Title: Can We Try?
Series: Everlasting Ink #5
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Small Town/Age Gap/Surprise
Pregnancy/Found Family/Friends to Lovers
Release Date: April 8, 2025
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Maggie
One wild night to lose myself… instead, I accidentally found myself a baby daddy.
After my ex spent years tearing me down, convincing me I wasn’t enough, the idea of trusting anyone feels impossible. But Lachlan comes into my life and almost makes me believe I’m worth it… and that he’s worth the risk.
He’s so patient and steady, showing up at my door for midnight cravings and morning sickness. Determined to be a part of our child’s life, even if we’re not together.
I’m so tired of being alone, and having someone feels too good to be true.
So when he asks “can we try?” I want to say yes and believe him.
Lachlan
From the first moment I met Maggie, I knew she was one of the good ones.
But it wasn’t until I heard the life-altering news that she was carrying my baby, that I knew I’d support her no matter if we were “together” or not.
I’m all in—for her and the baby. But somewhere along the way, it stopped being about doing the right thing.
I don’t just want to be a part of my child’s life. I want to be part of hers. Not just for nine months. Or eighteen years. I want forever.
And I’ll do whatever it takes to prove that I’m man enough to be what she needs. For both of them.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
The Everlasting Ink series comes to a end with Lachlan and Maggie in Can We Try? — and it was everything I wanted it to be for this couple!
After getting to know both characters throughout this series’ previous books, I was hoping they would end up together in the end! I loved being able to reread the cabin trip and the Fourth of July fireworks scenes from their POVs.
During the friends’ weekend at the cabin, Lachlan and Maggie, lonely singles of the bunch, agreed to scratch an itch with a one-night stand. They both thought they would be able to move on after the fact (not wanting go complicate the dynamics within the friend group), but neither one of them did.
That night unlocked something for both of them. Lachlan is already considering seeking out more from Maggie when she discovers that their ONS resulted in her getting pregnant. At first they agree to co-parent as friends, but it’s not long until Lachlan decides that Maggie is worth trying for more with. He has an uphill battle ahead of him, because she is carrying around some deep-rooted emotional scars thanks to her manipulative and controlling ex, but he shows up every day in the big and little ways to prove to Maggie that he’s not going anywhere and keeps asking her over and over again: Can we try?
I loved this couple so much! Although I was sad to say goodbye to the Everlasting Ink gang, I loved how this series wrapped up. And with all the babies in the bunch, I would love to see a next-generation spinoff in the future!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
After getting to know both characters throughout this series’ previous books, I was hoping they would end up together in the end! I loved being able to reread the cabin trip and the Fourth of July fireworks scenes from their POVs.
During the friends’ weekend at the cabin, Lachlan and Maggie, lonely singles of the bunch, agreed to scratch an itch with a one-night stand. They both thought they would be able to move on after the fact (not wanting go complicate the dynamics within the friend group), but neither one of them did.
That night unlocked something for both of them. Lachlan is already considering seeking out more from Maggie when she discovers that their ONS resulted in her getting pregnant. At first they agree to co-parent as friends, but it’s not long until Lachlan decides that Maggie is worth trying for more with. He has an uphill battle ahead of him, because she is carrying around some deep-rooted emotional scars thanks to her manipulative and controlling ex, but he shows up every day in the big and little ways to prove to Maggie that he’s not going anywhere and keeps asking her over and over again: Can we try?
I loved this couple so much! Although I was sad to say goodbye to the Everlasting Ink gang, I loved how this series wrapped up. And with all the babies in the bunch, I would love to see a next-generation spinoff in the future!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.
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