Overview

Every great love starts with a story.

Seraphina Jacobs is a smart, inquisitive writer who, after financial difficulties and a failed relationship, finds herself back in her childhood home with her overprotective parents as landlords. She now spends her days working at the local newspaper and her nights watching Jeopardy with her parents on the couch. Seraphina is stuck in a well-worn rut. The only bright spot in her weeks are the Sunday visits with her grandfather, and listening to his stories about yesteryear.

August Gardner is tired. Tired of being dismissed by his five older sisters. After losing the battle to keep his mother out of an “old folks’ home,” he decides to move back to Michigan, hoping he can rescue his mother from a lifetime of bingo nights and magic shows. But to do that he needs to get his career on track, and he’s putting all his eggs in one basket by opening his own auto repair shop.

When Seraphina and August meet, what started out as a much-needed one-night stand turns into something neither of them expected. The two are falling for one another. But when Seraphina stumbles onto a big secret, it could stop the giddy free fall, sending them crashing to the ground. They say the truth can set you free but the truth also has the power to tear you apart.

"This story is full of life, love, and a whole lotta reality! These MCs are just so sweet and so REAL and so freaking perfect together, I love them!" Stacy, Goodreads

"I received an ARC and I'm so thankful because this was the sweetest book! The romance is lovely but realistic and, most importantly, healthy & supportive. Plus, the spicy scenes were chef's kiss." Goodreads review

"Holding Back the Years is such a cozy heartwarming novel. There is so much love in this that it just sucks you in. Kasha Thompson's work is so real and authentic that I think everyone should read her books." Laymaya, Goodreads