eleven-year-old niece, left in her care when Tina disappears.
Naomi's estranged twin sister, who takes her car and cash and abandons her daughter in Knockemout.
This book functions as an interconnected standalone, meaning it provides a complete narrative arc for its central couple that resolves by the end. While subsequent books in the series revisit the same town and feature recurring side characters, you do not need to read them to follow the primary plot of this story.
Yes. Prime Video ordered a television series based on the novel in June 2026, after the project had been in development at Amazon MGM Studios since 2023. Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder wrote the pilot and serve as showrunners and executive producers, and Lucy Score is an executive producer. No premiere date has been announced.