Ella Dorsey is pregnant, heartbroken, and alone at Christmas...served with divorce papers at work while her rockstar husband tours the world with his very attractive publicist. The photos don't lie. Or do they?
Simon never stopped loving his wife. He never stopped fighting for his family. But someone close to him has been pulling strings for months, and by the time he realizes what's happening, Ella is already gone across an ocean, closing herself off, and done waiting for a man who seemingly chose fame over his family.
He has until Christmas to uncover the truth, cross an ocean, and prove to the woman he's loved for two decades that he would burn his career to the ground before he'd let her go.
A grand public gesture may help...
When We Fell Down is a falsely accused, marriage-in-crisis romance with a Christmas deadline, a grovel worth waiting for, and a hero who finally figures out what matters before it's too late. Readers who love emotionally devastating second-chance-within-marriage stories will want tissues and a second read.
✓ Falsely accused hero ✓ Marriage in peril ✓ Secret sabotage / third-party interference ✓ Grovel + public grand gesture ✓ Christmas romance ✓ Pregnant heroine ✓ Rockstar hero ✓ No OW relationship — he never cheated
Part of the bestselling Seattle Sound series. Can be read as a standalone.
Alexa Padgett writes contemporary romances filled with heart, heat, and emotional depth that helps readers breathe easier. Her stories offer women a soft place to land, a world where they feel seen, valued, and loved by partners who show up. She writes hockey heroes, rockstars with wounded hearts, and the women strong enough to love them. When she isn’t writing, Alexa can be found at home near Santa Fe, NM, drinking too much coffee, dreaming up new characters, and believing in the power of love stories to make us feel whole again.