Go Back

Goodreads nomination for favorite romance of 2025.

Hallie Hart and Rio de Luca are more than friends, more than boyfriends. They're kindred spirits, and as they grow up together in neighboring houses in Boston, they seem to understand that they'll stay together forever. Or at least until Hallie's 19th birthday, when she and Rio split under disastrous circumstances. Since then, they've both lived as if a part of them has been torn away. And while Rio sees his friends find their soulmates, he himself remains alone. He can't even go on a first date without it ending in utter failure, and yet every day he's forced to hide his sadness behind the mask of the harmless prankster everyone loves - the guy who goes to his girlfriends' femme dates and for some reason still plays music from an old cassette player.

But the soulmates were meant to be together, and even though they supposedly hate each other, when fate meets them again, Rio and Hallie can't resist staying apart. But can five years of bitterness be brushed aside just like that? Can betrayals and indiscretions be forgiven? Will their families stand in the way of their happiness again? Can time be turned back?

„Turn Back“—the fifth book in the „Windy City“ series.