by: Hannah Jordan
Series: Peace Fallas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 17, 2024
When Rowan’s two-year marriage ends with a crash, she returns home to Peace Falls, VA, riding shotgun in her sister’s 1990 Cadillac hearse. Everything about her is damaged: her heart, her pride, her bank account, and her spine—thanks to a tourist, a Segway, and finding her husband getting busy with her boss. But Rowan is determined to reclaim her career and city life as soon as she recuperates and lands a new job.
Caleb “Cal” Cardoso didn’t notice wallflower Rowan in high school, but the former football star, and Peace Falls’s newest physical therapist, can’t take his eyes off the stunning redhead now. Too bad he’s sworn off relationships. After his last hookup purposely tanked his online reputation, Cal stands to lose his job if a single patient leaves his care. Which is why he can’t let Rowan switch to another practitioner, despite the friction between them, and why he definitely can’t act on his growing attraction.
Rowan agrees to remain Cal’s patient if he helps her younger brother train for football tryouts. Though Cal hasn’t touched a football since the accident that killed his best friend, he agrees, and as Cal helps heal Rowan’s body, she begins to heal his heart.
For You I’d Break is a small town romance with a hefty dash of spice, a HEA ending, and a cast of memorable characters, including a goth sculptor who secretly loves to decorate cakes, a fearsome-looking felon with a heart of gold, a hothead with a sweet side, a karma-devoted barista who collects damaged pets and first dates, and a lovable dog with more emotional sense than everyone put together.
Great! Thank you so much for having me on your blog.
My pleasure. Congratulations on the release of For You I’d Break. I have so many questions!
First of all, tell me about the characters of Rowan and Cal.
Though Rowan and Cal overlapped in high school for two years, their social circles never mixed. Rowan was the epitome of a wallflower. Cal was a popular football player who dated the homecoming queen. Rowan had a huge crush on him in high school. While he knew her (it’s a small town after all), his life was so far removed from hers that he didn’t recognize her when she first comes to his practice.
When the book begins, Rowan’s life is a hot mess. She found her husband cheating with her boss, ran out of the office, and got pinned to a tree by a Segway. Rowan moves back to Peace Falls from DC with her confidence and a spine in shambles. She finds out she’ll be completing her physical therapy with Cal, which is both mortifying and intriguing. She’s incredibly kind and giving, which makes what happened with her husband all the more infuriating to the people who love her.
Caleb “Cal” Cardoso is handsome, smart, and kind, but a bit lacking in the insight department. He was severely injured in a car accident ten years ago that killed his friend. While he’s physically recovered, he focused on school and his career instead of dealing with his grief. He keeps insisting to everyone that he doesn’t “do relationships” yet he is an incredibly devoted friend and “dog dad”.
What attracts them to each other?
In the beginning, their attraction is purely physical and inconvenient. He’s kind of a jerk to her during their first interactions, which helps her get over the hero worship trap she might have gotten into when her high school crush shows interest in her. He considers her off limits because she’s his patient. In time, she’s drawn to his kindness, and he’s drawn to her humor and resilience.
Can you sum up For You I’d Break in ten words or less?
A wallflower’s second chance with her high school crush.
Tell me about some of the other characters we will meet in this story and the Peace Falls series.
Besides the lead couple, the book contains a cast of quirky characters, including Rowan’s sister Poppy, a goth sculptor who secretly loves to decorate cakes; her mother, Rose, and brother, Chris. Rowan’s best friend Lauren is a karma-devoted barista who collects damaged pets and first dates.
Cal’s best friends Theo, a fearsome-looking felon with a heart of gold, and Aiden, a hothead with a sweet side, were both in the car accident with him. Theo ended up serving time for the accident, and Aiden was so injured he lost his football scholarship and had to pivot. Cal’s lovable dog, Skye, has more emotional sense than everyone put together.
The second book in the series, For You I’d Mend, launched October 10th. It focuses on Poppy and Theo, who feature heavily in For You I’d Break as friends who are clearly attracted to each other.
The third book, For You I’d Bloom, will come out in January. It’s my favorite book of the series because I fell a little in love with the lead, Aiden. His love story with Lauren is hinted at throughout the first two books and follows the enemies-to-lovers trope with an accidental pregnancy.
What was your favorite part of the book to write and why?
Definitely the first kiss. I’d built up so much tension between Rowan and Cal that it felt really explosive.
Can you tell me about one of your favorite scenes from the book? And why is it a favorite?
During the “everything falls apart” portion of the novel, there’s a scene between Rowan and her mother I absolutely love. (I know, my favorite scene should probably be between Cal and Rowan, but I can’t help it).
Can you tell me about one of your favorite scenes from the book? And why is it a favorite?
During the “everything falls apart” portion of the novel, there’s a scene between Rowan and her mother I absolutely love. (I know, my favorite scene should probably be between Cal and Rowan, but I can’t help it).
It’s one of those beautiful moments that can happen between an adult child and their parent. Rose respects the woman Rowan has become, but she knows her daughter’s weakness and, therefore, exactly what Rowan needs at her lowest point. Rowan is a people pleaser, so Rose basically tricks her daughter into staying alone at a beautiful resort while she thinks about what she wants next in life without everyone telling her what they want her to do. I have a wonderful mom, and I hope when and if my girls ever need me, no matter how old they are, I’ll be there like Rose is for Rowan.
I love understanding titles. What was the idea of giving this book the title of For You I’d Break?
When the reader meets Rowan, she’s broken, both physically and emotionally, but the title is actually a reference to Cal, not her. He only has casual relationships with women because he hasn’t allowed himself to “break” the emotional walls he put around his heart to protect himself from his grief. In order for Rowan and Cal to be together, he has to break down these walls.
I love that answer. Final question. Why should readers grab a copy of For You I’d Break?
If you love spicy stories with realistic characters in a small-town setting, this series is for you.
Hannah, thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions for me.
Hannah Jordan grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia but wound up in South Jersey after falling in love with her complete opposite. She's got all the degrees of a "serious" fiction writer but only smiles when she's writing romance.
She lives with her husband and two daughters in a picturesque town outside of Philadelphia where she enjoys reading in all genres, especially the spicy ones, and confusing people with her half-Southern, half-Northern accent.
The first book in her Peace Falls Small Town Romance Series, For You I’d Break, launched July 17, 2024.
I love understanding titles. What was the idea of giving this book the title of For You I’d Break?
When the reader meets Rowan, she’s broken, both physically and emotionally, but the title is actually a reference to Cal, not her. He only has casual relationships with women because he hasn’t allowed himself to “break” the emotional walls he put around his heart to protect himself from his grief. In order for Rowan and Cal to be together, he has to break down these walls.
I love that answer. Final question. Why should readers grab a copy of For You I’d Break?
If you love spicy stories with realistic characters in a small-town setting, this series is for you.
Hannah, thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions for me.
Just then, the second door opened and out walked Caleb Cardoso in a pair of slate gray scrubs. Years of watching him swagger down school hallways and sprint across football fields did nothing to prepare me. He’d added more muscle to his lean frame, his broad shoulders tapering to a narrow waist. His dark, tousled hair looked styled to suggest he’d just climbed out of bed after an all-night sexfest. His jaw was sharper, his cheek bones more chiseled. When he looked at me with those rich chocolate eyes, all the air left my lungs.
“Mrs. Norris,” he said, glancing at the tablet in his hands.
The sound of my married name lifted the lust fog from my brain. “Please call me Rowan,” I said, relieved I’d finally managed to speak in his presence.
He studied my face, frowned, and looked back at his tablet. “Nice to meet you,” he said, studying my face again. “I’m Cal. Take a seat on the first table.”
Lauren would have politely told him that we were two years apart in school. Poppy would have flipped the embarrassment of being forgotten back onto Cal with a snide comment about his observation skills. Not that anyone ever forgot Poppy. I just turned my back to him and hoped he hadn’t seen my cheeks burn. People often didn’t remember me, but it still stung, especially when it was someone I’d spent so much time fantasizing about in my teens. As I crossed the room, I could feel him behind me, watching my every movement.
“Mrs. Norris,” he said, glancing at the tablet in his hands.
The sound of my married name lifted the lust fog from my brain. “Please call me Rowan,” I said, relieved I’d finally managed to speak in his presence.
He studied my face, frowned, and looked back at his tablet. “Nice to meet you,” he said, studying my face again. “I’m Cal. Take a seat on the first table.”
Lauren would have politely told him that we were two years apart in school. Poppy would have flipped the embarrassment of being forgotten back onto Cal with a snide comment about his observation skills. Not that anyone ever forgot Poppy. I just turned my back to him and hoped he hadn’t seen my cheeks burn. People often didn’t remember me, but it still stung, especially when it was someone I’d spent so much time fantasizing about in my teens. As I crossed the room, I could feel him behind me, watching my every movement.
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She lives with her husband and two daughters in a picturesque town outside of Philadelphia where she enjoys reading in all genres, especially the spicy ones, and confusing people with her half-Southern, half-Northern accent.
The first book in her Peace Falls Small Town Romance Series, For You I’d Break, launched July 17, 2024.
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