If We Ever Meet Again

If We Ever Meet Again by Ana Huang follows Farrah Lin, a nineteen-year-old student determined to experience first love during her year abroad in Shanghai. When she meets Blake, a former college football star trying to escape his past and reinvent himself far from home, their attraction feels immediate and impossible to ignore. This contemporary romance novel blends the excitement of a foreign city with the vulnerability of two opposites falling for each other at exactly the wrong time.​

Farrah dreams of building a creative career in interior design while finally letting herself open up to the idea of real love, even though she has always played life safe. Blake, on the other hand, no longer believes in lasting love and carries secrets and regrets that followed him from the football field to Shanghai. As they discover hidden corners of the city together, late-night adventures and slow-burning chemistry turn their study-abroad experience into something deeper than either planned.​

The story captures the intensity of first love against the ticking clock of a single year, where every moment feels more precious because it might be the last. Outside pressures, unresolved family issues, and the lives waiting for them back home threaten to pull them apart even as their bond grows stronger. Readers who enjoy emotional new adult romance, travel-infused storytelling, and character-driven relationships will find this novel a vivid, bittersweet exploration of how love can transform a pivotal moment in life.​

As the first book in the If Love series, If We Ever Meet Again also sets the stage for a larger journey that follows Farrah and Blake beyond their year abroad. The novel leaves room for questions about long-distance love, second chances, and whether two people who meet at the wrong time can still find their way back to each other. It is a romance that balances sweetness and heartbreak, appealing to readers who enjoy series that track a couple’s growth over multiple books.​