If I Can't Have You: A Friends to Lovers Small Town Romance

Elena Aitken

Nov 2022 · Elena Aitken

About this ebook

He chose his career. She settled for ‘just friends’. Now he’s back, and everything’s changed. Except her feelings.

 

Charli Carlson’s never been good enough. Not for her family, Not for herself. And definitely not for her best friend whom she’s been desperately in love with since they were kids. But that hasn’t been an issue since he left their small mountain town years ago to pursue his career.

 

Two-time Olympic medalist, Symon Scott is back in Trickle Creek to nurse his wounds and get his head straight after an injury sidelined his career. He walked away from his best friend and his town once. But now he’s back and it doesn’t take long before Symon starts to notice Charli in an entirely different way.

 

Soon, it’s not just his career that’s on the line, but his heart, too.

 

Being with Symon after all this time feels right. But before she can give herself over to it, Charli still needs to prove to him, her family and most importantly, to herself, that not only is she deserving of a happily ever after, she has what it takes to achieve it. 

 

But when push comes to shove and with everything on the line, will Symon choose her this time? Or once again, will he leave her in the cold?

Ratings and reviews

Charli and Symon are the best of friends and everything I love about friends to lovers... I love him, I love her but I'm afraid of ruining our friendship forever back and forth that sucks me in every time. There's a bit of angst on both sides of this couple but Charli broke my heart. I loved how this family came together to support each other through the next task of their father's will. I'm really excited to visit Trickle Creek to what craziness comes up next.

The Carlson siblings gather to hear the second part of their father's will only to discover that there is a task for Charli to complete. As luck would have it Charli's best friend Symon Scott just happens to be in town while he tries to recover from a skiing accident. Charli has lots of insecurities, she thinks she is smart enough to run a business, she isn't good enough for Symon, etc. but as the story unfolds she finds that she is good enough and she finds that she and Symon make a great team.

If I Can't Have You by Elena Aitken, book two in her Trickle Creek series featuring the Carlson siblings, is an amazing second chance story featuring Charlie Carlson and her best friend Symon Scott. Another special assignment, from their father’s will, is given to the Carlson children; this time it’s Charli's turn. She is assigned the task of creating and running a successful business all on her own; which pushes her totally out of her comfort zone. As she struggles with this, her childhood best