Everything I've Ever Wanted to Say
Collette "Coco" Rose
Collette "Coco" Rose
Collette "Coco" Rose
COCO is exhausted by life, love, and the endless challenges the universe throws her way.
After ten years away, she has returned home, but this isn’t a vacation—it’s more like stepping into an unknown, frightening reality.
At her family’s request, she’s agreed to take a genetic test to determine if she carries the gene that caused her moth
COCO is exhausted by life, love, and the endless challenges the universe throws her way.
After ten years away, she has returned home, but this isn’t a vacation—it’s more like stepping into an unknown, frightening reality.
At her family’s request, she’s agreed to take a genetic test to determine if she carries the gene that caused her mother’s early death, even though she’d rather not know. She’s doing this for her family’s sake. On top of that, she has decided to give her on-again, off-again relationship another shot, but this time with rules—no sex, as she wants their relationship to be based on more than just that. She’s unsure if it’s worth it or if her boyfriend has truly changed.
Complicating things further, she runs into Shane, her childhood neighbor and first crush, and realizes that he still makes her heart race. Their renewed connection forces her to question her relationship and adds yet another layer of complexity to her already challenging life.
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Shane Turner
Collette "Coco" Rose
Collette "Coco" Rose
SHANE is fed up with life. After enduring countless hardships, he’s over dealing with people, his troubled parents, and the universe.
The only ones he truly cares about are his children, for whom he has sacrificed everything, his older brother Jared, who has done the same for him, and his late wife Hannah, whom he is determined to honor f
SHANE is fed up with life. After enduring countless hardships, he’s over dealing with people, his troubled parents, and the universe.
The only ones he truly cares about are his children, for whom he has sacrificed everything, his older brother Jared, who has done the same for him, and his late wife Hannah, whom he is determined to honor for the rest of his life.
For Shane, this means cutting the world off—no friends, no unnecessary interactions, and definitely no romantic or sexual involvement (he can take care of that himself).
However, when he unexpectedly runs into his former neighbor and childhood crush during one of the worst weeks of his life, something shifts in him. He grapples with whether to give in to his feelings or remain distant. Meanwhile, Shane is also surprised to feel an unexpected urge to help his estranged mother, who was never there for him.
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Everything I've Ever Wanted to Say
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Collette “Coco” Rose returns to her small hometown for the summer, hoping to repair her turbulent, on-again-off-again relationship. Instead, she finds herself drawn back into the orbit of Shane Turner—the town’s reclusive outcast.
Once a rising musician, Shane has spent the past five years hiding from the world, haunted by past mistakes and cut off from everyone.
When fate throws Coco and Shane together once more, they must confront their shared past—a childhood crush that refuses to fade. As they navigate broken hearts and complex lives, their connection grows into something far more intense than either had imagined.
In this tender and passionate journey, set in the early 2000s, Coco and Shane must decide if they are willing to open their hearts to each other for a second chance at real love.
