Left of Forever: A Spunes Novel: 2 by Tarah DeWitt

A funny, aching, deeply intimate second-chance romance about first love that never really let go—and two people brave enough to try again when the stakes are real. Left of Forever is set in Spunes, Oregon and follows a divorced couple in their 30s as they take one last shot at the love they built as kids… and broke as adults.

Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love young, had their son Sam as teenagers, and built a life together in their coastal hometown of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for each other… until they weren’t. Now they’re divorced, living separate lives—Wren running the town bakery, Ellis working as a firefighter—trying to move forward while still living in each other’s orbit.

When they move Sam into college, the shift hits hard. On the drive back, Ellis convinces Wren to take an extended road trip to Spunes—time and miles to see if they can give their relationship one last chance. Along the California coastline, the old intimacy returns in flashes: familiar laughter, missed touch, the feeling of “us” that never fully disappeared. But the past doesn’t stay neatly in the rearview mirror. Old wounds resurface, words fail, and the question becomes whether they can build something new without being haunted by what broke them.

When they can’t say it out loud, a soul-baring letter might finally tell the truth… or close the door for good.