Truly, Madly, Deeply

L.J. Shen

Book 1 of Forbidden Love

Michelin-starred chef Ambrose 'Row' Casablancas has spent years avoiding his little sister's best friend, Calla 'Cal' Litvin, after a devastating falling-out years earlier. When grief brings Cal back to their small Maine hometown and she ends up working in his restaurant, old feelings and old wounds resurface. Told from both leads' perspectives, it's a slow-burn, second-chance romance built on banter, buried trauma, and a lingering stalker threat that complicates Row's already messy life.