Book Review:The Day He Came Back by Penelope Ward

It was the summer of my life.
I’d met the guy of my dreams.
Unfortunately, he was the son of my uppity employer—and very much off-limits.
But Gavin was a rebel. He knew his mother would disown him if she found out about us; in his eyes, we just had to be careful.
He never treated me as his mother did—like hired help.
Instead, Gavin put me on a pedestal and loved me harder than I’d ever been loved in my life.

What a summer it was. 
Until it all ended—badly. 

I was never supposed to see Gavin again.
That didn’t stop me from thinking about him every day for ten years.
I knew little about his life now, just that he was an entrepreneur living an ocean away.

When a twist of fate had me working again in the very place our love affair started a decade earlier, I knew it was only a matter of time before I might see him again. 
But I wasn’t prepared.
What if he hated me?
What if he loved someone else now?
I wasn’t prepared for all the unknowns.

And most of all, I wasn’t prepared for today to be the day he came back.

The Day He Came Back is an emotional, second-chance romance. I ate it up! The first half of the story had me by the balls. I even growled a few times.  My emotions were all over the place. The second half brought on the tears. What an emotional roller coaster ride! 

When Raven and Gavin first meet they instantly connected. However their relationship is also instantly complicated.  Raven had taken a job with her mother as hired help. Her employer will do whatever she can to keep her son, Gavin away from Raven.  Raven is from the wrong side of town and her employer Ruth Masterson is the wicked witch of West Palm Beach Florida.

Their relationship ends badly because of a secret Raven has to keep from Gavin. The story resumes ten years later with Gavin returning home and discovering his father's nurse is none other than Ravin, the girl who crushed him. 

Gavin discovers that Raven still holds a piece of his heart but he can't trust her.  He's already moved on and is engaged to another woman. No!!!!!!!!!! This could not be!!!!!!!! 

Raven struggles with telling Gavin the truth about their breakup.  IT MUST BE DONE! Trust me you'll be shouting too! 

The ending is healing. Although I did shed a few more tears. The story will make you feel, all the feels. 5 stars