Shayla Montgomery had long given up on the idea of true love. After years of heartbreak, ghosting and men who saw her as everything except, “the one” she learned how to play the game instead of getting played. Love was for the lucky and relationships? Overrated.

But then came Jackson. For six months, he was everything she never thought she’d find – intentional , consistent, a man who didn’t talk a good man but backed it up with actions. Shayla let herself fall…only for him to disappear without a word…without a trace.

Now two years later, she’s starting over in Atlanta, ready to leave the past where it belongs. But when she finds out Jackson is not only in the same city — he’s family to her best friend’s fiancé – her plans for a fresh start take a sharp detour. Worse? He wants to explain now.

But explanations don’t erase the pain. They don’t rewrite the late nights spent wondering why she wasn’t enough.

They don’t change the fact that she's finally moving on – with a man who knows how to stay.

Malcolm Pierce is everything Jackson wasn’t. Solid. Certain. Here.

For the first time in her life, Shayla isn’t wondering where she stands.

But just as she’s ready to leave the past behind, Jackson makes one thing clear– he’s not ready to let go.

Now, faced with the man who shattered her heart and the one who’s piecing it back together, Shayla has to decide:

Is real love about finding the one who never leaves?

Or is it about choosing the one who’s meant to stay?

This Time It’s Love is a story of second chances, healing, and the kind of love that makes you question everything – until you know for sure.