It All Began With a Mai Tai

Camille knew her relationship with Trey-a charming, serial cheater-was circling the drain. But on a sunlit beach far from home, Camille meets Will: calm where she's chaos, steady where she spirals. Their time together isn't just a fling, it feels like clarity. Like hope. Like a version of herself she's never dared to imagine.But reality hits hard the moment they land back home-and Camille spots Trey waiting at the gate with a grand romantic gesture she never saw coming. Will walks away, betrayed. And Camille, once again, feels caught between the past she's desperate to escape and a future she's not sure she deserves.However, fate has other plans. When Will turns up as her new coworker, their connection simmers just beneath the surface and Trey isn't giving up without a fight.As Camille battles her addiction, her past, and the two men pulling her in opposite directions, one thing becomes clear: the right love won't try to fix her-it'll help her find the strength to fix herself.But healing comes at a price… and love might not be enough to save her if she can't save herself first.Warning: this novel deals with toxic relationships, sexual assault, and alcoholism. The content may be triggering to some readers.This is book 2 of a three book standalone series.Book 1 - It All Began with a NoteBook 2 - It All Began with a Mai-TaiBook 3 - It All Began with a Wedding USA TODAY bestselling author H.M. Shander is a star-gazing, romantic at heart who once attended Space Camp and wanted to pilot the space shuttle, and not just any STS – specifically Columbia. However, the only shuttle she operates in her real world is the #momtaxi; a reliable electric car that transports her two kids to school or work and all their various sporting events. When she's not commandeering LeBolt, you can find the elementary school librarian surrounded by classes of children as she reads the best storybooks in multiple voices. After she's tucked her endearing kids into bed and kissed her trophy husband goodnight, she moonlights as a contemporary romance novelist; the writer of sassy heroines and sweet, swoon-worthy heroes who find love in the darkest of places.If you want to know when her next heart-filled journey is coming out, you can follow her on Twitter(@HM_Shander), Facebook (hmshander), or check out her website at www.hmshander.com. Three standalone novels and the way they accidentally discover their happily ever after.