This Could Be Us

by Kennedy Ryan · 2024

This Could Be Us, the second installment of Kennedy Ryan’s Skyland series, follows resilient stay‑at‑home mom Soledad Barnes as her seemingly perfect life shatters when her husband Edward is arrested for embezzlement and revealed to be unfaithful. Juggling three daughters, a fledgling food‑business, and the fallout of betrayal, Soledad leans on forensic accountant Judah Cross, the man who exposed Edward’s crimes. Their magnetic attraction ignites amid co‑parenting challenges, self‑reinvention, and the quest for self‑love. Ryan weaves steamy romance, family drama, and themes of empowerment, healing, and personal rebirth, delivering a heartfelt, multilayered story praised by Emily Henry, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, and Glamour.