This is Starting Over, (Paperback)

<p> </p><p>Mia</p><p></p><p>I left home with a new name, a violin, and no intention of ever looking back.</p><p>Los Angeles was supposed to be a clean break. A place to reinvent myself on my own terms. No rules I did not choose. No future handed to me before I was old enough to want something different. Just music, ambition, and the freedom to become someone entirely new.</p><p>Now the world knows my name.</p><p>The stages are bigger. The lights are brighter. The life I built is finally mine.</p><p>At least, that is what I tell myself.</p><p>Because no matter how far I run, there is always something in the dark reaching for the girl I used to be. A shadow at the edge of the spotlight. A voice that wants to drag me backward. A past that refuses to stay buried.</p><p>And the more successful I become, the more dangerous it feels to be seen.</p><p>I fought too hard to become Mia Biondi.</p><p>I am not going back.</p><p></p><p>Law</p><p></p><p>I should not want her.</p><p>Not now. Not after everything. Not when letting her go was the only decent thing I ever did.</p><p>Mia was always the one line I never should have crossed. My best friend's sister. The girl I couldn't forget. The woman I have no business touching now that she has built a life bigger than anything we came from.</p><p>She doesn't need saving.</p><p>She never did.</p><p>But when the shadows around her start closing in, instinct takes over before reason gets a vote. I run toward her. I put myself between her and every threat I can see.</p><p>And the ones I can't.</p><p>Because once Mia is in my arms again, I know exactly what kind of man I am where she is concerned.</p><p>I will protect her from anything.</p><p>Anyone.</p><p>Even myself.</p><p> </p>

• This is Starting Over, (Paperback)
• Author: Juliet McKinley
• ISBN: 9798989517374
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-03
• Page Count: 298