num_pages: 352
description: The Second First Chance is a big wonderful messy love story about family heartbreak strength and courage. It shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect and that everything we need is often right in front of us.Strength comes in many different forms. Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets hiding in their tree house they were playmates best friends and lateras teenagersalmost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart claiming the life of Dhillons father and Riyas big brother Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night but they both made big decisions based on that fire.Riya has chosen to fight fire with everything shes got but its not easy. As the only female firefighter and one of the only people of color at her fire hall she has to prove herself over and over. Plus shes hidden her career from her family.Dhillon wanted to heal things so he became a veterinarian. When a chance encounter with a rescue dog throws Riya and Dhillon together again hes furious at her career choice. After what happened to them how can she run into fires on purpose? For Riya Dhillons anger is unacceptable: How can he not see that shes protecting others from the very losses they both experienced? 
language: English
title: The Second First Chance
publisher: HQN