Bittersweet Memories by Catharina Maura

Bittersweet Memories by Catharina Maura

Bittersweet Memories (2021) by Catharina Maura returns us to the world of high-drama, emotionally intense contemporary romance. Catharina Maura is a prominent name in the self-publishing romance community, widely celebrated for her billionaires, family dynasties, and high-angst plotlines.

If you loved the forbidden elements of Sinners Anonymous or the forced proximity of The Flatshare, this book offers a classic billionaire angst setup with a heavy dose of emotional pinning.

The story follows Alanna, a young woman who has spent years harboring a quiet, agonizing crush on her older brother’s billionaire best friend, Silas Windsor.

To Silas, Alanna has always been off-limits. He kept his distance out of loyalty to his best friend, despite fighting his own growing attraction to her. However, everything shatters when Alanna survives a traumatic, near-fatal car accident.

When she wakes up from a coma, she has severe amnesia—she has completely forgotten the last few years of her life, including her heartbreak and her intense feelings for Silas. Seeing a blank slate, Silas decides he is done letting bro-codes and hesitation keep them apart. He steps in to protect her and help her recover, determined to make her fall in love with him all over again. But as Alanna's memories slowly start to return, the secrets of why she was running away the night of the accident threaten to destroy their fragile new bond.