Between the Lines - Hardcover

by Tracey Magruder (Author)

Winner - 2026 International Book Awards (Romance)

Winner - 2026 American Fiction Award (Romance)

Winner - Firebird Book Award (Romance)

Some stories don't just change your life.

They help you rebuild it.

After ten years in a toxic relationship, Sadie Reed is done being anyone's cautionary tale. By day, she edits other people's stories-polishing their words and pushing their dreams forward-while quietly abandoning her own.

So when she's offered one impossible assignment-to fly to a quiet English village and convince reclusive bestselling author Corbyn Pearce to finish the novel he's been avoiding-she says yes.

Corbyn is brilliant.

Corbyn is infuriating.

Corbyn is absolutely not interested in being handled.

Scarred by a tragic accident and locked behind walls he refuses to lower, he has driven away every editor sent his way-until Sadie.

Their clash is immediate. Sharp wit turns into creative friction. Creative friction turns into something neither of them is prepared for. And when a long-buried truth ties them to a single, unforgettable moment from their past, Sadie begins to wonder whether this assignment was coincidence... or something far less random.

As late-night conversations soften professional boundaries and tentative trust begins to form, old wounds resurface-hers from the man she escaped, his from the betrayal he never recovered from.

Now Sadie must decide:

Is she brave enough to rewrite her story?

And will Corbyn choose to be part of it?

Between the Lines is a heartfelt, slow-burn romance about healing, found family, emotional safety, and the quiet ways fate nudges us toward the people we're meant to find-where love doesn't erase the past, but grows patiently beside it.

Reader note: This is a low-spice adult romance with one mild open-door scene and occasional adult language.