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Backslide is an emotionally engaging romance that asks: Can we ever truly return to the way things were? Nellie and Noah share a complicated, painful history. Their high school relationship reverberates decades later at a mutual friend’s wedding vow renewal, where the pair run into each other for the first time in 20 years. Old emotions surface, and tension crackles whenever they’re in the same room. Will Nellie be able to finally bury the hatchet, or will she and Noah rekindle the emotions that have been latent since they were teens? Can Noah and Nellie stay rooted in the present, or will the presence of interfering friends and rivals consume them and derail any progress? Author Nora Dahlia takes readers through the sticky mess of past hurts and betrayals that are hard to resolve—especially as Nellie’s and Noah’s wounds came from those closest to them. The alternating perspectives of Nellie and Noah, both present-day and in flashbacks rendering the backstory of their meeting and relationship, maintain the novel’s dynamic flow. Despite some extensive exposition, the narrative remains engaging thanks to the complicated character relationships. The mystery of why Nellie and Noah fell out is compelling, but Dahlia’s portrayal of their efforts to squelch their past trauma is even more so. She captures the pain of forgiveness, especially when it’s complicated by both lingering contempt and mutual sexual attraction. Honest, tender and character-driven, Backslide explores what it means to let go and move forward.