The Love We Found

Ten years after the heartbreaking events of bestseller Santopolo’s The Light We Lost, Lucy Carter Maxwell gets a second chance at life and love in this tear-jerking romance. Lucy’s passionate affair with late Associated Press photographer Gabriel Samson ended tragically with his death. Now she’s wrestling with whether to come clean about the affair to their son, Samuel, whom Gabriel never knew and who believes he’s the product of Lucy’s now-ended first marriage. Working with the AP to prepare a retrospective of Gabriel’s photography for the 10th anniversary of his death, Lucy is thrust back into painful but loving memories. Among his old photos, she finds a mysterious Italian address and impulsively heads to Rome, hoping for another connection to the man she loved. There, she meets handsome doctor Dax Armstrong, who reawakens something in her that she may or may not yet be ready to pursue. Santopolo’s layered storytelling brings Lucy’s internal conflict to life while offering the perfect blend of heartache and hope. Readers should have tissues at the ready. (Mar.)