Past the Broken Bridges

Two broken pasts. One last chance. An unforgettable story of star-crossed lovers, found family, and the fight to live fully…no matter the cost. Sawyer Hawkins and Paxton Banks were inseparable as children, their secret bridge in Louisiana a sanctuary from the world-until Hurricane Katrina swept them apart.Thirteen years and a lifetime of battles later, fate brings them back together when Sawyer returns for college. Sawyer, unbroken and unapologetically alive after a relentless battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is determined to seize every moment she's been denied.The bucket list she writes is her lifeline: each item a rebellion against the years stolen by illness, each day a chance to taste freedom, friendship, and love. Banks, now a reserved architecture student, carries the weight of his father’s abuse and his best friend's addiction, feeling unable to save those he loves.But when he discovers his long-lost friend Sawyer is his new neighbor, her courage and warmth begin to melt thr