The Grudge We Grew Into
An emotional small-town enemies-to-lovers romance about second chances, a feuding-families grudge, a coastal Maine homecoming, long-buried secrets, slow-burn longing, and a love that refused to dieBy L. R. Sterling
Length8h 47m
About this audiobook
Nora swore she'd never go back to Cove Harbor.
Then her grandmother fell, and the lighthouse called her home.
Ten years gone, and the Lightkeeper's Inn is barely standing — peeling shutters, a leaking roof, a foundation bleeding money Gran doesn't have. The contractor's estimate alone is enough to make Nora sit down hard. She came to fix it, sell it, and leave again before the town could remember her name.
Then she found the box in the attic.
Letters. Dozens of them. Tied with twine, in handwriting she'd know anywhere.
Jace Hawthorne.
The boy who promised he'd never leave. The boy whose family nearly drowned hers. The boy she'd driven away from for good ten years ago, who'd left a note on her car: I'm sorry. I'll always be sorry.
She threw the whole box in the trash without reading a single page.
"Don't you dare run this time, Nora," Gran told her from the rehab center, her voice cracking on the word run.
But Cove Harbor won't let her run.
Because Jace is still here. And the grudge between their families is older and uglier than Nora ever knew — a hidden inheritance, a lien she never saw coming, a brother she never knew about, and a secret that wears a wedding ring.
A storm rolls in and locks them under one roof. A confession from Henry Reeves cracks the whole story open. And a harbor festival meant to save the inn instead threatens to burn it all down.
The closer Nora gets to saving the inn, the closer she gets to Jace — and to the truth about why he really stayed away all these years.
Some grudges you inherit. Some you choose. And some, if you're brave enough, you finally grow out of.
The Grudge We Grew Into is an emotional small-town enemies-to-lovers romance about second chances, a feuding-families grudge, a coastal Maine homecoming, long-buried secrets, slow-burn longing, and a love that refused to die.
Perfect for readers who love enemies-to-lovers, small-town second-chance romance, feuding families, a swoony grand gesture, and slow-burn love that's worth the wait. A standalone romance with a heartfelt happily-ever-after.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Chapter 1 - The Key I Couldn’t Throw Away
4Chapter 2 - The Coffee I Should Have Let Cool
5Chapter 3 - The Wound That Never Scarred
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6Chapter 4 - The Truth Wrapped in a Flannel Blanket
7Chapter 5 - The Storm That Locked the Door
8Chapter 6 - The Lien You Don’t See Coming
9Chapter 7 - The Architecture of Trust
10Chapter 8 - The Brother I Never Knew
11Chapter 9 - The Lantern That Was Never Launched
12Chapter 10 - The ICU Chair
13Chapter 11 - The Scholarship I Never Had
14Chapter 12 - The Sketchbook Lie
15Chapter 13 - The Glue That Sticks by Accident
16Chapter 14 - The Box That Should Have Stayed Locked
17Chapter 15 - The Alibi of a Lighthouse Keeper
18Chapter 16 - The Confession of Henry Reeves
19Chapter 17 - The Public Stand
20Chapter 18 - The Lie That Wears a Wedding Ring
21Chapter 19 - The Night He Remembers Everything
22Chapter 20 - The Festival That Falls Apart
23Chapter 21 - The Black Tide
24Chapter 22 - The Only Card Left
25Chapter 23 - The Clerk’s Sandwich
26Chapter 24 - The Scholarship I Never Knew I Won
27Chapter 25 - The Cost of Letting Go
28Chapter 26 - The Grand Gesture That Cost Everything
29Chapter 27 - The Grudge We Grew Out Of
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