A sizzling, emotional second-chance romance from Romance Times Top Pick author Julia Gabriel
Adventure journalist Colt Buchanan built a life chasing danger—until an assignment goes tragically wrong. Now he's back in New York, injured and suffering from memory loss, with only one place to turn: the apartment of his ex, Zee Maliszewski.
Zee is a beauty brand CEO, a survivor of heartbreak, and one hundred percent done with men. Especially Colt Buchanan. The man who ghosted her four years ago. The man she’s never really forgiven. The man who’s suddenly back in her life… acting like nothing ever happened.
Colt doesn’t remember the breakup. Zee remembers everything.
And the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to resist the pull of the past—or the blazing chemistry that still lingers between them.
Can they rebuild what they lost, or will the truth behind Colt’s disappearance destroy their second chance?
✔️ Grumpy, brooding journalist
✔️ Ambitious, high-powered heroine
✔️ Memory loss + forced proximity
✔️ All the angst, all the heat
✔️ Guaranteed happily-ever-after
Back to Us is a full-length standalone romance with no cliffhanger and all the feels.
Julia Gabriel writes contemporary romance and women’s fiction filled with emotional depth, relatable characters, and satisfying happily-ever-afters. Her books have been selected as Top Picks by RT Book Reviews, and praised by critics at RT, Kirkus, and others as “nuanced,” “heart-wrenching and emotional,” “well-crafted contemporary romance,” and “deeply moving storytelling.”
When she’s not writing, Julia is either teaching in the MFA in Popular Fiction program at Emerson College or getting lost in her latest quilting project—an obsession that sometimes finds its way into her stories. She lives in New England with too much fabric and just the right amount of coffee.