If Only I Had Told Her

Laura Nowlin

Feb 2024 · Sourcebooks, Inc.

About this ebook

An intensely emotional and gripping companion novel to Laura Nowlin's USA Today and New York Times Bestselling novel If He Had Been With Me about the love that both breaks and heals us. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Jenny Han.

If only I'd told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn't be here now.

Finn has always loved Autumn. She's not just the girl next door or his mother's best friend's daughter, she is his everything. But she's not his girlfriend. That's Sylvie, and Finn would never hurt her, so there's no way Autumn could know how he truly feels.

Jack, Finn's best friend, isn't so sure. He's seen Finn and Autumn together. How could she not know? And how is he supposed to support and protect Finn when heartache seems inevitable?

Autumn surrounds herself with books and wants to write her own destiny—but one doesn't always get a new chapter and fate can be cruel to those in love.

Told through three different perspectives, If Only I Had Told Her is a love story brimming with truth, tragedy, and the unexpected bonds that heal us.

Ratings and reviews

Tragic, Engrossing, heartbreaking. I have been waiting on this for a long time. I felt like without Finny’s POV the original story lacked a little for me. This book brought me to tears a few times. The level of grief that I felt for these characters was huge. The feelings are written so raw. This is such a good story about love and friendship I do want to say it is written from the POV of young adults, in some parts it felt slightly juvenile. But, I did love it so much!!!

Ending threw me off but overall AMAZING! I have never BAWLED while reading but this book had ME (a mother of 3) up until 2am bawling my eyes out. Loved it and it captures grief so well!

beautifully written. you can feel the grieve and love in this book.

About the author

Laura Nowlin holds a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Missouri University. When she isn’t at home agonizing over her own novels, Laura works at the public library, where the patrons give her plenty of inspiration for her writing. She lives in St. Louis with her musician husband, neurotic dog, and psychotic cat.