I really, really enjoyed this small town, second chance, friends to lovers romance with great disability rep! A new to me author, Nina Bocci impressed me with her charming, sweet romance featuring big city girl Charlotte Bishop, who gets fired from her NYC job and is forced to return home to Hope Lake.

Torn away by her mother at a young age when her parent's divorced, Charlotte hasn't been back home in years and has trouble remembering her time there. Hardest of all to remember is her former best friend Sam, the adorably sweet high school English teacher who has cochlear implants to help him hear after a childhood accident. Great on audio, this book gave me all the sweet, fall vibes I was looking for and worked as a standalone too.