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[PREORDER] People Pleasing (People Book 2) by Hannah Bonam-Young

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Childhood friends-to-lovers • second chance/first love • small-town return • brewery setting • healing romance • soulful + sweet • emotional reconnection • “I don’t want to go home” vibes

This title will be released on January 5, 2027.

Perfect for readers of:

Tender, character-driven romance with real healing and heart
Childhood best friends + first love reunions (with grown-up chemistry)
“I’m only here temporarily” tension and the fear of wanting more
Cozy workplace proximity (opening a brewery together)

Spice: 3/5

Soft, swoony intimacy with an emotional focus.

The vibe

Nadia Kablukov does not want to go home. But when her brother Nik calls in an emergency favor—help opening his new brewery—she returns anyway, knowing it means facing the one person she’s never quite outrun: Aleks Truss, her former next-door neighbor, best friend, and first love. Nadia expected Aleks to be around (he’s Nik’s business partner), but seeing him again makes one thing painfully clear—she might not be able to bury her feelings forever.

Aleks misses the simpler days when Nadia was only a stone’s throw away and life didn’t feel so heavy. Now, working side by side at the brewery, they slip into old rhythms despite the years and distance between them. Aleks still sees through Nadia’s hardened exterior, and Nadia can still pull him out of his spiraling thoughts like no one else can.

But the past weighs on Nadia, and she isn’t sure she could ever stay. Aleks isn’t sure he has the strength to ask her to. Because if they give in to what’s building between them, it’ll only hurt more when it’s time to say goodbye again… right?

Tropes & tags

Childhood friends-to-lovers
First love / second chance romance
Returning home
Brewery setting / working together
Healing from the past
Emotional intimacy / slow-bloom reconnection
“Temporary stay” tension

Aleks longs for simpler days, when Nadia was only a stone’s throw away and life was less overwhelming. So, when she offers to help him with a project at the brewery, he’s eager to accept. Despite the time and distance between them, Nadia and Aleks find themselves falling back into old routines. Aleks is still able to see through Nadia’s hardened exterior and she’s still able to get him out of his ruminating thoughts like no one else can.

As feelings resurface and grow to an unmanageable point, they’re faced with reality: Nadia has never considered moving back home and Aleks has never considered leaving. So giving in to anything more between them will only cause more pain when it’s time to say goodbye again, right?

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