Restore Me by J.L. Seegars

Restore Me

Kindle Edition

J.L. Seegars

Sourcebooks · Ebook · January 6, 2026

*The limited deluxe edition will include sprayed edges* A steamy, forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss.

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Who it’s for
A quick fit if you’re following J.L. Seegars or building a romance stack around Restore Me.
Genres
Black Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Second-Chance Romance
Published
Sourcebooks, January 6, 2026

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About this book

*The limited deluxe edition will include sprayed edges* A steamy, forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss. It is the first book in the New Haven series, interconnected standalones featuring second chances, fiery passion, and Black heroines who get their happily ever afters. Sloane Dominic Alexander is my late husband's best friend and the last man on Earth that I should want.

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He's arrogant, dismissive, and up until recently has only ever used those dark eyes of his to look right through me. For the last twelve years, he's taken a sick pleasure in making me feel paper thin, like my entire existence is of no consequence to him at all. But now, things are different. After one drunken night and a surprisingly sexy act of heroism, he's started to be...nice. Treating me like something other than the physical embodiment of his annoyance, which would be nice if it didn't make me feel all the things I swore to never feel for another man after my husband died. Dominic Sloane Kent is going to be my undoing. What's worse: I think I'm going to enjoy being unraveled by the gold flecks in her hazel eyes and the adorable little way she scrunches her nose up when we're arguing, which we've done a lot of over the past decade. She thinks it's because I hate her, and I've always let her think that because the alternative is...untenable. But something is changing between us, and I don't know how to stop myself from breaking every promise I've ever made to myself regarding my best friend's wife. Promises that include never telling her that there's a long list of things I feel about her, but hate isn't one of them.

Why It Clicks

A quick fit if you’re following J.L. Seegars or building a romance stack around Restore Me.

Come here for

  • Restore Me adjacent
  • second-chance romance shelf-feel

Expect

  • contemporary romance cadence
  • collector-friendly, keepsake-ready pick

Where it sits

Second-Chance Romance81%
Enemies to Lovers72%
Black Romance54%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Second-Chance Romance
  • Black Romance
Authors
J.L. Seegars
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Published
January 6, 2026
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Contemporary Romance