Evie Dixon thought she left her past behind when she fled her small Oklahoma hometown—and the boy she once planned to marry. Six years later, she’s built a quiet life in California, keeping her heart carefully withdrawn and her grief neatly boxed up. But her best friend Liv’s wedding drags everything back to the surface: the sudden loss that shattered Evie’s family, the betrayal that broke her first love, and the one name she still can’t say without flinching—Buckie McAlester, who’s now living a life she never imagined for him. With Buckie back in her orbit, Evie must decide whether healing means keeping the door shut . . . or finally facing the truth of what happened and what it cost them both. As old vows echo and new choices demand courage, Evie is forced to confront the question she’s avoided for years: Is a broken heart something you survive, or something you learn to love with again? A closed-door, emotional second-chance romance about grief, forgiveness, and finding your way back home.