Coming Home to You

Author: Calista Comet Title: Coming Home to You Publisher: indie published Date Published: 05/12/2026

Read Dates: 04/29/2026- 04/30/2026
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Coming Home to you is a dual POV second chance romance. Grace disappeared from town 15 years ago, but now she’s returning home, divorced and with a young daughter in tow. She knows she can’t avoid everyone in a small town, but she’s surprised to run into her ex, Owen, right away. Owen was hurt and confused when Grace left so abruptly, but with time he opens up to her again, and welcomes her little girl with open arms. But Grace’s past won’t stay buried, and the two are going to have to fight for their second chance at happily ever after.

This romance had a lot of tropes I tend to enjoy: second chance, small town, single parent, found family, and a touch of romantic suspense. All the ingredients are there, but it fell a little short for me. I enjoyed the premise, and there’s a lot of promise with the large Holloway family made up of lovable characters for additional stories down the road. I love the idea of high school sweethearts finding their way back to each other, and the way Owen’s entire family embraced Grace’s daughter Ella.

She was supposed to be my forever.
Until the day she disappeared without a word.
No goodbye. No explanation. Just... gone.

Fifteen years later, Grace Carter is back in Holloway Ridge—no longer the girl I once loved, but a woman with a past she won't talk about... and a daughter who changes everything.

I should hate her.

For leaving.
For breaking me.
For never looking back.

But the moment I see her again, I know one thing hasn't changed.
I've never stopped loving her.

Now she's living in my town, raising her child, and trying to rebuild a life she walked away from.

And somehow, I'm right back where I started--caught between the past we lost and the future we might still have.
Because in a town like Holloway Ridge, second chances don't come easy.
And this time... walking away isn't an option.