Back to Briar Hollow

by W. Griffin

⭐ 4.5/5
🌶️ Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
💔 Vibe: Dark, emotional, intense, sexy

🔹 Trigger Warnings

⚠️ Emotional trauma
⚠️ Divorce
⚠️ Grief / loss of a parent
⚠️ Toxic relationships
⚠️ Strong emotional conflict

After 15 years, Rachel Moore returns to Briar Hollow to help her sister clean out their late mother’s house and library. Upon her return, she runs into her high school boyfriend, Thomas Hale — someone she believes she hates… or at least, that’s what she tells herself.

But cleaning up the house isn’t the only reason Rachel has come back. She is also going through a divorce from the man she once married to “escape” Briar Hollow.

As she spends more time in Briar Hollow, Rachel begins interacting with Thomas again. At first, their encounters are nothing more than verbal battles, filled with tension and unresolved emotions. But when a storm forces them together, something begins to shift.

Still, Rachel is held back by fear, grief, and pain. Instead of facing her emotions, she lashes out — often at the wrong person. She has closed her heart to everyone, believing that being alone and handling everything by herself is the only way to be “brave,” just as her mother always used to call her.

But what really happened in Briar Hollow?
What caused the friction between Rachel and Thomas?
Did she truly hate him… and did he ever hate her?

These questions — and many more — unfold throughout Back to Briar Hollow, a story that keeps you turning page after page. It’s a dark romance filled with intense, spicy moments, but also deeply reflective and emotional ones.

Personally, I felt like parts of this story mirrored my own life, which made it hit even deeper. I could relate to Rachel in many ways, and that connection made it impossible for me to put the book down.

A deeply emotional and intense second-chance romance that pulls you in and doesn’t let go.