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The Last Great Almost by Quintana McConnell
Release Day: March 17th 2026
Tropes: Childhood Friends to Strangers to Lovers, Second Chance, Small Town, Found Family, Mental Health Rep, Second Coming-of-Age, Black Cat x Golden Retriever.
Series: This is a standalone.
POV: Dual POV.
Content Warnings: This book contains references to sexual trauma, mental health—including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation—grief, and emotionally complex family dynamics.
I’ve written with care, but if any of these topics are tender for you, please proceed only as it feels safe. Reader discretion is advised. For readers aged 18+.
Expected Page Count: 530.
BLURB:
Phases fade. Eras echo.
You don’t always know you’re in one, until it’s gone.
When thirty-three year old Nora Lowe unexpectedly returns to her small Midwestern hometown, she must confront the ghost of her past: Elliott Ashby, the best friend and secret love she abandoned fifteen years ago. Nora never intended to go back to the boy who knew her better than she knew herself, but now the old feelings—and old secrets—are clawing their way out of the shadows.
Face-to-face for the first time since she fled, Nora and Elliott must decide if they can move beyond their troubled backgrounds, rumor mills, and wounds to embrace a future they never named. The alternative is the unraveling of everything they’ve built in the interim, and Nora’s continued struggle to break free from her past and find the love she feels worthy of.
Told in dual POV across layered timelines, The Last Great Almost is a slow-burning meditation on emotional imprinting, chosen family, and the quiet ways we carry each other—long after the moment has passed.