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Last Chance by Lauren Runow!
Title: Last Chance by Lauren Runow
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Designed With Grace
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Synopsis
Last Chance is a story of love and heartache proving that life is not always fair, but it’s worth the pain to get the moments you’ll treasure forever.
Mackenzie
From the very first moment I laid eyes on him, I knew my heart was his for the taking. He was the boy who filled me with butterflies and made my palms turn clammy at the mere sight of him.
There was only one problem… he was my best friend’s older brother.
It’s been eight years since I’ve last seen him, and I refuse to live another day without telling him the truth. So here I stand, taking my last chance to get him to notice me, my last chance to see if he feels the same way.
I need to know if he is just a fantasy, or if he could be my reality…
Before my reality changes forever.
Connor
I never wanted a girlfriend; I was burned by love and vowed to never go down that road again. But when the beautiful girl I’ve known practically my entire life snuck her way into my arms there was something that changed in me. I wanted to be with her, next to her. Just simply kissing her lips made my life complete.
Now I have one mission.
To make hers complete, too.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Based on the book description, I figured that Last Chance would be a slightly sad, best friend’s brother/childhood crush romance. I could not have been more wrong. Yes, it is a childhood crush/best friend’s brother story, but it goes way beyond slightly sad to down-right heartbreaking, and begs the question, how much would you be willing to do for the love of your life?
Mackenzie has been in love with Connor since she was 10, but he never saw her as anything more than his little sister’s best friend. Mackenzie seeks Connor out on purpose one night, wanting to cross off a fantasy item from her bucket list. I didn’t love how she lied to Connor about her identity, but I get why she did that, in relation to the bigger picture of this story.
Connor, meanwhile, can’t get the mysterious woman out of his mind, and freaks out when he pieces it together over a family dinner at his parents’ house. And after realizing that the woman he was so enthralled with was Mackenzie, he not only offers her a repeat, but even helps her get an apartment in his building. From there, they strike up a friendship and Connor begins to see Mackenzie as a woman he’s captivated by — not just his little sister’s friend.
But Mackenzie is keeping a major secret from him, one that could destroy the love they share. But when Connor finally learns the truth, he steps up in the most beautiful way, determined to make Mackenzie’s life as complete and happy as he realizes she’s made him. What unfolds from there is a full of joy and tears, love that knows no bounds and unimaginable heartbreak.
Last Chance left me sobbing. I wish I knew beforehand that it was going to be a tear-jerker, but I don’t remember reading that part of the description beforehand. Connor and Mackenzie are a couple that will stick with me for a long time. Their tale was purely beautiful in all of it’s heartbreak, and I love how this line from Garth Brooks’ The Dance is an underlying theme of the book: I could have missed the pain, but I’d have had to miss the dance. For their dance was quite memorable.
I received and advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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About the Author:
Lauren Runow is the author of multiple Adult Contemporary Romance novels, some more dirty than others. When Lauren isn’t writing, you’ll find her listening to music, at her local CrossFit, reading, or at the baseball field with her boys. Her only vice is coffee, and she swears it makes her a better mom!
Lauren is a graduate from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and is the founder and co-owner of the community magazine she and her husband publish. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.
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