Torch Lit Ink is celebrating this second chance romance from Jen Aisling with a release blitz event.

📆 Release Date : Jan 1, 2026

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃: 

Penelope Adams has a New Year’s resolution: reclaim her confidence, reframe her relationship with her body, and maybe—finally—find the kind of love she’s only read about at Ever After Books. But when her childhood crush walks back into her life—tattooed, brooding, and suddenly her coworker—Pen’s carefully guarded heart doesn’t stand a chance.

Dominic Miller never planned to return to Prairie Ridge, but heartbreak drove him back to his aunt’s bookstore—and straight into the orbit of the girl who once taught him how to love stories. Penelope may be sharper, bolder, and curvier now, but her heart? Still just as big. And this time, she’s not a side character in someone else’s story—she’s the whole plot.

Tropes:

• Second-Chance Romance
• Childhood Friends to Lovers
• Forced Proximity (co-workers)
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Curvy & Nerdy FMC
• Tattooed/Burnt Cinnamon Roll MMC
• Dog As An Emotional Sidekick
• Jealousy and Protectiveness
• Bookish References Throughout

Content Warnings: 

Intended for mature audiences aged 18 and up.

• Body image issues and fat-shaming (internalized and external commentary)
• Off-page death of a loved one
• Toxic relationships (strained dynamics with a parent, a former romantic partner, and an ex-best friend)
• Brief off-page physical altercation
• Depictions of alcohol use (socially and as a coping mechanism)
• Multiple open-door steamy scenes

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Length: 158 pages