First Love Blues

by Bella Young

FBT review:

Looking for your next unputdownable indie romance ebook?

Discover *First Love Blues* by Bella Young—a clean, closed-door, second-chance romance perfect for fans of small-town settings, emotional slow-burns, and heartfelt workplace tension. When marketing rising star Sarah Lake returns to Maplewood Springs, the last person she expects as her new boss is Jake Matthews—the ex who shattered her heart. Now they’re office rivals on a high-stakes campaign, where late nights, sharp banter, and buried chemistry collide.

Featuring boss/employee sparks, office sabotage, and small-town nostalgia, *First Love Blues* is ideal for readers browsing bestseller lists and book blogs for their next cozy, emotionally satisfying indie read.

Publisher Description:

The man who broke her heart is now the one assigning her deadlines.

Sarah Lake comes back to Maplewood Springs for a clean slate: new apartment, a coveted job at an elite marketing firm, and one ironclad rule…never let Jake Matthews close enough to hurt her again.

Too bad her “fresh start” walks in wearing a suit and a title.

Jake is her ex, her first love, and the reason she spent four years stitching herself back together. Now he’s her supervisor on the biggest campaign of her career, and every meeting feels like a collision between what happened…and what still lingers.

Jake wants to fix the past. Sarah wants boundaries. But when a ruthless office rivalry turns the campaign into a high-stakes battlefield, late nights blur into stolen glances, old hurts flare into new temptation, and the chemistry she swore she buried comes roaring back.

Then the sabotage begins.

To protect her reputation, save the campaign, and stop Jake from taking the fall, Sarah will have to choose: risk trusting the man who once walked away…or walk away first this time, before her heart breaks all over again.

Tropes: clean/closed-door, second-chance romance, boss & employee, small-town nostalgia, office rivals, slow-burn tension, office romance.

Get your copy of First Love Blues today and fall for a clean and heartfelt workplace romance that proves some first loves never truly fade.