The Second First Chance, Mona Shroff
The Second First Chance, Mona Shroff
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The Second First Chance

Author: Mona Shroff

Narrator: Shawn K. Jain, Chriselle Almeida

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/02/2022


Synopsis

Strength comes in many different forms.

Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming
the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire.

Riya has chosen to fight fire with everything she’s got, but it’s not easy. As the only female firefighter and one of the only people of color at her fire hall, she has to prove herself over and over. Plus, she’s hidden her career from her family.

Dhillon wanted to heal things, so he became a veterinarian. When a chance encounter with a rescue dog throws Riya and Dhillon together again, he’s furious at her career choice. After what happened to them, how can she run into fires on
purpose? For Riya, Dhillon’s anger is unacceptable: How can he not see that she’s protecting others from the very losses they both experienced?

The Second First Chance is a big, wonderful, messy love story about family, heartbreak, strength and courage. It shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect, and that everything we need is often right in front of us.

About Mona Shroff

Mona is obsessed with everything romantic, including chocolate, coffee and wine. PW calls her ""a writer to watch"" and Sonali Dev called her first novel, Then, Now, Always a ""sweet, angsty romance."" Her daughter just got married-look for bits from her wedding in the upcoming installments of her Once Upon A Wedding Series! Her son is working as a bio-medical engineer  - so she's an empty-nester, and will be giving in to her wander lust as she travels! Mona lives in Maryland with her romance-loving husband and their Covid rescue dog, Nala.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on October 07, 2022

The Second First Chance by Mona Shroff is a contemporary romance novel. The story in this romance is a second chance clean romance with diverse characters and does change the point of view between them to give both sides. Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora were once very close but fate ripped them apart whe......more

Goodreads review by Madison on January 13, 2024

The Second First Chance by Mona Shroff Contemporary romance. Own voices. India descendants. Dhillon Vora and Riya Desai have grown up next door to each other since they were children. During their teen years, a devastating house fire caused a loss in both families and Dhillon and Riya have barely spo......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 21, 2022

Good best friends to lovers clean romance story. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One thing that caught my eye about this story was the ethnicity of the characters. I love to read stories about different cultures as the characters really have to break the mold of what is expected of them by the family. Shroff cra......more

Goodreads review by Ayushi (bookwormbullet) on July 23, 2022

Thank you so much to Harlequin Romance for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review! Oh my god this story was so so beautiful and such a great read for anyone looking for a best friends to lovers and a second chance romance. I loved the sibling and familial relationships in this book......more

Goodreads review by Robin Loves on August 02, 2022

Dhillon Vora and Riya Desai are a couple who faced the bad and good, the sad and happy, and found their way to love in this beautiful second chance romance by Mona Shroff. Their past was tragic as a fire took his father and her older brother Samir. This tragedy was only one factor that drove them ap......more