My childhood friend just asked me to elope with him before he deploys... He was always the tatted bad boy while I was the artistic good girl which led us to falling out three years ago.
Now, after a whirlwind reunion, he wants to get married before he ships out so that he'll have someone to come home to.
After falling hopelessly in love with him and our years of friendship, I won't deny him that.
Only he doesn't return to me the same man.
And I'm not the same girl he left behind.

Tropes:
*Childhood friends to lovers
*My WIFE vibes
*Military
*Small Town
*Books that make you cry
*Touch her and see what happens

"Natalie. You can have my heart, just take it. It's yours. After reading Lavender Moon, you can just take it. And you can have a spot on one of my top favorite books of 2023. I'M NOT SORRY. You guys this book is so amazing. The details. The relationships! MY HEART WAS LEFT IN THAT BOOK! And I might as well go and read it again. The character building, showing them overcome so much"
-Author Lauren Moon

"If I could give this more stars I will. The storyline & the way its written is fantastic!"
-Kayla

"This book was well layered and told an emotional story. A story about true love and fighting hard to be with the person who loves you more than you love yourself. The characters were well written and the story was a fast paced page turner. I look Forward to reading more books by this author."
-Reading in the Red Room

Blurb:
Kaleb
I was always the bad boy.
The kid from the broken home and the wrong side of the tracks.
But in her eyes, I hung the moon.
The girl from my summers who I thought I'd never see again.
Finding her now right before I'm due to deploy is like a gift, one I'm not going to waste.
She was always meant to be mine and I'm going to make it official.
My silly girl is now my spirited wife, giving me someone to come home to.
Little do I know I won't be coming home - at least not as the same man.

Luna
I never thought of myself as a good girl... but he does.
The boy I used to see every summer has grown into a brave soldier that I now get to call my husband.
Getting married so quickly was supposed to be a way to protect us both and keep us together for good.
But we both take on demons while he's away, and when he comes home, it's his that try to tear us apart.
Someone has to fight for us while he's weary and wounded.
And now it's my turn to go into battle.

From the author of the Turn it Up Series, comes an all new standalone about young love, and two people's harrowing journey to save it -as well as each other.

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• Literature & FictionContemporary FictionRomance
• RomanceSmall Town Romance

• Publication Date: December 4, 2023
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• Print Length: 454 Pages
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