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Sunny Shelly’s Review: My Anti-Hero by Tijan

MY ANTI-HERO by Tijan

I shouldn’t have agreed to this. What was I thinking?

Appearing on a local news show? Just because something happened to me?

I live mostly in isolation on purpose.

But here I am.

I was so nervous that I needed the make-up chair, twice.

And then I walked past his room.

He’s a giant—no softness, all muscle.

And a rich beard that made me want to rub myself all over it.

He made me see stars, literally because the second time I saw him, I tripped.

Or I would’ve, but he caught me, and the cameras were rolling.

Soon, that clip will be trending because he wasn’t just another guest on the show.

He’s Brett Broudou, the Kings’ newest football star.

We couldn’t be more opposite.

The only special thing about me is the reason I was on the show.

Brett, the Super Bowl champion, and me, the survivor who helped bring down the infamous Midwest Butcher.

Brett might not think he’s anyone’s hero, but he’s about to become mine.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

My Anti-Hero is a bit instalove, and a bit romantic suspense. Billie is the sole survivor of a serial killer’s attack, who lives her life more or less as a recluse. While appearing on a news program to talk about the incident, Billie crosses paths with football star Brett, whose team recently won the Super Bowl. Quite literally crosses paths when she trips and falls right in front of him!

There’s an immediate attraction between Billie and Brett, and their relationship runs deep. They both have traumatic pasts, and there’s work they both have to put in to make the relationship work. There are some very dark themes in this book, and some *really* messed-up situations with Billie’s family. Brett comes across as an overbearing alphahole at times, but I liked how he became her constant.

Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite narrators, and I loved listening to him and Andi Arndt together in this sexy romance! Duet narration is my new favorite thing, and I loved how they worked together to bring Brett and Billie to life.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Made For You by Renee Harless

MADE FOR YOU

Renee Harless

Release Date: February 13

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Heading to a teachers’ conference hundreds of miles away from my small town should have been a nice break. Until I was propositioned by a stranger to be his wife for the next six months. And for whatever reason, I said yes.

Talon Beckett was a domineering billionaire with a steely-blue gaze that made me forget my own name. It was my excuse for agreeing to his terms…that and he agreed to play up our recent vows when we attended my ex’s wedding.

We both decided that we’d go our separate ways when our six months were up. He’d get full control of his bank account and the hotel chain that bared his mother’s maiden name, and I’d get whatever I needed in return. 

When our time was coming to an end, I realized the one thing I wanted was something he had no desire to give. It was the affectionate side he’d kept hidden from everyone despite his need to say, “My Wife” when we were out in public. And as I crossed the days off the calendar, it was harder to remember that our marriage wasn’t real. Especially when we needed to sign those termination papers.

I feared I’d lose not only my new last name and job, but my heart along the way.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Made For You is a sweet and spicy billionaire, fake marriage, grumpy/sunshine romance that left me smiling.

Talon and Aurora’s meet-cute was one of the most awkward, but it perfectly suited them. He’s a grumpy, closed-off billionaire who needs to marry to properly inherit his birthright. After scouting women among those attending a teacher’s convention at one of his family’s hotels for potential candidates, he decides that Aurora fits the bill nicely. Although she’s hesitant at first, she figures she could do a lot of good for students in her small rural town with the money Talon is willing to pay her to pose as his wife.

Of course, neither of them expects to find something special in the other, but that is exactly what happens. I loved seeing Talon open up to the possibility of love and his personal growth while with Aurora. She’s a bright light in his dull world, and he becomes a different person as he falls in love with her.

There is some family drama on both sides (mostly his), but this book was a charming (and spicy!) story that I enjoyed reading very much!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Meet Renee Harless:

Renee Harless is a USA TODAY bestselling author with an affinity for wine and a passion for telling a good story. 
 

Renee Harless, her husband, and children live in Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She studied Communication, specifically Public Relations, at Radford University.

Growing up, Renee always found a way to pursue her creativity. It began by watching endless runs of White Christmas – yes even in the summer – and learning every word and dance from the movie. She could still sing “Sister Sister” if requested. In high school she joined the show choir and a community theatre group, The Troubadours. After marrying the man of her dreams and moving from her hometown, she sought out a different artistic outlet – writing.

To say that Renee is a romance addict would be an understatement. When she isn’t chasing her kids around the house, working her day job, or writing, she jumps head first into a romance novel.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: When The Stars Rise by Emery Rose

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Six weeks. Thirty-five cities. One more chance to get it right.

Noah McCallister.

Extreme athlete. Habitual heartbreaker. The only boy I’ve ever loved.

We’re a tragedy. A beautiful melody with dissonant chords. A soaring ballad of heartache, enduring love, and lost youth.

Once upon a time, he was my everything. My once in a lifetime. My past and my future. The white knight who balanced my entire world on the palm of his hand.

Until I lost him.

Now I’m out there reaching for the stars while he’s off chasing his next adrenaline rush.

Cliff diving, rappelling down waterfalls, skydiving… you name it he’s done it.

I’m convinced there’s nothing Noah can’t do. Except for one. He can’t quit.

As his appetite for risk grows more insatiable, I begin to worry that he’s on a quest to cheat death.

Losing him is inconceivable. So I make him an offer he can’t refuse—join me for the final leg of my world tour as the official videographer.

He only agrees because he thinks I need him. But he’s wrong.

Six years ago, Noah saved my life… and now it’s my turn to save him.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

When The Stars Rise is a rollercoaster of emotions and angst as childhood besties and exes Noah, an extreme athlete, and Hayley, Hayley, figure out if they are meant to be forever.

There is so much love between these two, and this book is full of angst as they attempt to settle their past and build a future together. As childhood best friends, there is a lot of shared history between Noah and Hayley — and that’s not even accounting for the fact that they are technically stepsiblings. (Lila’s pregnancy with Noah was a huge bulk of Book #1 When The Stars Fall, and Hayley was given up for adoption by Shiloh, who later came back to look for her in Book #2 When The Storm Breaks. They were not raised as siblings, as Hayley was raised by her adoptive family, and the truth about her parentage didn’t come to light until they were in grade school.) So yeah, the dynamics between Noah and Hayley are complex, to put it mildly.

But while it’s clear that Noah and Hayley’s love runs deep, there is also a ton of shared trauma that they need to deal with before they can move forward. It’s messy and complicated…

So, having read the other books in this series, I enjoyed WtSR, but it wasn’t my favorite of the bunch. I don’t think that WtSR is a standalone. There are a lot of references to things that happened in previous books; I had to go back and re-read portions of Brody & Shiloh’s to connect the dots more than once. This book also ties in Emery Rose’s Love & Chaos series, as Noah and Hayley are friends with the kids from those characters. I thought that there was a lot of “tell” and not enough “show” in this book, and that’s a sticking point for me.

That said, I very much enjoyed the emotional rollercoaster that Noah and Hayley went on, even though it’s a long and bumpy road to their HEA!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT EMERY ROSE ANDREWS 

Emery Rose has been known to indulge in good red wine, strong coffee, and a healthy dose of sarcasm. When she’s not working on her latest project, you can find her binge-watching Netflix, trotting the globe in search of sunshine, or immersed in a good book. A former New Yorker, she currently resides in London with her two beautiful daughters.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles

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Get ready to fall for Lawson and Hallie in their single dad, age gap, nanny, small town romance, from USA Today Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles!

Five years ago, I nearly lost everything. But there was a glimmer of hope on that darkest night. There was him—a stranger I could never forget.

Now, I’m finally getting the fresh start I’ve longed for. But when I show up to interview for a nanny position in the small mountain town, the single dad has startlingly familiar blue eyes.

Eyes that have haunted my dreams for the past five years.

Lawson Hartley is everything I know I can’t have. Older, handsome, and my boss. Not to mention the shadows in his eyes that tell me he has demons, too.

Still, he seems to understand me better than anyone I’ve ever met. So gentle and careful of my scars, yet somehow making me believe I’m stronger than I ever thought possible.

And when his lips touch mine, I’m lost.

We find what we’ve been missing in each other. But the terrors of my past aren’t done with me yet, and this time, Lawson might not be able to save me…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Catherine Cowles wraps up the Lost & Found series nicely with Lawson and Hallie’s story in Ashes of You!

This story delivers all the feels. There’s that grand tension between single dad Lawson and his younger nanny, which is only complicated by the fact that Law is Hallie’s hero, “Blue,” who rescued her from a deranged lunatic five years ago. They never knew what happened to the other after the night he rescued her, but their worlds collide when she shows up on an interview to be the nanny for his three sons. That backstory just added so much to this single dad, age-gap, nanny romance.

The relationships that Hallie cultivates with the boys are wonderfully created as well. There is depth to all of those bonds, especially with sulky teenager Luke. Hallie gets to him in a way that no one else seems to be able to, and I loved how much he changed as a result of their friendship. I have loved getting to know the Hartley family throughout this series. They love hard, and they surround Hallie with friendship and love, and give her a warm place that she doesn’t have in her own fractured family. I was so glad to see her brother Emmett and his husband be taken into the Hartley family fold!

As with the other books in this series, there is a thread of mystery running through the story, as the serial killer who abducted Hallie seems to be on the loose again. Is it a copycat? Is she actually in danger? There are some twists and turns with that subplot that kept me guessing all the way to the final reveal. Well done!

Sebastian York and Ava Erickson nailed the narration for this audiobook!

While I was sad to see the Lost & Found series come to an end, I’m excited for CC’s upcoming series with Lawson’s friend, Anson!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Catherine Cowles

Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Reason I Married Him by Meghan Quinn

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From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new marriage of convenience romantic comedy. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers small town standalone delivers the perfect happily ever after. One-click your copy of THE REASON I MARRIED HIM today!

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About THE REASON I MARRIED HIM:

He proposed . . . and I said yes.
Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel.
Because the man that I’ll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare.

So why did I say yes?

Well, because we both need something from each other.

Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather’s will.

So as he so eloquently put it, my hand, for his land.

At first, I thought the idea was nuts.
Who really gets married out of convenience?
Apparently, I do.

And now we have to sell our relationship to the town. Meaning, we’re holding hands, he’s pinching my cheeks . . . upper and lower. We’re even forced to share the one-bedroom guest house on the farm where his monstrous body is taking up a large percentage of the bed.

But we’re so persuasive about our farse, that now I’m starting to think he actually might like me. Especially when he grabs me by the wrist and teases the shell of my ear as he whispers, “Mine.”

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Meghan Quinn delivers another fantastic swoony, steamy, small-town book — complete with a gut-punch breakup and well-deserved HEA — in The Reason I Married Him.

Aubree is not the happy-go-lucky gal that her sister Hattie is. She is closed off and guarded, as a result of the abuse she suffered at the hands of their dad as a kid. It’s hard for her to trust people, and she has a lot of lingering self-esteem issues. Jilted the night before his wedding, Wyatt (who is her late brother-in-law’s brother) swoops into town to offer Aubree a deal: Marry him for a year so he can get his family’s cabin, and he will sign over his part of the farm left to him by his late brother.

Wyatt knows how to press all of Aubree’s buttons, and their banter is hilarious as this enemies-to-lovers romcom begins. But little by little, Wyatt breaks down Aubree’s walls, and they develop a genuine friendship. It shocks Aubree when she realizes that she *gasp* likes her fake husband! But just as Wyatt and Aubree decide to give their relationship a real chance, Wyatt’s past threatens to ruin any chance of their future together. Will be be able to convince Aubree that she’s the one meant for him?

Narrators Aaron Shedlock and Stella Hunter are *chef’s kiss* as they tell Wyatt and Aubree’s story in duet narration. The story arc that these characters go on was well-written, and perfectly-paced, and Shedlock and Hunter brought it all to life magnificently as they took Wyatt and Aubree from a bickering twosome at the start of the book to a couple head over heels in love by the end.

The second book in the Almond Bay series, The Reason I Married Him also delivers several MQ Easter Eggs. I love that Wyatt’s family cabin is in Canoodle, the setting of Runaway Groomsman, and I did not realize how much I missed Keiko from the teachers series until she showed up!

Is anyone else hoping that the last remaining Rowley finds his match in a certain beekeeper? Just me?

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USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Something Like Love by Piper Rayne

Something Like Love by Piper Rayne is now live! 

I want to.

I can’t.

I’ve been friends with Cooper Rice from the moment we met. He was just as famous a decade ago on our college campus as he is now being the star quarterback for the Chicago Grizzlies.

But he’s not only talented on the field, he’s also the gorgeous football star women fawn over, posing in underwear and razor ads.

Here’s a secret those women don’t know—Cooper Rice isn’t a playboy. He’s the kind of man who wants to settle down with a family. He’s content ordering pizza and massaging my feet after my long shift as an emergency room doctor. He listens to me as if he’s as invested as I am in my patients. He has never let me down.

This is exactly why I refuse to live without Cooper in my life. Eight years ago, I made him promise me that we’d never cross that line. And just like I knew Cooper would, he’s held to that promise.

Despite our best efforts, our relationship is evolving, shifting into new territory and I find myself unsure if I want Cooper to keep that promise. Ignoring the obvious could tear us apart, but so could giving in, meaning there’s a chance I’ll lose Cooper forever no matter what decision I make.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

OOOH I have been waiting for Cooper and Ellery’s story from the first moment I met them at the start of the Chicago Grizzlies series, and their story was the perfect way to close out this series!

Having been best friends since college, there is so much history between Cooper and Elle. They are the perfect match; they balance each other out, complete each other’s sentences, and all that jazz. Now that Elle is dating Cooper’s teammate, their relationship is strained. And there is a line drawn in the sand of their friendship that neither one of them will cross — despite the growing feelings between them — because of a promise Cooper made Ellery eight years ago.

Piper Rayne did a fantastic job in telling this epic best friends romance. The journey that Cooper and Elle take from best friends to admitting that they are soul mates is a wonderful slow burn, written with a delicious push-and-pull, a hint of angst, and a whole lot of sizzle.

I’m sorry to see this series come to a close, but I’m excited that The Grizzlies’ “Den” is now changing hands to become “The Nest” for a new group of athletes for PR’s upcoming hockey series. And hopefully we will finally, finally, get Tweetie’s story!

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Meet Piper Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Turn of the Tides by Jessica Prince

Title: Turn of the Tides
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Whitecap

Contemporary Romance; Small Town Romance

When Beau Wade left his small hometown of Whitecap, Oregon, he swore to himself he’d never go back. But when his NFL career goes up in smoke, that’s exactly what he finds himself doing.

Not much has changed in the ten years he’s been gone. Gossip still spreads through town like wildfire, Dropped Anchor is still the local’s favorite bar, and the woman he’s been secretly in love with most of his life still hates his guts.

Presley Fields is even more beautiful than he remembered. Her smile has the power to light up a room and that bubbly personality of hers is still as strong as ever. For everyone but Beau, anyway, and that’s the least he deserves for making her high school years a nightmare.

He isn’t the same stupid kid he was back then, and after watching her slip through his fingers too many times, the tides have finally turned in his favor. It’ll take a miracle, and every ounce of charm he has, but he’s determined to win her heart. And this time, he intends to keep it.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Turn of the Tides was not what I was expecting — and wow, did I love Beau and Bubbles!

Jessica Prince did a great job of building the tension between Beau and Presley in this hate-to-love second-chance romance, and dropping little breadcrumbs about their shared history. I loved getting Beau’s backstory — all that glitters is not gold. Presley made assumptions about the popular jock, and why wouldn’t she? But I loved getting his side of the story and learning just how much Presley meant to him even when he couldn’t show it!

This book is a standalone in the Whitecap series and has that great small-town feel that I’ve come to love in Jessica Prince’s books.

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Surprised & Sacked by Gina Azzi

SURPRISED AND SACKED

Gina Azzi

Release Date: February 5

Knoxville Coyotes rookie West Crawford is a celebrated, lightning-fast football god on the field. Off the field? He’s my ex-boyfriend and greatest heartache.

I didn’t think long-distance would break us when West was drafted to Tennessee, and I was called home to Paris for a family emergency. But it did.

Fast-forward six months and West is playing in the Superbowl, I’m rooting for him to win, and our worlds re-collide.

Celebrating West’s success is supposed to be a one-night, free-for-all that ends with closure. Instead, it births a new beginning. Literally.

I’m having a baby with my ex, our lives are still thousands of miles apart, and nothing has changed. I mean, except the obvious.

Between West’s flourishing career, my familial responsibilities abroad, and a positive pregnancy test that surprises us both, our relationship is bound to be sacked before it has the chance to soar.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Surprised & Sacked is the second book in the Knoxville Coyotes series, and is a second-chance, surprise pregnancy romance for West and Nova. They reconnect for one night after the Coyotes win the Super Bowl, and while it’s clear they still love one another, their lives are in different places now. But fate has other plans for them when Nova discovers she is pregnant…

I enjoyed West and Nova’s reunion. It was clear that she wanted more than just to be West’s WAG, and he went above and beyond to prove to Nova how much she meant to him. West didn’t have the best childhood, so he has some concerns about whether or not he has what it takes to be a good dad; I really enjoyed that added dimension to his character.

I had an issue with this story, however. Their breakup happened several months before the Super Bowl; they just kind of grew apart when Nova went back home to Paris to help with her family’s vineyard after her father got ill. I wish that that had been a “show” rather than a “tell” because I felt like I was missing backstory.

But overall, I enjoyed this story. It’s pretty low angst, and I read it easily on a rainy afternoon. West is one of Cohen’s teammates from book 1, so there is that connection, and although I haven’t read Gina Azzi’s rockstar series, Nova is friends with the band from those books.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Gina Azzi:

Hey Lovelies!

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A Jersey girl at heart, I spent my twenties living and working abroad before settling down in Ontario, Canada with my family. When I’m not dreaming up storylines or writing all the words, you can find me hanging with my littles, attempting to bake, or planning my next adventure.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

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Falling in love is easy.

Falling out of love is the hardest thing in the world.

And Elin and Ty Whitt are terrible at it.

Life’s not always easy. Love’s not for the faint of heart. But with life comes lessons and Ty and Elin have the scars to prove it. But it’s their love written in those scars that will hold them together … or break them apart.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This book was a doozy! Ty and Elin’s story was a rollercoaster of epic proportions. It was emotional, raw, and hauntingly beautiful as Adriana Locke explores how this couple grew apart and then repaired their relationship.

If you are looking for a light and fluffy read, Written in the Scars is not it. If you want a story that is going to elicit some big emotions, have you crying and yearning for the main characters to just work things out… then this is it. Ty and Elin have so much love for each other, but something was broken in their marriage. And it is a long, hard road that they travel in trying to repair it.

Narrators Emma Wilder and Lance Greenfield did a beautiful job in bringing this story to life.

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Book Review

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Promise Me This by Hannah Bird

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Promise Me This:

🍀 Broody single dad

🍀”It’s always been you”

🍀 Small town setting in Ireland

🍀 ”I want you to beg”

🍀 Second chance at love

🍀 Healing from grief over pregnancy loss

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“Promise Me This brims with beautiful emotion and depth… This is a poignant story that will stay with you long after it’s done.” -Jessica Joyce, USA Today Bestselling author of You, With a View

Forever wasn’t supposed to look like this.

When Leona Granger studied abroad in Ireland, she spent a lot more time falling in love with Callum Walsh than she did in the classroom. On the eve of her return to the States, she promised to come back for him when she finished college. They said goodbye under the stars, sealing their promise with more than just a kiss.

Callum has spent the last twelve years trying not to wonder why Leona, and everyone else for that matter, finds it so easy to leave him behind. Now a single father, all he wants is to give his beautiful daughter the best life he can. Nothing, not even Leona showing up after a decade of radio silence, will get in the way of that.

But Leona had her reasons for not returning. When the just-good-enough life she built in the wake of losing the baby she never told Callum about falls apart, she realizes it’s time to come clean. It might be too late to keep her promise to Callum, but for the child they lost, she has to try.

Faced with feelings they long thought buried, Callum and Leona have to decide if it’s worth exposing all their hidden scars for a second chance at the promise of forever with the one that never should’ve gotten away.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Somehow, I totally missed the fact that this second-chance romance was built around a lost baby. Miscarriage is my trigger, and by the time I realized it, I was far too invested in Callum and Leona’s story to give up. And I am so glad I pushed past my own issues and the pain of my own pregnancy loss, because this story was beautifully written.

This is the first book I’ve read by Hannah Bird, and she crafted a lovely tale of grief, longing, regret, anger, and forgiveness. Callum was so hurt when Leo ghosted him 12 years ago, going radio silent and never returning to Ireland so they could reunite and live out the life they planned for together. Unbeknownst to him, Leo was dealing with a mother’s worst nightmare and never forgave herself for failing their child. God, I got that! It’s a hurt that never goes away.

It is a long, painful road for Leo and Callum to get on the same page. So many stops and starts. But their love for one another is still so strong and they are thankfully able to work through the pain and come out the other side stronger together. I appreciated Leo’s reluctance to get close to Callum’s daughter just because it hurt SO much. But even that ended up being a lovely relationship on its own.

This book ended with the sweetest epilogue, a wonderful HEA for this pair. I was so happy I took a chance on this story; despite the ugly tears I cried, it was lovely.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT HANNAH BIRD 

Hannah’s accolades include a 2nd grade teacher who said her story about bats had “very good potential” and enough accelerated reading medals to sink a body at sea. Her goals in life are to write novels that will make you cry and to check everything off the bucket list she wrote at seventeen. Hannah resides among the rolling hills of Tennessee with her other half and their clingy golden retriever. When she is not writing, she is trying to outrun her sweet tooth in the gym.

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