The Lie of Having It All By Morgan Elizabeth is live!

A small-town forbidden romance between a grumpy publicist and his sunshine, pop-star client that can be read as a standalone or as part of an interconnected romance series!

What to expect:

-A fun, spicy, standalone rom com
-Grumpy sunshine vibes and banter
-A pop star lying low in a small town
-A grumpy publicist looking for peace and quiet
-Allllll the delicious spice (our MMC Leo is the king of talking dirty)
-Found family vibes

From a young age, child star-turned pop star Willa Stone knew “having it all” was a myth. The truth is, at some point, you have to choose what you really want in life: a career or a love life, fame or friends, success or peace. Knowing her true purpose in life is to create music and perform, she’s long accepted that her life would always be on display, and every moment would revolve around building the brand. Even her relationships are manufactured, a lifetime of fake PR relationships in order to build interest in her next album.

When she’s instructed to hide from the limelight for a while, she isn’t sure what to do with herself. That is, until she stumbles into Holly Ridge. There, she starts daydreaming about finding balance and, for the first time in her life, having it all.

After a health scare made him realize he was living for nothing but his job, Leo Sinclaire is out to find balance in his life. This starts with buying a rundown house, connecting with the roots he’s ignored since becoming a cutthroat publicist to some of the world’s biggest stars, and, most importantly, being alone.

Unfortunately, he quickly finds that if he wants to be alone, Holly Ridge is the wrong choice. That peaceful existence completely evaporates when he discovers his biggest client—and biggest headache—has the same small town as her place to hide away. He spends time trying to keep her in line, both for his job and his sanity, but after a while, old feelings start to surface, and even though dating a client is strictly forbidden, he can’t seem to stop thinking about her.

What happens when those thoughts turn into trying to figure out if they can have it all, together?

What you can expect from this Holly Ridge romance:

Grumpy x Sunshine

Forced Proximity

Found Family

Sheltered Pop Star

Meddling Small Town

Mutual Pining

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*****5 Absolutely Incredible Stars*****

It started with a sweatshirt.

A sweatshirt. A secret crush. And years of pent up connection.

It started with two people who are completely off limits to each other, finding themselves in the same place at the exact right time, searching for the reset and the version of themselves they both so deserve.

It started with them…and a chance at something more.

A chance at having it all.

The Lie of Having It All is without a doubt, one of the best books I have read this year. It is also without a doubt, one of my favorite romance books I’ve ever read and definitely a new top favorite by Morgan Elizabeth. This book was everything. This book is everything. It is truly one of the most incredible and heartfelt and romantic love stories I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading, and honestly as I sit here writing this review, I’m fighting back tears because that is how much I LOVE these characters, the love they build and fight their asses off for in this book, and the connection you get to experience with them as they take a chance on each other and the chance at a future that they are both desperate for and so deserving of.

Simply put, this book is absolute perfection.

From the very first pages of this book, I was in it with Willa Stone and Leo Sinclaire. Those two completely stole my heart from page one but honestly, they stole it a long time ago. Because you see these two have been floating around in this author‘s books for quite some time. I have wanted both of their books for quite some time. And when I found out that these two were going to be paired together? I’m pretty sure I actually shrieked. Like full on happy shrieks happened. So to say, I had high hopes for this book is putting it lightly… And I have to say that this book and what I got with these two far surpassed anything I could’ve ever hoped for. (And I had the highest of hopes y’all.)

Because what you get with the two of them in this book is truly everything. It’s honestly more than everything. It’s them, it’s perfection, it’s full of swoon and heart and so much charm, and it’s honestly just meant to be. They’re meant to be. Leo and Willa are meant to be in every way, shape, and form, and getting to see them give in to the world of feeling they share, getting to see them take a chance on themselves and each other, and getting to see them fight like hell for the future they both so want and so deserve is truly nothing short of everything.

And then some.

This book had everything that I love in a romance novel, and everything I’ve come to love and expect from a book by Morgan Elizabeth. It had the most incredible yearning and it had so much unadulterated fire and connection and buildup. The tension was glorious and thick as the good Lord intended, and the charm and vibrancy and personality of these characters was memorable in every way. I loved these characters with my whole heart from page one of this book, and I loved watching them fight against all of the feeling and connection they had always shared. The way that that push and pull built through every second they were together and apart in this book will give you life. That coupled with the fact that their relationship is forbidden because she’s a well-known popstar and he’s her publicist, and you will be smitten with these two. Plus, she’s throwing the fact that they’ve clearly been dancing around some very vague feelings for one another for what has been years… And you will be beyond invested in these two and what they make each other feel.

Trust me on that.

But more than that, this book has love. It has all kinds of love in it. It has the love you build with friends and the love you build with the people who become family. A family that might not be built from blood, but that is definitely built from love. It has love that you fight like hell for, love that you’ve spent your whole life, wishing was real. It has love that is so layered and beautiful and deeply felt that it is consuming in a way that leaves the most beautiful kind of permanent marks on your heart and soul. It has love that is worth believing in and fighting for with all you have. But it also has a very special kind of love. The love you feel and build for yourself. The love of discovering the real you, the most vulnerable honest version of yourself, and the you you were always meant to be. It has the love of finally finding yourself and the person who loves every version of you that exists, every piece of you, and every complicated, beautiful, and incredible part that makes you you.

This book allows these characters to explore the love that they fight like hell for within themselves, and the love that they also fight like hell for for each other. Leo and Willa let each other see the real them in this book. They open themselves up, they allow themselves to be vulnerable, and they let the beauty and realness of who they are shine in this book. And when they do all of that, while falling so hopelessly in love with one another, they realize that they may have just found the best, most real and incredible version of themselves yet. And that version of themselves is perfect for the other in every way.

Getting to see these two not only discover so much about who they were, who they wanted to be, and what they wanted for themselves and each other, but also getting to be front row and center as they fell so damn hard for each other was nothing short of wonderful. These two could not have been more meant to be. The way they see each other, the way they show up for each other in every way that matters, and the way that they just get each other is the best. They notice, they see, they remember. They show up not only when it matters, but in every little and big way. They celebrate each other and every quirk that makes the them, but more than that they love those quirks and vulnerable pieces. They relish in them, and in each other. They love and feel loudly, with their whole hearts and souls, even when they’re forced to be quiet. They also feel with their whole hearts, and getting to see them peel back the layers of one another, getting to see them open up about the world of feeling that has always been there between them, and getting to see them put it all on the line again and again for the chance of being with one another, and the chance at having it all was incredible.

I truly could not have loved Willa or Leo more. I felt so connected to them. I loved their vibrancy. I loved their realness. I loved getting to understand them. I just loved them with my whole heart. I related so easily to Willa and her people pleasing ways. But I also just as easily related to Leo and his own anxieties. I loved how honest these two were with one another and how they just could not help but feel everything for each other. I loved that once the floodgates open for these two, there was no going back. There was never going to be anybody else. You feel that in your soul with these two and the way that they just feel everything when they’re together because they realize that the other sees them in the most beautiful way is something that I don’t even have the right amount of words to express.

I mean, getting to see these characters fall so hard for each other, getting to be in the thick of their tension and connection is truly the best, but honestly, the most beautiful thing about this couple and their individual and interwoven journeys in this story is getting to see them be their very real and true selves and watching them every step of the way. Because not only do they choose one another, but they fall in every way they didn’t even know it was possible for each other. They fall for each other, they fight with their whole heart for what they know is meant to be between them, and they do it while being their raw and vulnerable selves, letting the truth of it all and the truth of their feelings shine through. And the way they can be honest with each other, the way that they can be real about their own insecurities, what they perceive as their own flaws, and the way that they love each other through it all is perfection. It really is because it’s just so special. They are so special. What they give you is so special. It’s just them in the most unadulterated and beautiful way, and truly I don’t think there’s a way you can read this book and not love Leo and Willa and everything they share with your whole heart.

It’s impossible.
They are impossible not to love and believe in with your whole chest.
And honestly, that’s just part of what I absolutely loved about their story.

I also have to say that being back in the magical town of Holly Ridge is truly my new happy place. That place really is magical and while there might not be actual literal witches and things like that, there is magic in the air there. Because the way the characters of that town are just able to be, the way they show up for each other, the way they are family is truly something special. I loved getting to see Leo and Willa carve out a home and carve out their own very special place in Holly Ridge in this book. It was like that town was ready to welcome them both home and bring them together and that was truly everything to experience. Because getting to see these two find their way to one another at the exact right time in the exact right place in this very special town, with a group of very special people who soon become family and are ready and willing to do what they can for those two, is absolutely breathtaking.

There is really something special about this town and I am already chomping at the bit for the next time we get to come back to this world of characters because my heart is already ready for more. Plus the antics these characters get into will have you laughing and smiling until your cheeks hurt. I promise you that! I love all of their shenanigans, the way they all poke fun at one another and tell it like it is, but most of all I just love the way all of these characters are there for one another in every way that matters. Holly Ridge is truly the best place with the best people and you will just LOVE what you get to experience in this magical small town with all of these wonderful characters.

I also have to tell you that while every book I’ve had the pleasure of reading by this author has been a five star read and has delivered the most incredible romance and steam and story… Leo and Willa bring actual fire in this book. I mean, I was practically blushing throughout most of this book with the heat that emanates from the two of them and every moment they share together. From that glorious, slow burn buildup of tension that has been building for years between them, to the inevitable explosion that happens when they finally give into it all… You will be feeling the heat right along with them. Trust me on that and just prepare yourself for some serious fireworks that are dazzling, that are full of all of the fire and heat, but more than that that are just utterly beautiful with a level of connection these two share.

The Lie of Having It All explores the idea of if you can truly have it all. Both Leo and Willa have thought about that for their entire lives and struggle to find the balance and the truth of that question. The events of this book bring them together in a way that they weren’t expecting, but in a way they are here for in spades. Those two have shared years of connection, years of longing and yearning, and it just takes one chance for the two of them to finally give in to it all. And that all is truly amazing. That all is more. That all is full of charm and fire and so much connection and heart. That all brings them to the most special little small town full of a family of characters that are ready to welcome them with open arms and show them this is where they’re meant to be. That all is encompassing and consuming, and everything those two need and deserve after years of losing pieces of themselves to others. That all is real and beautiful and worth fighting for. Getting to be with Leo and Willa throughout every second of this book as they fight for that all, as they show up for that all and each other, and as they put their hearts on the line for that all is EVERYTHING.

Morgan Elizabeth has completely outdone herself with this book. I mean, I’m not surprised one little bit by that because truly every book by her has wowed me and been a 5 star read, but this one is truly something special. There’s just something about what Leo and Willa share, something about what they fight for within one another and for one another, and just something about the beautiful layers and pieces that they give one another in this book that truly makes this story something special. My heart could not have been more in it with both of these characters and getting to see them finally have the chance at something they had longed and yearned for for years was amazing.

The beauty and love and emotion they fight like hell for the chance to share in their story will completely sweep you off your feet and will have you knowing that those two have to find their way to forever. There simply isn’t another option for them. They’re simply isn’t a world in which they don’t find their way and their hearts to one another because those two are soulmates. They are endgame. They are the all they’ve both been searching for. And knowing and experiencing that with them is truly the best.

My heart is so beyond full after reading and breathing and living every second of this love story, and I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. Leo and Willa firmly cemented their place in my heart for the rest of time with what they so unforgettably gave me in this book and in their story, and I’m here for it. I’m here for all of it because those two are the definition of meant to be and they wowed me with their story. They are the definition of fictional characters that feel so real, that feel so authentic, that feel like true friends you love with your whole heart, and I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. Because feeling that level of connection and heart with a set of characters and believing in their love story with everything you have is the absolute best feeling on the planet.

End of.

The Lie of Having It All is Morgan Elizabeth at her best. Willa Stone and Leo Sinclaire and their epic, all-feeling, utterly consuming love story were more than worth the wait. They were worth everything. And I’m honestly just beyond grateful that I had the chance to experience what I did with these two as they fell so hard and deep and truly for one another.

Because it was perfect. It was wholeheartedly them. And it was fucking beautiful.

It started with a sweatshirt.

It ended with a love so epic, so meant to be, so inherently right.

It ended right where it began. With them, their undeniable connection, and their hope for more, their hope for forever.

It ended with Willa & Leo, together through it all, basking in the utterly spectacular all they worked their asses off for.

It started with a sweatshirt and it ended with them exactly where they were meant to be.

Together.
Forever.
Blissfully in their all that they deserved every breath of.

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Crossing a line has never felt this good.

I’m what you’d call a good girl—at least that’s what my family thinks. But I’m tired of living by everyone
else’s rules. So when I sneak into a scandalous, masked costume party and spot Beau Walker—my
longtime crush and my family’s sworn enemy—I do something bold: I cross the one line that’s utterly
forbidden.

Hidden by shadows and masks, we lose ourselves in the hottest night of my life. Until I accidentally
moan his name, and everything comes crashing to a halt.

Beau says things I can’t forget, and my fantasy of him shatters along with my heart.
But when suspicious fires break out at the high school where I teach, I’m forced to see the one
firefighter I wish I could forget.

And when our long-smoldering tension finally ignites, the heat between us lights up the sky—and
reveals a danger neither of us saw coming

Burning Skies is an enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance that features a scorchingly hot firefighter
and the little sister of his long-time nemesis. If you enjoy cowboy families, old vendettas, and small
towns brimming with secrets, this one is for you!

*****5 Absolutely Perfect Stars*****

I have been lucky enough to read Lex Martin’s books for over 11 years now. And I do mean lucky. Because I truly think that I am one lucky girl for finding her books all those years ago because it brought me to one of my all-time favorite authors. Picking up that first book of hers over 11 years ago brought me to a world of characters that have stolen pieces of my heart again and again with each new book this author releases. It was one tiny decision that brought me to an author who has delivered some of the most incredible and impeccable romances that I have had the pleasure of reading. So I am very lucky that I’ve had the opportunity to read books by Lex Martin over the last 11+ years because her books are some of my all-time favorites. Her books have given me everything with her characters. Her books have delivered unforgettable love stories that I still think about. Her books have just been everything. Everything and so much more.

Burning Skies, book 3 in her Wild At Heart Series, was another prime example of why I absolutely LOVE every single book that I’ve had the pleasure reading by this author. I mean this was Lex Martin goodness. Plain and simple. It was swoony, it was suspenseful, it was small town amazingness. It was full of high levels of tension filled heat and connection between these characters, so much incredible heart and fire, and just a love that was born out of so much beauty and hard fought trust. Lex Martin once again threw me and my heart right into the thick of it with her characters, and I just loved it. I loved every damn word of this book and the experience I got with Honey and Beau as their love story unfolded.

I truly could not have asked for more.

This book very much gives off star crossed lovers in the most perfect way. Add in an enemies to lovers twist to that vibe, and your heart will be feeling EVERY emotion under the sun while experiencing the story with Honey and Beau and you will be LIVING for it. I promise you that. This couple and their families have years of strife between them. They are not supposed to be together. They are not supposed to want each other or like each other or even tolerate each other, but Beau and Honey can’t help but feel every damn thing for each other. Their connection is undeniable, the pull they have to one another is fierce and tangible, and the way that they just make each other feel like no one else ever has before is indescribable. Really it’s so very telling because these two may be wrong and forbidden for each other in all kinds of way on paper, but they could not be more perfect for one another when it comes to their hearts, their desires, and the truth of them, their souls, and their undeniable feelings.

I don’t think I could have loved Beau and Honey more than I did in this book. I just loved the two of them. Fiercely. I loved that from the start things felt so different between them. You could tell that even though these two were not supposed to want each other, they couldn’t help but feel everything for one another. They couldn’t help but know that there was something so inherently different about each other that truly made all the difference. And that something truly meant everything as they decided to risk it all for one another.

I loved that even though the odds were stacked against them, even though they had their families and years of history breathing down their necks, they stood strong. They stood strong in their taking of chances and risks, they stood strong in their hope for the future, and they stood strong in the belief in what they shared, in their hearts, and in each other. Sure they had their human moments of all of the emotions as they processed everything that came their way, but they never once wavered in the belief that the other was the one person who changed everything. That the other was the one person who made them feel everything. That the other was the one person who they would never, ever be able to forget or move past. That the other was someone that would always be in their heart and soul. They never wavered in the knowledge that the other was someone who left a permanent impression on their heart that they never wanted to have go away.

And that made all the difference for these two. It made every difference. Because it just showed the truth and the heart and the utter beauty of Beau and Honey and everything they felt for one another. It showed such real and vibrant authenticity and feeling from them that truly knew no bounds.

The way that you’re able to connect into that emotion, to that connection with Beau and Honey, and the way that you just feel every breath of that is absolutely wonderful in this book. It makes for a hell of a love story, but more than that, it just makes for a love story and a couple you believe in with everything you have. You can’t help but love these two, the goodness that emanates from the two of them, and you just can’t help but want and need with your very being for them to find a way. Couple that with the fact that he’s a fireman with a protective side and a heart of gold, she’s a teacher with a beautiful sense of determination and so much care and love to give the world, and the fact they just can’t help but poke at each other until the inevitable explosion that brings them to the place they were always meant to be, and you have a story that you will be owned by. I know I was and I truly can’t say enough how much I loved being owned this book, this couple, and the journey I got to go on with them.

Lex Martin just completely envelops you within this world, within this incredible small town in a way that has you living and breathing the story. She shows you how high the stakes are for this couple with the past that their characters and their families share. She lets you understand the struggle these characters experience as they try to make sense and way through all of the emotion and connection they share, while also trying to balance what that means with their families and what comes next. She allows you to understand the struggles and the hiccups that come their way as they navigate they’re very real feelings for each other, but they’re also very complicated circumstances. She allows you to understand what holds them back, what pushes them forward, what ultimately brings them to the places that they are desperately hoping to be together and it just connects you to their story in the most unforgettable way.

It all makes for a reading experience that just feels real. A reading experience that feels like you’re living and breathing these moments with these characters. It makes for a reading experience that is enjoyable and just amazing because you are in the heart of the book with this couple, believing in them, fighting for them, and just rooting for them with your whole heart. That level of connection, that level of heart, and that level of emotion you feel and get with these characters as you’re experiencing their story is truly indescribable with how wonderful it is. It amplifies everything you experience with these characters over the course of their story and it just has you loving everything. Every high, every low, every misstep, every celebration, every moment that makes your toes curl, your heart flutter, and your soul melt. You love it all because you’re so fully connected to these characters, that you understand it all, you get it all, and you just believe in it all with this couple and what they share.

All of that is a true testament to the writing talent that Lex Martin has. You just can’t help but love and relate to and just feel everything for this couple because her words create that and give that to you through every single page of what she creates. You can’t help but live this story with them and it’s everything. Absolutely everything. It’s everything to feel that connected to them because it just pulls every part of you into their story in a way that invests you wholeheartedly in the love they are building, the trust they are sharing, and the moments of love and vulnerability and beauty that come to life in front of you.

Getting to experience that as a romance reader and a lover of love stories is something I don’t take for granted, and it is something that I truly treasured while reading this book because it allowed me to get everything with this couple in a way that I know I won’t forget.

This series, just like every other series by this author, has burrowed itself so deep into my heart with how much I love all of these characters and the world that this author has created. It just feels right. It feels like a place I want to spend time in. It feels like a place where really good things can happen. It’s also a place that perfectly weaves together swoon and suspense and so much heart that I literally cannot get enough of.

This world of characters have just stolen my whole heart with every book and every new book I get with them just makes me love them more. I love their friendships, I love their family dynamics, I love the way they show up for each other again and again. I love that in this small town history has a way of always repeating itself, yet these characters are trying to break the binds of the past that threaten the things they love most. I love how dynamic all of these characters are, I love that they’re willing to change their opinions of what they thought was true and what they thought they knew when given the opportunity, even when it’s hard. I love that this world of characters are complex and human and vulnerable and just a fun time to be around.

Even when things are going crazy in this small town, even when these characters are trying to figure it all out, even when no one knows what comes next and they’re feeling all of the things, these characters show up for each other. They love each other. They push each other‘s buttons, they fight, but they also love. Hard. And just getting to see each and every one of them over the course of this series is absolutely incredible. It just makes me love this world even more and it has me desperate for every new moment and story and interaction with all these characters because I just LOVE them all. I feel like I’m a part of their crazy families and I never want to leave them because that’s just how much this author has allowed me to love and experience them all and every moment with them. I can’t wait for every story to come from this world and small town because I am ready for it all!

Simply put, Burning Skies by Lex Martin is one of my favorite books I have read this year. It’s only 2 1/2 weeks into the year and I know that this will be one of the best books that I read this year because of everything that I got to experience with this couple and because every bit of their dynamic and fun and emotional love story was incredible. It was just everything. It was more than everything because I just got to live this story with this couple, believing in them with my whole heart, and just loving them through it all. The way that they show up for each other, the way that they feel absolutely everything for each other, and the way that it all unfolds is so them, so right, and just so perfect. I truly could not have asked for more.

Lex Martin delivers a phenomenal love story that checks all the boxes. She gives you star crossed lovers that may start off as enemies, but end up as so much more. She gives you small town goodness and gossip and suspense that will keep you on your toes through every turn of that page. She gives you so much heart and connection and unadulterated fire that will simultaneously have you melting, swooning, and reaching for that fan because you’ll be feeling that fire and feels in every way, shape, and form with this couple. She gives you two authentic and genuine characters, who have such beautiful hearts of gold laced with vulnerability, who are bound and determined to break every rule because they have to find a way to be together. She gives you a story of two people whose love truly feels like fireworks in the night sky; beautiful and effervescent, mesmerizing and emotional, and just full of joy and a vibrancy that last long past the moments they fall away, leaving a beautiful glow behind in their wake.

Beau and Honey put on the most dazzling and authentic display in that night sky in this book. And honestly you will be enamored with every single moment you get with them as you experience what they share together as you watch them build a love that can never be diminished. It’s real, it’s beautiful, and it’s everything. But most importantly, it’s them. Through every page, through every moment, through every emotion, it’s them and their love in the truest and most real way that can never be denied.

This book is a beautiful story from start to finish, packed with impeccable writing and characters, and more swoon and fire and heart than you can shake a stick at. It has charm, it has love, and it just has two characters you will LOVE with your whole heart. And honestly, it doesn’t get better than that. It really doesn’t. Because finding a love story that is so consuming as this one, finding a world that you don’t want to leave like the one that author creates in this series, and experiencing what you do with these characters is truly something to treasure.

I’ve been lucky enough to treasure this author‘s books and characters for over 11 years now, and it’s been the best. Honestly, it’s been more than that. It’s been absolutely everything. And the feelings and the emotions and the moments and the highs and the lows and the heart and just every incredible and all feeling and beautiful moment I have had the chance to experience in this book, and in every other book by this author, is not something I take for granted. Not one little bit.

Simply put, you need to read this book. You need to read Burning Skies. You need to experience the love story and the wild ride you go on with this couple, their families, and this incredible small town. You will not be disappointed in them, their hearts, and every single second and moment you get with him along the way. In fact, I think you’ll find yourself falling head over heels in love with everything you’re reading and you will love it. You will love it and them and then some. And then you will be just like me, counting down the days until the next moment you find yourself within a Lex Martin book, experiencing everything with her dynamic characters, and loving every single unforgettable second of it.

Meet Lex Martin:
Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid.

She’s always been obsessed with writing, starting in elementary school when she would pen short stories and make her father read them. (Afterward, he’d have to take her tests, but he was a good sport and did them without complaint.)​

In high school, when she wasn’t playing basketball, she wrote emo poetry (that won awards, go figure) and worked on the school newspaper.​

She later became a nationally-certified high school English teacher and freelance journalist but decided she’d rather write romance novels than tests or city hall articles.​

Lex loves coffee, rom coms, pen hoarding, planners, and college football. She married her almost
college sweetheart (they met right after graduation), and she’s still obsessed with him, especially when he writes her songs.
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She currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, a bunny, and their new puppy. Drop her a line at lex (at) lexmartinwrites.com. She loves hearing from readers.

Lex is represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary & Management.
Connect with Lex Martin:
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It’s Release Day for Until Nalia by Aurora Rose Reynolds!

Nalia never expected to move back to her hometown, especially not with her ten-year-old
sister in tow. But when her biological mother is sent to prison, she finds herself stepping into
the role of parent. Overwhelmed with her new reality, she turns to the one place she has
always felt safe. Home with her family.
What she doesn’t expect when she moves home is him.
After getting divorced, Logan Rafe is not interested in another relationship. His world revolves
around his two kids and the auto shop he built from the ground up.
But then he meets Nalia Mayson. Beautiful, brave, and completely uninterested.
Using everything at his disposal, including their kids’ friendship, as an excuse to get closer,
Logan slowly breaks down her walls. And before long, what began as an unlikely friendship
becomes something deeper, something only he saw coming.
But healing takes time, and Nalia will need to accept herself and her past before she can fully
let herself fall in love. And the two of them, well, the two of them will need to navigate having
children, a school bully, and a complex family situation if they are going to find their happily
ever after.
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5 Fantastic Stars!

I have been watching each and every member of the Mayson family fall in love for over 10 years now. And it has been one of the greatest reading journey of my life. I can’t say that enough. This family has owned my whole heart since that very first moment with November and Asher, and I have been rooting for them all ever since. Their stories have taken me on countless journeys as each, and everyone of these characters has found their person, their soulmate, and fallen in love with the exact right person they were meant to fall with. Getting to go along with each and every one of them as they fell so deeply in love, as they shouted that love from the rooftops, and as they experience that boom for themselves has been absolutely everything.

I truly cannot say that enough.

Now suffice to say, I love this family and I love this series. I really hope that this author plans to continue to write so many more stories in this world because I just love them all. I have loved getting to see each and every one of them find their match, and getting to be there as they put their hearts on the line and fought for the love that they all felt so truly and deeply and authentically. I have treasured and been consumed by every one of their stories, and this one was no different. And as sad as I am to see this particular chapter of this world come to a close, I also know that this author brought it all together in a way that I will never forget. And in a way that does this family, and their generations, and their stories the justice that they so deserve.

Nalia Mayson was the perfect person to end this chapter of this series with. I will die on that mountain. Because her story was the perfect way to bring this part of this world to a close because it was finally her time. It was her time to find love. It was her time to accept the love that she has always deserved and to build the family. She never thought she’d have. It was her time to be understood. It was her time to feel everything. It was her time to just relish in the life she had worked her ass off to build and to celebrate the love that she found with Logan. This book was her time and everything falling into place for her in a way that she’s so rightly and truly deserved… and I could not have asked for a more perfect sendoff for this family or a more perfect story for her and Logan.

I think what I loved most about Nalia and Logan‘s story was that they just fit. Even when they drove each other crazy, even when they questioned what they were really feeling, even when they weren’t sure where this would go, they just fit. They worked. They made sense. He had kids, she had her sister who she was the guardian of, and they made the most beautiful family together. They saw each other, understood each other‘s vulnerabilities, and the pieces that made them who they were.

They saw each other flaws and all, and loved each other for them. They just got each other and we’re there for one another, and just rooted for each other with their whole hearts. They also felt everything for one another, and that connection was not only consuming and full of the most glorious tension and connection, but it was just wholeheartedly them. It was full of longing and passion and so much love. And getting to watch that unfold over the course of this book with the two of them was nothing short of fantastic.

I loved what these characters made each other feel. I also could not get enough of their banter and the tension that built between them. I think it worked so well that this book was a bit of a slow burn for these two because even though that boom was there, even though that unadulterated connection was firing off from the very first moments they met, they took it slow. And that made sense because of their situations.

They were both parents, they were both trying to make sense of what they felt, and he was trying to make sure he didn’t scare her off, while she tried to make sense of everything that was falling into place in her life. She needed to figure out and work through so many things from her past and present, and he was there to support her through them. And that made for the most glorious slow burn buildup of tension that I could not get enough of. It just built and built in the most incredible and unforgettable way until that inevitable breaking point that was beautiful and fiery, and just so wholeheartedly them.

Aurora Rose Reynolds truly delivered the best of everything in this book. She encapsulated every single thing I’ve loved about reading her stories and just amplify that. She had those moments of swoon, those moments of fire and banter, those moments that just make you believe in her characters and the love they’re experiencing and fighting for. She also knows how to throw in a little bit of mystery and a little bit of something to up the ante for these characters, and watching them, be there for each other, watching them, protect one another, and watching them just love one another is truly the best. I can’t say it enough.

Until Nalia is a romantic story about two people who have definitely had their fair share of struggles. It is about two people filling in the missing pieces for one another and building a love and a life and a family that I know we’ll stand the test of time. It is a story of two soulmates finding their way to one another, putting in the work to get there, showing up when it really matters, and just loving each other with their whole hearts. It is a beautiful and touching story that will definitely have you melting with what these to give you, but more than that it will just have you believing and everything they share and feel together. It will have you, knowing that things were meant to be to get them to the places they end up in this book, and you will just love getting to see it all unfold.

As a longtime fan of this series, and as a huge Mayson family supporter, I truly could not have asked for a better ending to this second generation series. Getting to see Nalia reach her much and well deserved happily ever after, while also realizing the love that has always been around her with her family was perfect. It was the best way to solidify and show the love that this family has for each other, and the love that they have for those who they fall for along the way. You feel the true power and heart that this family shares, the connection that will never be severed, and you see how they continue to be there for each other in every way. Getting to feel that once again, while getting an incredible love story is something I will never forget. And honestly, it’s just part of what I’ve loved about reading each and everyone of these stories, but especially this one with Nalia and Logan.

Nalia, Logan, Billie, Coop & Zuri we’ll just mail your heart with what you get with them along the way in this book. You will love what they all create together, and you will be just loving what grows as this family take shape. You will especially love getting to see Nalia and Logan fall so hard for one another and believe in the power of everything they feel and share together. I truly can’t stand enough how much I enjoyed getting to experience their love story and I know that it is one I will go back to time and time again just like I have with all the ones before it because I just loved this couple, just like I have loved every couple of this series.

Aurora Rose Reynolds once again exemplified to me why she’s one of my favorite authors and why I always love reading a book by her. This book was romantic, it was realistic and authentic, and it gave me characters that I loved with my whole heart. It brought me back to a very special world of characters that I will never get enough of, and it reminded me again and again while I loved them so much in the first place. It was a book and a story that not only encapsulated an incredibly romantic and authentic love story, but it also reminded me why this family and their love and their connection are simply the best. And getting to feel all of that, along with everything that Nalia and Logan share was truly outstanding. And it is something I will never forget.

Never doubt the power of the boom or the Mayson family charm, and never doubt that this author will deliver an absolutely consuming and romantic love story that you will be obsessed with. I felt all of that and more reading Until Nalia, just like I have reading every other book by this author. And that is not something I take for granted. At all. Because when you find a series or a family of characters or an author who just completely consumes you with what they create that is something to be celebrate and treasured because incredible reading experiences are EVERYTHING.

And that’s what this book, this series, and this entire world are by this author, and I truly cannot say that enough. Over a decade later and so many so many books and love stories, I have fallen in love with this world, and this family and the way this author brings together the most incredible love stories with this very special family. It has truly been an honor getting to watch them all fall in love and find their way, and this last book in this series truly brings it all to a close in a fitting way that just shows again and again why and how I fell in love with them all in the first place.

Nalia and Logan leave it all on the pages of their story, and you will love getting to experience the love that grows between them. The boom, the fireworks, the connection and spice, the family they build, the family they share, and everything in between… It all comes together in the most beautiful and sweet and incredible way, and honestly that’s just scratching the surface about what I loved in this book. So just do yourself a favor and read this book and every other book that encompasses this outstanding and unforgettable family. You’ll be in for the reading journey of your life and you will LOVE every second of it. I promise you that because I know I have.

A million times over. 💕

Meet Aurora Rose Reynolds:
Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground King, Shooting Stars, Fluke
My Life and How to Catch an Alpha series.
Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to
leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the
world.
Connect with Aurora Rose Reynolds:
https://linktr.ee/Auroraroser

All Legends hold Fragments of the Truth.
A mountain with a legend.
A sassy wedding planner in desperate need of a date.
A cocky firefighter she can’t stand… her only option.
Finding out your sister is marrying your ex is a major gut punch. The thought of showing up to
the wedding solo? Even worse.
That’s exactly the situation Harlow Hayes is in, unless she finds a date—fast.
Enter Linc Masters.
Childhood nemesis turned local firefighter. The boy who tormented her every chance he got,
now the man who lives to push every one of her buttons.
She can’t stand him, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and he might be the
only one bold enough to pull it off.
The plan is simple: fake the perfect love story, survive the weekend, go back to hating each
other.
Only, the longer they pretend, the more the lines begin to blur.
Old memories resurface.
New sparks catch fire.

And the secret they buried that night on Heart Mountain has them questioning everything.
Like, maybe the legend isn’t just a story.
Maybe the villain was the hero all along.
And maybe—just maybe—the rivalry was only a disguise for something far more beautiful
waiting to be told.
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4.5 Incredible Stars

I have been reading and loving books by KC Lynn for years, and to be back in one of her books is truly the best place to be. Her books feel so genuinely good to read and experience. They have all the swoon, they have such fire and connection between her characters, and there was always so much heart to her stories. I have felt that in every book of hers and this one was no different. It encapsulated everything I’ve come to love about books by this author and it just had me completely enamored by everything that Harlow and Linc shared.

Now I have had the pleasure of reading every book in this series and they just continue to show me that Kc Lynn writes incredible small town romance that is packed with so much heart and connection and love. This book just personified that and it showed that while Linc and Harlow might like to push each other‘s buttons and get under each other’s skin, they also equally feel everything for each other. I loved getting to be in the thick of their dynamic, their tension, and every bit of connection and pull that continue to pull them closer and closer together. I truly could not get enough of it with them.

This book allows you to be in the best place with these two as they go from childhood enemies, to adult rivals who definitely feel something more for each other, to fake dating, to so much more. This book definitely takes them for a ride and you will be just beyond glad to go along on it with them. That ride is full of emotional moments, moments that will get your heart beating so fast, and moments that will show you that these characters are meant to find their way. Their second chance at seeing what could be and believing in that pull and connection that is so between them is absolutely everything, and you will love getting to see them give into it once and for all.

What I love about this book and every other book by this author, is the connection you truly feel to her characters. You just get them. You love them. You get them. You believe in them. You just root for them with all that you have. You also find yourself in the thick of it with a small town of characters you can’t help but love. I felt that in every single book by this author, and in KC Lynn‘s Heart Mountain series I felt that again and again. I truly can’t say enough good things about this small town and what this author creates in the magic of this world. It is sweet and spicy and swoony and it will have you believing in a legend that hopes for more. A legend that pushes and hopes and brings life to love and all the possibilities it can bring. And getting to be a part of each of these characters journeys as they feel that magic, as they experience it, and as they finally let themselves believe in, it is truly outstanding.

I just can’t say enough good things about this book. The way that Harlow and Linc banter back-and-forth is the best. Getting pieces of the past mixed in with a present just has you feeling their rivalry and their “enemy” state even more, but also will have you knowing that there’s so much more to it than that. The way these characters just feel everything for each other, the way that they truly get each other, and the way that they just can’t help but feel it all is truly the best. That coupled with the fire they bring out in one another, the way they see each other‘s real self, and the way they are actually able to be vulnerable with another makes for the perfect package. It truly shows that they are meant to be and that you can’t help but love them and what they share. Even when they drive each other crazy. It’s just the best and it makes for a hell of a love story.

I loved this book. It was a perfect addition to the series, and I loved everything these character shared. I believed in it, I believed in them, and I just loved getting to experience all of the emotions they shared as they did the work and experienced every second together of their love story. I also just loved being back in this world, and I am already chomping at the bit for more stories. I want so many stories from this world and so many more moments with the legend of Heart Mountain because this series is very special. It’s got a beautiful message to it, it’s got incredible characters, and it’s got a small town that I just love with my whole heart. I can’t wait to be back with all of these characters because this book just had me loving them and everything they gave me even more.

If you are a fan of this author or this series, you will love getting Harlow and Linc’s story. You will love their banter, you will love what they feel and share, and you will love how right they feel for one another. If this is your first time, jumping into a book by this author, then I also promise you, you will love it. This book will just make you feel good. It will make your heart happy. It will melt you and just have you feeling that spice, but more than that it will just have you feeling the love with these characters. KC Lynn once again wowed me with this book and what she delivered with this couple. She truly brings it all in this book and you will love it. You will love these characters and everything they share together. I promise you that!

I loved every part of this small town romance, and I loved getting to watch these enemies become so much more. Their connection is true, their love is real, and the magic that is created between them in the small town with a legend, that rings completely true, is absolutely beautiful to experience. This story definitely throws them for a loop a time or two, but it shows them again and again that they are the one person they can always count on and they were always meant to find their way back to each other. Getting to be in the heart of that connection and pull and moments with them as they find their way to one another is truly the best, and will have you just loving everything you get with them. And it will just make you love Harlow and Linc and their whole story with your whole heart.

Trust me.

Meet K.C. Lynn:
K.C. Lynn is a small-town girl living in Western Canada. She grew up in a family of four children—two
sisters and a brother. Her mother was the lady who baked homemade goods for everyone on the street,
and her father was a respected man who worked in the RCMP. This being one of the things that inspires
K.C. to write romantic suspense about the trials and triumphs of our heroes.
K.C. married her high school sweetheart, and they started a big family of their own—two adorable girls
and a set of handsome twin boys. It was her love for romance books that gave K.C. the courage to sit
down and write her own novel. It was then a beautiful world opened up, and she found what she was
meant to do.
When K.C.’s not in the writing cave, she can be found watching a good, true crime documentary or
exploring the picturesque landscapes of her own backyard in the Canadian Rockies with her husband
and their four children.
Connect with K.C. Lynn:
https://linktr.ee/authorkclynn

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for MY FAVORITE HERO by Melanie Moreland Grab it in KU!

In a house full of rules, the only one they can’t follow… is staying away.
Jesse Thorne
Local hero, firefighter, loner, and now grumpy landlord.
She wasn’t what he expected.
His new tenant is a walking disaster wrapped in sunshine, breaking every rule he sets
and driving him insane.
Controlling her? Impossible.
Ignoring her? Even harder.
And he’s not sure he can stop it.
She’s under his skin, melting his frozen walls, and making him question everything—including
his stubborn heart.
Casey Lawson
Roamer, IT specialist, current tenant, and golden ray of trouble.
Her new landlord is a thorn in her side with his never-ending house rules.
He’s always there when things go wrong—rescuing her with his strong arms and that sexy,
smug
smile. Breaking down her defenses, one gesture, one growl at a time.
They love to argue, but the chemistry between them is undeniable.
And when they give in, it’s explosive.
Can they escape the fire without getting burned?

Author’s Note: If you love explosive chemistry, fiery banter, and a grumpy firefighter who
always saves the girl, My Favorite Hero delivers all the heat and heart you crave—grab it now
before Jesse Thorne steals someone else’s.

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***** 5 Absolutely Fantastic Stars*****

It started with a window, a wind chime, and a very grumpy landlord who was definitely not going to fall for his sunshine next-door neighbor tenant.

My Favorite Hero by Melanie Moreland is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. My heart is so abundantly happy right now after finishing this book and I can’t tell you that enough. This book felt so good to read and experience. It was beautiful. It was fun. It was effervescent and vibrant in the best way. It was just joy and love and so much connection pulled together in the most unforgettable package. It was banter and fire and so much spark that you truly could not get enough of what you did with these two characters.

Simply put, this book was the perfect romantic comedy that I cannot say enough good things about.

Melanie Moreland completely outdid herself in this book. I am a huge fan of hers and have read many of her books. She always has a way of infusing such life and heart into her words and her characters, and this book was no different. It truly exemplified why these characters were meant to be and how they just had to find a way to get that much deserved happily ever after. Every page of this book just made me love her characters, had me laughing and smiling so hard that my cheeks hurt, and just had me melting and swooning over the connection and heart that her character shared. She once again puts you in the heart of her story, instantly connecting you to her characters and the rightness of what they share. You will love and cherish, and honestly just melt. In every moment she gives you with them, and honestly that’s just part of what you will love about this incredible and perfect love story.

My Favorite Hero follows Jesse and Casey, two people who definitely know how to push every button possible, but have the most unyielding and incredible and tangible connection you will ever experience. These two definitely know how to get on each other’s nerves, but it’s the absolute best, and you will truly just be enamored by the two of them, their connection, and all that they feel and share together. there is just something so right about the two of them, even when they drive each other crazy, you feel it in your bones, how right they are for one another, and you will love getting to be with them as they discover what they really feel, the true depth of what they share, and as they see what it all means for the two of them and their futures.

I think what I loved about these characters was that they were so seemingly opposite, yet they worked so perfectly together. He was all grump and thorns and hard exterior. And she was sunshine and literal wind chimes and just effervescent joy. They both knew exactly what to say, and do to get the other going and to have them equally annoyed, but also simultaneously turned on in the same breath. And I was here for all of that glorious tension between them. They also knew how to deliver the world‘s best banter, and this author definitely shows you that these two have some quick wit between them and loved pushing each other right to that edge. And that edge between them is glorious, filled with so much fire and connection, and will have you practically salivating over what they share together.

This both brings these two together when Casey takes over the apartment that is connected to Jesse‘s house. These two share an undeniable connection and they share some connections through the past and a very special woman that brings them together in the present tense of this book. These two definitely make each other feel a lot of things that they’re not prepared for, and the events of this book and what they share together, definitely have these two wondering if there is something real happening there between them. You see both of these characters have had their fair share of difficulties. They’ve both experienced loss, they’ve both been burned by love in the past, and they both struggled to feel and grow roots. This book definitely pushes them to confront those past, to feel things they weren’t prepared for, and to give into everything they are feeling and experiencing. You will love getting to go along with them through that journey and getting to see them go from enemies, who like to push each other‘s buttons, to landlord and tenant who definitely like to annoy each other in the best way, to friends with benefits feeling all the connection and fire, to something so much more.

And that more is absolutely glorious and unforgettable. Trust me.

What I think I loved the most about this book, besides the fact that it just had everything I love about a good romance book, was the fact that this author perfectly balances, the connection and the banter and the spice and the laughs, with some true heart and emotion. She finds the perfect balance to really connect you to her characters in the most real and authentic way. These two definitely have a fire between them that is a dazzling fireworks display, waiting to happen, and it is incredible getting to be in that glorious tension and connection with them, and it’s truly the best getting to see them give into that and share what they do, but more than that, it’s incredibly hard touching to see them be vulnerable. To see them pull back the layers of one another, and open up about their past, about what’s attempted to break them, and what’s currently holding them back from making this the real deal. I loved that this author allowed them to have that vulnerability and honesty with one another and with themselves. It was needed, and it felt to be beyond true and real, but more than that it just had me, knowing that these two could not be more right for one another.

They both might be running from a part of their past, that has held them down in the present, but they soon start to realize of the course of this book that with each other, they can do anything and that with one another, they can finally allow themselves to feel what they never let themselves feel or even imagine before… Love.

Jesse and Casey just truly stole my heart. And I promise you that the moment you start reading this book, you will feel the same. Between their pets, the fact that they are literal next-door neighbors sharing walls, her putting up windchimes just to annoy him, him trying to hide said wind chimes just to get back at her, every bit of glorious banter they share, every shared meal and everything in between we’ll just have you enamored by them. I mean there’s no way you can read this book and not be consumed by what those two share and what they make each other feel. There’s just such an ease there and the way that they help each other break down those walls around their hearts, the way that they’re able to finally be their true and genuine themselves, and the way that they’re able to connect on the diva of levels is truly everything. I could have lived in this book with these two for the rest of time. That is how good and honest and real their love and connection is, and you will just be blown away by what you get to experience with them.

I promise you that. I promise you that and so much more.

I can’t say enough how much I loved this book. This is truly why I’m a romance reader. Books like this and love stories like this one between Jesse and Casey are why I love love stories and believe in the magical possibles they bring.

These characters are just meant to find one another in this book. You know that in every part of your heart through every page of this book. The way that they just fit. The way they make everything right. The way that they help heal everything that went wrong before. The way that they just see each other and get each other and show up for each other and the way that matters is absolute perfection. These two definitely make each other work for it in this book and they have their fair share of things to figure out, but you will absolutely love getting to be with them as they do just that. They are beyond worth it. They are incredible and layered and memorable characters, and you will just love them with your whole heart. There’s just something so inherently right and special about them, what they see in each other, what they fight for with each other, and what they love about one another, and it’s absolutely everything getting to experience that with them over the course of this book as they fall so unbelievably hard for one another.

I also have to say that I think what I loved so much about these two, besides the fact that they simultaneously drove each other crazy while also feeling everything for one another, was the fact that they were just good people trying their best even though they had both been given some very hard circumstances to deal with. They were both showing up when it really mattered, they were both trying to do good in their world, and they were both continuing to show up even when it scared them out of their minds. Neither of them were willing to let the past circumstances take over their lives or hold them back, even when they struggled to make sense of it all. Even when they didn’t know what all they were feeling truly meant. Even when they felt more than they thought possible. They continued to be their good and genuine selves, and it showed everything about their characters. I loved that about the two of them, and what this author created with them because it not only deepened the connection I felt to both of them, but it just showed who they truly were and who they were always meant to be. Getting to be with them as they let the truth of themselves and their feelings and hearts continue to show up again and again was absolutely outstanding.

It made my heart so abundantly happy getting to see all of the layers of these characters and the pieces that they had once held back come together to make the most beautiful picture together.

Melanie Moreland brings it all to life in the most authentic and real way that will have you laughing with him, melting with them, swooning at every turn, and just loving the two of them with all that you have. You will be rooting for the two of them to not only figure it out, but to also keep pushing each other‘s buttons and driving each other crazy because it’s just who they are. This author lets these characters shine in their authenticity, and their layers, and their flaws and complications, in a way that just continues to show that they’re real, that they’re meant to be, and that there is no ending that doesn’t involve the two of them finding their way to one another and showing each other just could be.

I cannot tell you enough how much this book and couple just stole my heart, and how much I loved these characters. They truly gave me everything in their story and I could not have asked for more. My heart was just so happy and honestly so proud of the two of them for what they overcome to get to the place they end up. They worked their asses off, they have hard conversations, they show up when it matters, they were authentic and real and weren’t afraid to push in the right moments when putting it all on the line, and they feel everything together. Getting to see them do that again and again when it really mattered, for each other, and for everything they wanted for their future together was absolute perfection. And it melted my heart in the best way. But more than that, it just had me knowing that this is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year and that this love story is one I know I won’t forget because what these to share, what this author so unforgettably creates for them, is beautiful. It’s heart touchingly beautiful, and will just have you believing in every breath of what they shared and felt together.

I absolutely loved every word and moment and second of this book. If you take one thing from this review, besides that you need to read it this instant, it should be that. This book was romantic comedy goodness. It had the heart, it had so much spice and connection and fun and joy, but more than that it had a love story that I believed in. It had real characters with pasts and flaws and complications, putting their hearts on the line for the one person who made all the difference and made them feel everything. It had moments of highs and lows and everything in between. It had moments of protection and heart, and just so much love. It had moments of these characters, driving each other crazy, so much banter in between, and just the most unyielding connection that continue to pull them closer and closer to one another because there was no future without the two of them doing it together.

The way that these characters give in and feel all of that, the way that they embrace it, and the way that they just feel every breath of it will blow you away in this book. The way they just fit, the way their pets fit, the way everything seems to have been pulling them to this moment in time. We’ll just have you knowing that they have to find a way. You will love getting to feel that level of heart and connection with them over the course of this book. And all of that incredible banter and spice and heat doesn’t hurt either. Because these two are meant to find a way and were meant to find each other in this book and you will feel that in your soul through every page of it. And honestly, that is one of the best things about this book and what you experience with these characters because it just feels so right and so meant to be.

Melanie Moreland has completely out on herself in this book. She’s one of my favorite authors for a reason because her books truly are my happy place. She pours it all into these characters, into their connection, and into the love that they built so beautifully and authentically. You will truly treasure the moment you get with these characters because it will just feel like everything coming together in the most perfect way, and I can’t say that enough. She brought this love story to life in a way that had me smiling and spooning, and just loving these characters wholeheartedly. And it truly doesn’t get better than that. It really doesn’t.

My Favorite Hero combines the best of everything. There’s a vibe of enemies to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy sunshine, he’s a small town firefighter, she’s there to drive him crazy, and they just feel everything for one another. And even though at times it might scare them out of their minds with the depth, and the reality of it all, they show up. They fight. They feel. And they definitely push each other‘s buttons in the best way. But more than that, they just feel and live and love authentically over the course of this book and it is everything to experience. Absolutely freaking everything. and honestly, I just feel grateful that I had the chance to experience their love story and this book with them because my heart needed the two of them and everything they so unforgettably gave over the course of their story.

This book is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year and has just showed me again why this author is a must read for me. Her books infuse so much joy and vibrancy and effervescence that you can’t help but love. Her characters are real and layered and memorable. Her stories are consuming and just a joy to read. And truly, I could say so many more things about this book and every other book, I’ve had the pleasure of reading by this author because I feel like my words can’t even begin to capture how utterly incredible her love stories are and what she gives you with them and her characters. So just do yourself a favor and go into this book heart first ready to live and laugh and love with these characters. You’ll cherish every moment with them and you’ll love where they end up because it’s where they were always meant to be.

It ended with a lot more wind chimes, and a still sometimes grumpy man/landlord, his very sunshine-y neighbor/tenant, and so much love. Lots of banter, and pushing of buttons still, but mostly love. So much glorious, feel it with your whole heart and chest, can’t stop thinking about you, turn your world upside down, love. And that love, with Jesse & Casey?

It’s absolute perfection. And more. So much more.

And it’s something you deserve to experience for yourself, so run yourself to this book, these incredibly dynamic characters this second. Be prepared to feel every breath of their love story, well also smiling so damn hard that your cheeks hurt, while also knowing that these two might drive each other crazy, but they couldn’t also be more meant to be. And knowing and experiencing that is just a fraction of what you absolutely love about this utterly incredible love story.

I promise you that.

Meet Melanie Moreland:
New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a
quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat,
Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent
with them. 
While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and
technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample.
She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is
always the best part of any trip.
Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck
of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her
own feet.) She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.
Connect with Melanie Moreland:

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