From Laura Nowlin comes a heartbreaking young adult romance about childhood friendship, missed chances, and the painful question of what might have been.

Autumn and Finny were inseparable as children. Their mothers were best friends, they lived next door to each other, and for years their lives seemed naturally tied together. But as they grew older, something shifted, and by high school they exist in completely different worlds.

Autumn has her own group of friends and a boyfriend, Jamie. Finny is popular, athletic, and dating someone else. From the outside, they both seem to have moved on, but Autumn has never fully stopped wondering about the boy who used to know her better than anyone.

As the years pass, old feelings, unspoken truths, family struggles, and the ache of growing apart begin to build toward a devastating moment that changes everything.

Tender, emotional, and deeply bittersweet, If He Had Been With Me explores first love, friendship, grief, mental health, and the heartbreak of realising too late what someone meant to you.

✨ Genre: Young Adult / Contemporary Romance / Coming-of-Age
🌶️ Spice Level: Low to Moderate
📚 Series: If He Had Been With Me - Book 1

Heartbreaking, nostalgic, and emotional—perfect for readers who love childhood-friends-to-lovers stories, missed chances, high school romance, and books that leave you thinking “what if?” 💔📖