What about Us?

About the Book

Every love story has two sides. This is the one she never told. Catarina Bonita thought she had made peace with the past. Sam Aitkens was the love of her life—intense, reckless, unforgettable. The kind of love that burns bright and leaves scars. When he walked away, she sealed the memories inside a mental box and built a safer future—with Liam DiAngelo. Liam stayed. Liam chose her. Liam is the father of her child. But when a single phone call shatters the story she’s been telling herself for years, the truth claws its way back to the surface. What if Sam didn’t leave? What if everything she believed about their ending was wrong? Now Catarina must confront the choice she thought she had already made. Because some loves don’t fade. Some truths don’t stay buried. And some second chances come at the cost of everything.

About the Author

Calliope Casimiro writes sweeping, emotionally charged romance novels about love that refuses to fade—even when life demands it should. A first-generation Portuguese American raised in northern New Jersey, she earned a degree in Illustration before dedicating two decades to education, theater, and mentoring young storytellers. Her novels explore layered timelines, 1990s nostalgia, and the complicated aftermath of first love. With richly cinematic settings spanning Scotland, London, Los Angeles, and Portugal, her stories examine grief, loyalty, and the choices that define a lifetime. Casimiro lives on a serene lakeside farm in Florida with her husband and a spirited family of rescued animals, where she continues to write about the kind of love that changes everything.