Second Chance Romances

Rancher Woman
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 60,020. Language: English. Originally Published: November 15, 2022 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » Workplace
Can love truly conquer all? Marilee Dupont is running the ranch that has been in her family for generations. She never planned to do it alone. Now, at 35, it seems like the clock is ticking, and it's a scowling banker who has caught her eye. Trent Williams has no intention of being a small-town banker forever. But his ex-wife is making his life hell, and worse, is hurting their teen-aged...
First Intermission
Series: Second Chance Romances, 2.5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 32,080. Language: English. Originally Published: December 28, 2022 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » Military
Two weeks out of time She was a professor. He was going to be her student — but not quite yet. Gail Abbott, assistant professor of theater arts, had just had a hell of a week. She'd be stalked, threatened, and had a gun pulled on her. But through it all was a wounded veteran with a play — and knowing eyes, a circle beard, and abs to die for. But for two weeks, it was going to be a moment out of...
Other Voices
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 60,270. Language: English. Originally Published: December 20, 2022 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » Workplace
He's Off Limits Gail Tremont fled New York's bright lights to Moscow, Idaho, a small town that couldn't be more different. There she built a new life for herself — as a professor in the University of Idaho theater department. And each summer she runs a competition for beginning playwrights called Other Voices. This is year five, and all Gail asks is that it go smoothly. Then a Marine veteran...
The Banker
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 64,430. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life
She Couldn't Leave, He Wouldn't Stay For two blissful months, Marilee Dupont had been in love. So maybe she should have asked a few more questions, she admitted. Maybe they shouldn't have moved so fast. Maybe Trent Williams would have realized how much the ranch — and her professorship at the university — meant to her. Maybe. And maybe she would have realized he really didn't plan to stay. That...
The Show Goes On
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 64,130. Language: English. Published: February 21, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Military
This may be his toughest battle. Jake Abbott, an injured Marine veteran, won a playwright competition with his script Afghanistan. The prize? A full-ride scholarship to the University of Idaho, and the chance to have his play performed that fall by the theater department. He should be overjoyed. Instead he finds himself listening for the sound of the voice of a woman he knows he can't have —...
Second Intermission
Series: Second Chance Romances, 4.5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 26,700. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Military, Fiction » Romance » Workplace
Who Can Tell Her Story? Deborah Blessing is a German Baptist who has chosen to play a devout Muslim woman in the play Afghanistan. She's in awe of the playwright, a Marine veteran named Jake Abbott, and hero worships the professor for the play's production, Gail Tremont. They're two of the reasons she's standing up to pressure from her community to not act in the play. But mostly, it's the...
What She Wrote
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 5. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 59,290. Language: English. Published: March 21, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Workplace
Angie Gregory taught multiple sections of Writing 101 to freshmen. It wasn't the life she'd dreamed she would have. What got her through all the grading, the lack of money, and the sheer loneliness, was girls' night out on Fridays. Then the man who had broken her heart staggered into the bar, and back into her life. He needed her. His sons needed her. Did she have the courage to say yes?
What She Wrote Next
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 6. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 65,540. Language: English. Originally Published: March 3, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice Angie Gregory put her job and even her life on the line to help out Michael Brewster, and he'd walked away with barely a thank you. Again. How could she be so dumb? He needed to be with his sons, he said. He'd call. And then his sons were kidnapped. Angie had come to love them as if they were her own in such a short time. They should have been hers, a voice in her...
A Family Together
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 7. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 59,210. Language: English. Originally Published: April 8, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
She Won't Ask Him to Stay Here it is! The conclusion to Marilee Dupont's trilogy. Marilee Dupont runs her family ranch, teaches agriculture at the university, and is the stalwart anchor for any number of friends, neighbors and organizations. She's the one everyone turns to — and she'll be there. But this fall she's needed them. Needed them when an impetuous engagement fell through. Needed them...
The Show Never Ends
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 8. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 57,730. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Workplace
Trouble Follows Her Everywhere Theater professor Gail Tremont thought the problems were over. Her stalker was gone. Stalkers, plural, actually. The fall student play was a success. Her own play is headed to off-Broadway — and she's going back to New York for opening night. The only flaw in her excitement is that Jake won't be able to go with her. His play won regional competition — and it's...
His Campaign
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 9. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 59,780. Language: English. Published: July 11, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
He's the Man She's Never Forgotten Rebecca Jones and Jon Whitaker were childhood sweethearts — since the day she ran his campaign for president in the sixth grade. He was destined for politics, and Rebecca was going to be there to support his campaign. And then one day, she overheard what he really thought of her, and she fled. Now Rebecca is a professor of political science, and she's caught...
All Kinds of Love
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 10. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 66,010. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Sometimes a Love Story Needs a Different Ending Angie Gregory had been prioritizing other people for so long, she didn't know what she wanted for herself. She'd seen her dreams of love and marriage dashed more than once. And this last year had been particularly rough. Through it all, she had known one thing: those two twin boys deserved a happy home, and she was the only one who could provide...
The Summer Lull
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 11. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,770. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
He Broke Her Heart Once In politics, the primary season runs in the spring until Memorial Day, and then the general election politics heats up after Labor Day. And in between is the summer lull. Candidates go to county fairs, ride in July 4th parades, kiss babies and eat copious amounts of chicken dinners. But the real campaign doesn't begin until Labor Day. Conventional wisdom says voters don...
Her Classroom
Series: Second Chance Romances, Book 12. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 70,450. Language: English. Published: October 24, 2023 by L.J. Breedlove. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
They're Just Too Different Rebecca Jones doesn't see how a relationship with Jon Whitaker can work — not in the long-term. He's a conservative Republican in the Idaho state Senate. She's a political science professor at the University of Idaho in Moscow, and generally seen as the most liberal professor on campus. He's an extreme extrovert, who hates being alone. Rebecca? She's an introvert who...