Rewind It Back

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The explosive, highly anticipated fifth installment in the global bestselling Windy City series! From Liz Tomforde, the undisputed queen of sports romance and #1 international bestselling author of Mile High and The Right Move, comes Rewind It Back—a beautifully written, fast-paced, and intensely emotional contemporary masterpiece. Perfectly balancing the high-stakes world of professional hockey with a profound, slow-burn second-chance love story, this unputdownable book delivers a spectacular mix of childhood sweetheart history, forced proximity, and undeniable, scorching chemistry that will keep you glued to the page until the very last sentence.

Hallie Hart’s entire history is inextricably tied to the boy next door. When she was eleven, her family moved in next to his; by thirteen, he was her very first crush. At sixteen, they fell deeply for each other, and at nineteen, they violently broke each other’s hearts. Six years later, Hallie is determined to build her own future, having landed a high-profile internship with a big-name interior designer. Unfortunately, her new career path brings her straight to Chicago—the exact city where her ex-boyfriend plays professional hockey. She assumes the massive city is big enough to avoid him, until she gets the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly moves into an apartment right next door to him. Even worse? The high-stakes renovation project she is assigned to in order to turn her internship into a full-time dream job belongs to none other than Rio DeLuca.

Rio DeLuca never expected to be the absolute last single man standing in his tightly knit group of friends. After years of searching for authentic love, the rugged, high-performance hockey star has concluded that a true romantic connection simply might not exist for him anymore. That is until he accidentally hires Hallie to renovate his bachelor pad into a long-term family home. Their jaded, shared history immediately forces him to rewind years of closely guarded memories he has kept secret from his teammates. While his friends think he is looking for someone new, Rio knows the truth: the one soul-deep connection people spend their entire lives searching for, he had already found when he was just twelve years old.

Now, the only girl he has ever loved is moving in next door to him. Again. Trapped in close quarters between their shared apartment walls and the high-stress renovation site, Hallie and Rio are forced to navigate an emotional minefield. How are they supposed to collaborate on an interior design project when they can barely stand to inhabit the same room without sparks flying? As their bitter defenses begin to fracture under immense pressure, long-buried truths surface, proving that while they may have changed, their fierce, protective devotion never truly faded.

Masterfully executing the sports romance, second chance, childhood sweethearts, forced proximity, neighbors-to-lovers, and interior design renovation tropes, Rewind It Back delivers an atmospheric, high-energy comfort read. Brimming with Liz Tomforde’s signature psychological depth, witty banter, and unforgettable dual-POV tension, this premium Hodder & Stoughton paperback edition is a mandatory masterpiece for your contemporary romance collection.