Chance by Brilee Scott

SHE DESTROYED HIM ONCE. HE’S LEARNED WHICH BATTLES ARE WORTH FIGHTING TWICE.

I never stopped loving her.

Not in college. Not through fifteen hundred hours in the cockpit. Not during deployments to war-torn countries. Not even when I convinced myself I’d moved on. Because Summer Holt was my first everything—my best friend, my home, my future.

And then she broke my heart.

Now, eleven years later, I’m flying F-35s across the desert and suddenly, she’s back. She looks exactly like every memory I tried to forget. Still beautiful. Still infuriating. And she isn’t alone.

There’s a little girl with her.

And seeing them, I realize fate might be giving me a second chance…if I’m brave enough to take it.

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He was supposed to fly away and never look back. That was the plan—his dream, my heartbreak.

I told myself I did the right thing when I pushed him away, when I built a life far from the boy I once loved.

Then Tyler Carter walks back into my world—older, steadier, still unfairly handsome—and the walls I built start to crack.

But he doesn’t know the truth. He doesn’t know about the little girl waiting at home—one with his smile and my eyes. Telling him means risking everything. The life I built, my relationship with my daughter, and the fragile heart that never stopped belonging to him.

My Review

“In the cockpit, he’s unshakable… with her, he’s defenseless.”  

That quote alone had me hooked before I even started reading. I was so excited to dive in and even more excited to receive a signed paperback ARC.  

This story follows Summer, who unexpectedly runs into someone from her past the one who she once broke his heart. Tyler Carter is now stationed in her town, stronger, more mature, and still very much tied to the life he’s built in the Air Force. But what he doesn’t know is that Summer is carrying a secret… one that could change everything.  

I loved that we get Tyler’s POV as well. It adds so much depth, especially seeing how this unexpected reunion affects him. He’s grown, but he’s also carrying his own emotional weight, which makes his character feel very real and layered.  

The tension in this story is so well done. From the moment they reconnect, there’s this underlying pull between them , mixed with unresolved feelings, complicated circumstances, and that looming secret. Watching their relationship slowly rebuild from friendship while everything simmers underneath kept me completely invested.  

This book had me feeling everything teary eyed, smiling, and completely swooning, sometimes all at once. The emotional depth, the love triangle, and the very real-life struggles woven into the story made it incredibly hard to put down.  

The second chance romance is both sweet and heartbreaking, and the found family element added so much warmth to the story (one of my favorite tropes). And when everything finally comes to a head? It hits. Hard.  

The ending absolutely wrecked me  in the best way. This is the kind of story that lingers long after you finish it.  

This book is emotional, addictive, and beautifully written. It’s one I could easily reread just to experience all those feelings again.  

If you love second chance romance with depth, tension, and emotional payoff… this is one you don’t want to miss.

If you would like to read Chance by Brilee Scott, you can also find this book on Amazon. As na Amazon Associate, I earn on qualifying purchases.

This book is part of the Silent Pursuit interconnected standalone series. The First book in the series Viking was wow, I highly recommend reading it. But also you can check out the full series on Amazon.

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