Riot Recommendation

20 Favorite Stories of Rekindled Romance

Cassandra Neace

Staff Writer

Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make

stillness of chimes This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by A Stillness of Chimes by Meg Moseley. When Laura Gantt returns to the North Georgia town where she recently buried her mother, she hears a startling rumor from her high school sweetheart, Sean Halloran. Many believe that when her beloved but unstable father disappeared in a mountain lake years ago, he staged his “drowning” and fled to the wild. Recent sightings of an unkempt mountain man seem to indicate that the crazy rumor is true. While Laura deals with serious doubts about the dad she adored, Sean protects her from still darker secrets that can remain hidden as long as her father never returns. As old affections are rekindled, Sean and Laura also uncover memories of a long-ago event that could break them even as it reveals the love beneath the secrets.     _________________________ You know how it goes. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall for each other. Boy and girl get married, or boy and girl grow apart. Most stories end there. But every now and then, something special happens, and the boy and girl get a second chance together. Last week, we asked you to tell us about your favorite books that tell stories of a love that gets a second chance. Here are your picks for books that talk about rekindled romance: Persuasion by Jane Austen A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean Random Harvest by James Hilton One Day by David Nicholls Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare How to Love by Katie Cotugno The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden Where She Went by Gayle Forman Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie The Final PIece by Maggi Myers The Gift by Julie Garwood It’s Always Been You by Victoria Dahl The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller Only His by Susan Mallery The Bungalow by Sarah Jio Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter The Last Summer of the Camperdowns by Elizabeth Kelly Lorna Doone by Richard Doddridge Blackmore The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani ________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every week. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. So much bookish goodness–all day, every day.