Under My Skin (Brantley Falls)

Under My Skin

Author: Brittany Bennett

Genre: Contemporary Romance / Small Town Romance

Book Rating: ⭐ 8.5/10

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

When Lizzie was younger, she had a hopeless crush on the boy next door.

Cameron was older, talented, and destined for the NFL—the kind of guy everyone admired from afar. Even after he left town, became a football star, got married, and built a life somewhere else, Lizzie never fully forgot him.

Now, twelve years later, he’s back in Brantley Falls.

But this version of Cameron is different.

His football career is over, his marriage has fallen apart, and he’s trying to rebuild a life for himself and his two daughters. Returning home is supposed to be a fresh start—not the beginning of something complicated with the girl who once watched him from her treehouse with stars in her eyes.

Except Lizzie isn’t a girl anymore.

The connection between them grows stronger with every late-night conversation and every moment spent together under the stars. Cameron knows he should keep his distance, but Lizzie and his daughters slowly become the one bright spot in a life that feels like it’s falling apart.

And Lizzie can’t help wondering if the man she once dreamed about might finally see her the same way.

But opening his heart again means Cameron must face the pain of his past—and decide whether he’s willing to risk everything for a second chance at love.

Tropes

Single dad romance • childhood crush • age gap • small town romance • neighbors to lovers • emotional healing • slow burn • second chance at love