What I Refused to Lose

Kelseyville Ever After: Book 2

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Genres

Protector Romance, Slow Burn, Second Chance Romance, Women's Fiction, Small Town Romance, Contemporary, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Violence, and Abuse

Type of Ending

Series

Kelseyville Ever After — Book 2

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Publication Date

Apr 21, 2026

Page Length

496 pages

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What I Refused to Lose

Kelseyville Ever After: Book 2

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Slow burn. Protective hero. The love you find when you finally stop running.

Three years ago, Emma Whitney left Kelseyville to survive. Now she's back, starting over in the town that still knows her name.

Brandon Hunter never got an explanation. Never asked for one. Being back means running into him. Working alongside him. Letting him close enough to see the parts of her she spent three years hiding.

He's steady and patient—and that's exactly what makes him dangerous.

She didn't come home to fall for anyone. But the past she escaped isn't finished with her, and Emma will have to choose between the only thing that kept her safe and the first thing that's ever made her want to stay.

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Genres

Protector Romance, Slow Burn, Second Chance Romance, Women's Fiction, Small Town Romance, Contemporary, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Violence, and Abuse

Type of Ending

Series

Kelseyville Ever After — Book 2

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Apr 21, 2026

Page Length

496 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Bonny Paz is a Northern California author who writes small-town romance with heart, heat, and just enough drama to keep things interesting.

She's a U.S. Army veteran who traded combat boots for wine country and never looked back. Her Kelseyville Ever After series is set in real-life Kelseyville, California, a town so charming she had to keep writing about it.

She also writes psychological thrillers. Her Hidden Duology is a completed series for readers who like their fiction a little darker and a lot more unsettling.

When she's not writing broody heroes and the women who refuse to fall for them (until they do), she's probably surrounded by books, bad decisions, and a beverage of questionable nutritional value.

She believes in second chances, protective heroes, and the kind of love that shows up when you're not looking for it. Which is honestly just the plot of every romance she's ever written.