IF A Novel

If you knew love would hurt you, would you still fall?
If you knew it would leave, would you fight to keep it?
And if you knew it could never last, would you try anyway?

From bestselling author Randi Cooley Wilson comes a powerful love story about heartbreak, second chances, and the courage it takes to let go.

Emerson Shaw thought she’d left her past behind. But when she returns home for her best friend’s wedding, she quickly realizes some loves don’t stay buried. They wait.

Lincoln Daniels never wanted love. But the moment he met straight-laced Emerson, something shifted. What began as undeniable attraction became something deeper, something dangerous. Until he lost her.

Now Lincoln is back, and just as Emerson is finally learning how to breathe without regret, he turns her carefully rebuilt life upside down. What starts as a tentative friendship quickly becomes something far more complicated, forcing them both to confront the feelings they never truly escaped.

Because some loves don’t fade quietly.
They haunt.
They linger.
They ask impossible questions.

What happens when two broken people fall in love and realize forever was never promised? When the past collides with the present and the what-ifs no longer matter?

If you knew your heart would break, would you still fall?