We’re so excited to announce that Something Borrowed is coming September 15, 2026!
It’s available for pre-order everywhere eBooks are sold, so “book” your treat today and have it delivered for your reading pleasure first thing on release day!
The Second Chance Shop Series by Ev Bishop
Heartwarming contemporary women’s fiction featuring small-town communities, second chances, women’s friendships, and later-in-life romance.
Something Borrowed
All she’s ever wanted is for someone to love her as much as she loves them . . .
So why is she alone, facing midlife questions about what comes next, and estranged from her adult son?
When Vic moves “home” to care for her ailing—and relentlessly critical—mother, she’s hoping for a peaceful place to regroup and figure out her future. Instead, she’s confronted by old wounds, familiar dysfunction, and a tendency to slip into destructive coping habits.
Then she gets caught shoplifting at the cozy, eclectic Second Chance Shop.
Humiliated and ashamed, Vic faces a difficult truth: the only common denominator in all her unhealthy relationships is her.
But change is possible. If she’s willing to heal old hurts and rewrite the stories she’s always believed about herself, she could gain genuine friendships, a healed relationship with her son, and maybe even something she’s long given up on: lasting romantic love.
First, however, she must learn that self-hatred is something borrowed—and the love she’s spent her life searching for begins within.
Perfect for readers who love:
• Later-in-life romance
• Women’s friendships
• Mother-daughter relationships
• Starting over at midlife
• Found family
• Second chances
• Charming small-town settings
• Family relationships
Book Details
Title: Something Borrowed
Series: The Second Chance Shop, Book 3
Author: Ev Bishop
Publication date: September 15, 2026
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77265-056-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-77265-057-0
