THE PERFECT LOVE by Bethany Monaco Smith is NOW LIVE
Blurb:
Chelsea Winters knocked me on my ass.
Meeting the curvy, auburn-haired goddess was the last thing I was expecting on my first day at a new college. But when she shows up at the lake house I share with my seven close friends, she looks like my literal dream girl.
Then we spend a few hours talking, and I know without question, she’s meant to be mine.
Until she panics, runs away, and tries to ghost me.
But our campus isn’t that big, and it doesn’t take long for us to cross paths again, and when we do, I realize how terrified Chelsea actually is.
Afraid to trust or let anyone past the upbeat, confident exterior she puts up.
Which means it’s now my mission to show her she’s safe with me. She can trust me with her hurt and her heart. If she needs to go slow, I’ll crawl, as long as it’s to her.
We’re both here for a fresh start, trying to heal from our pasts, but the more time I spend with her, the less I’m worried about the past because all I see is my future with her.
There might not be any such thing as the perfect love, but I know without a doubt, she’s my perfect match, and I’ll do whatever it takes to be the man she shares her future with.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
The Perfect Love is a deep, angsty emotional roller coaster, but it’s also a really beautiful story of healing as Chelsea and Trevor fall in love and lean on one another to deal with their demons and past traumas.
This book deals with a lot of heavy topics — it’s the first I’ve read by Bethany Monaco Smith, and I thought she did a great job in detailing the traumas each character was dealing with and how they moved forward together. It’s raw and messy, but I was rooting for Chelsea and Trevor every step of the way.
The Perfect Love is a spinoff of another series, and there are a lot of secondary characters. I’m sure fans of BMS love the cameos and the Easter eggs, but as a first-time reader, I found it hard to follow along at times.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Bethany Monaco Smith:
Bethany is a small-town girl and lover of all things romance, love, and happily ever afters. She is an indie author of both adult contemporary romance series and new adult drama series set in small towns. She loves taking her characters (and readers!) on an emotional rollercoaster throughout the story whether it’s a standalone romance or a continuous series. Even though she puts her characters through their paces, she always leaves them with a happily ever after, knowing they rode off into the sunset with a good life and their perfect match by their side.
She is shamelessly obsessed with the friends-to-lovers trope and will read any friends-to-lovers book she can get her hands on while writing plenty more. When she’s not writing, you can find her mom-ing, binge-reading, drinking coffee and pretending the laundry doesn’t exist, eating sushi with her SIL, and cheering on all her author pals.
Bethany lives in the Southern Tier of NY with her husband and two sons. You can find out more about Bethany and what she’s working on next on Instagram @bethanymonacosmith.
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