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Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - Book Review

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Second Chance Summer is the first book from the Cedar Ridge Series, and it came out in 2015.  The title mentions what this romance novel is about - second chances.  At the start, we are with the love interest, Aidan Kincaid, who is at work as a fireman and learns, from a colleague, that Lily Danville, someone he had a crush on, is coming back to Cedar Ridge after leaving ten years ago. We learn quickly that Lily left for California due to the death of her sister, who fell off Dead Man’s Cliff, and her dad’s heart attack at the sister’s funeral that ended up with him dying. But she’s back, working at the resort’s salon that is owned by the Kincaid family. And on her way to the resort, Lily looks a mess, yet she goes into the petrol shop to only bump into Aidan.  The summer is filled with flirting between the both. However, due to the tragedy that happened to Lily, her heart is closed because her late sister used to have a crush on Aidan, and Lily can’t bear to take something from her si