{"product_id":"past-the-broken-bridges","title":"Past the Broken Bridges","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo broken pasts. One last chance. An unforgettable story of star-crossed lovers, found family, and the fight to live fully...no matter the cost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSawyer Hawkins and Paxton Banks were inseparable as children, their secret bridge in Louisiana a sanctuary from the world--until Hurricane Katrina swept them apart. Thirteen years and a lifetime of battles later, fate brings them back together when Sawyer returns for college.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSawyer, unbroken and unapologetically alive after a relentless battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is determined to seize every moment she's been denied. The bucket list she writes is her lifeline: each item a rebellion against the years stolen by illness, each day a chance to taste freedom, friendship, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanks, now a reserved architecture student, carries the weight of his father's abuse and his best friend's addiction, feeling unable to save those he loves. But when he discovers his long-lost friend Sawyer is his new neighbor, her courage and warmth begin to melt through his walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir reunion is electric, with witty banter, shared secrets, and a spark that refuses to be extinguished. But as their friendship deepens into a complicated, aching romance, old wounds and new tragedies threaten to tear them apart, and Sawyer's still-declining health becomes impossible to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth must confront the truth: sometimes loving someone means letting them go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFilled with longing, laughter, and heartbreak, this is a story about living fiercely in the shadow of loss, about the courage to love even when time is running out, and about the bridges we build--between hearts, across years, and beyond grief.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of\u003cem\u003e If He Had Been with Me\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFive Feet Apart\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAll the Bright Places\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as readers looking for: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew adult contemporary romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar-crossed lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTragic romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond chance romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood friends to lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories that will break your heart--and heal it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003ePast the Broken Bridges\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Heartbreaking, beautiful, raw, inspirational, pure, deeply moving, powerful, and so personal. The snot bubbles were bubbling and the tears were just flowing endlessly. B. Celeste, where should I send my therapy bill?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Highly recommend for all my heart-crushing, sob-inducing, tear-jerker-loving besties!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It was heartbreaking yet perfect, and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A love story worth reading and a heartache worth crying over. This will be living rent free in my head for the foreseeable future.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This book wrecked my entire being. This is 6 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and one of my top reads of the year.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"B. Celeste wrote this from her soul and hit me square in the soul with it too.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloom Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165195677885,"sku":"BS-TC0-272047","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781728272047-HD.jpg?v=1787132985","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/past-the-broken-bridges","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}