The Love We Found

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"No one writes about love like Jill Santopolo." --Carley Fortune

The long-awaited follow-up to Reese's Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling global phenomenon The Light We Lost a thrilling love story about the roles fate and choice play in shaping a life.

It's been ten years. In case you're out there somewhere. In case you're listening, I'm here. And I have so much to tell you.

It's been nearly ten years since Gabe's been gone when Lucy finds a tiny piece of paper in a box of his old photos. An address in Rome. Why did Gabe keep it, and what was he doing in Italy? Lucy buys a last-minute plane ticket. Impulsive, but Gabe always brought that out in her.

Lucy's journey to uncover Gabe's secret leads her to Dr. Dax Armstrong, a New Yorker in Italy working with an NGO. His broad shoulders and sad, intense eyes draw Lucy in. His touch reaches her in a forgotten place--one that no one has neared since Gabe.

But her old life awaits, along with an earth-shattering decision--whether she and Darren should tell their son Samuel the truth about his father. How can Lucy move forward while she's rooted in the past? Fate broke her heart once. Can finding new love set her free?

Author: Jill Santopolo
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.58w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780593419229
ISBN10: 0593419227
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Romance | Contemporary

About the Author
Jill Santopolo is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Stars in an Italian Sky, More Than Words, Everything After, and The Light We Lost, which was also a Reese's Book Club pick. Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and has appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Apple, Amazon, and Indiebound bestseller lists. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also the author of three successful children's and young-adult series and works as the publisher of Philomel Books. Santopolo travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in New York City with her family.