It Starts with Us

It Starts with Us continues Lily Bloom’s story after her divorce from Ryle Kincaid, focusing on her cautious, tender reunion with Atlas Corrigan, the boy who once helped her survive her teenage years. Now a mother and business owner, Lily wants happiness, but every step toward Atlas forces her to confront the lingering fear and control tied to her coparenting relationship with Ryle.

Atlas, meanwhile, is building a life of his own as a successful restaurateur when his past resurfaces through his estranged mother and a younger brother he never knew existed. As Lily and Atlas reconnect, they must decide whether love can grow inside a life still crowded with trauma, responsibility, and unfinished family pain.

• Listeners who want an emotional second-chance romance centered on healing and safety.
• Fans of It Ends with Us who want closure for Lily and Atlas.
• Readers drawn to stories about found family, resilience, and rebuilding after abuse.

Colleen Hoover is a #1 New York Times bestselling author known for emotionally intense contemporary novels including It Ends with Us, Ugly Love, Verity, and Reminders of Him. She also co-founded The Bookworm Box, a nonprofit bookstore and subscription service.