Published: May 20, 2025
Length: 491 pages
Format: Kindle Edition
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Characters: Rio and Hallie Hart
POV: dual, first person

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:
꧁•⊹٭ childhood friends ༊*·˚. girl next door ༊*·˚. it’s always been you ༊*·˚. sports romance ༊*·˚. hockey ༊*·˚. first love ༊*·˚. flashbacks ༊*·˚. second chance ٭⊹•꧂

Review

I’ve been waiting for Rio’s story since I read Mile High— which means a really long time. Rio has always been my favorite character from this series, how could he not be?! Such a lovable goofball, who was always looking for the right girl, had the perfect song choice, the perfect advice when needed and now we all know why!🥹it was so worth the waiting.

The only reason this was all the stars for me is because I think the story dragged a little towards the end. But other than that Rio and Hallie’s love story is chef’s kiss. My heart is full.

“Spoken or unspoken, I’ve always loved you.”

“I pick a song when something cool or important happens so I can remember it. Then when I want to relive a moment, I rewind it back and start the song from the beginning.”

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the Windy City Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.

Mile High
The Right Move
Caught Up
Play Along
Rewind it Back

Blurb

HALLIE

When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.

When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.

When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.

And when I was nineteen, we broke each other’s hearts.

Six years later, I’ve landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.

I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I’m assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job…

It’s his house.

But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can’t even stand to be in the same room?

I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I’m not that same girl anymore.

RIO

I never thought I’d be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I’ve concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I’ve kept secret for years.

You see, there’s something that my friends don’t know.

That connection I’ve been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find . . . I had already found her when I was twelve years old.

And now the only girl I’ve ever loved is moving into the house next door.

Again.