The Promise of Forever by Morgan Elizabeth is live!

For as long as she can remember, Hallie Young’s life has been intertwined with the King family in every way that matters. Over the years, the Kings have become the family she always desperately wanted after her mom left, and there is nothing she would ever do to jeopardize that.

Not even Jesse, her best friend’s hot older brother, whose name she used to doodle in the margins of her notebooks.

Jesse King did not expect to become a dad at 21 or to take on the responsibility of raising his daughter alone soon thereafter, but he accepted it without hesitation. He’s determined to make sure his now pre-teen daughter, Emma, makes it to adulthood with as few bumps and bruises as possible. This means his own personal life is on the back burner until she’s out of his house, a decision he’s never even questioned, much less regretted.

That is, of course, until his little sister’s best friend shows up at his front door to watch Emma over winter break. Suddenly, long-buried feelings are resurfacing, and he’s wondering if she couldn’t be exactly what his little family is missing.

What you’ll find with Hallie & Jesse:

Winter Romance

Single Dad

Best Friend’s Brother

Forced Proximity

Found Family

Second Chance-ish

Small-Town Christmas Tree Farm

Dual POV

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*****5 Utterly Incredible Stars*****

If I could summarize The Promise of Forever by Morgan Elizabeth in one line it would be: to be loved is to be seen.

And let me tell you, Hallie and Jesse see each other.

They see each other. They get each other. They value each other. They understand each other. They love each other. They truly feel everything for each other. And over the course of this book you get to see their long, glorious, slow burn and buildup of tension and connection come to fruition in the most romantic and unforgettable way. And the way that this couple shows up for each other, the way that they see each other, and the way that they just do everything in their power to be with one another is absolutely everything.

Hallie and Jesse also really fucking love each other. Even if they’re not ready to admit it to themselves or each other….YET.

Now it is no secret that I’m a fan of this author and her books. I have read almost all of them and they have all been five star reads. This one was no different. From the moment I started this book, I was enraptured with this couple. I was pulled in by their connection and banter. I was hooked to the fire that was present. In every moment they were together. And my heart was in it with them right from the start as I realized that both of these characters were fearful and vulnerable of pushing for that more they had both so desperately hoped for for so very long.

Hallie and Jesse have known each other almost their entire lives. And it is that connection that pulls them through every single second they share in this book. But the more you’re with them, the more you realize that these two have so much love for one another. They want each other in every way possible. Not just physically, not just a scratching itch, but they want each other and the hope and happiness that the other brings to their life. They want to build something real with each other. But they’re also scared out of their minds to do that because they are both worried, for their own reasons, that if they push for more things could go to the wayside or be irreparably broken.

The Promise of Forever is Hallie and Jesse’s chance at at all. It is their moment to truly see each other, to truly show up for one another, and to take that chance at a little something more that could change their entire lives. It is their story of vulnerability, heart, and such connection. It is a small town romance, filled to the brim with memorable characters and moments that will make you simultaneously swoon and melt and just smile. It is a story of two people who have known each other, their whole lives, but finally realize that it is now their time to take those chances, to fight like hell, and to show up when it really matters because doing that is truly all the difference.

I think what I loved the most about this book, besides just the way that this author once again enraptured me within an incredible romance and world of characters, was getting so connected to Jesse and Hallie. Now I have read so many of this author’s books, and I have loved all of her characters, but I truly connected so much to what Hallie and Jesse share. I connected to their fears and worries, to their moments and experiences together, I connected to the vulnerabilities they both shared with themselves and with each other, and I just felt everything for those two. I absolutely loved getting to peel back the pieces of them and see how it all fit over the course of this book. Couple that with how these two just continue to show up for each other, how they saw each other, and how they fixed the pieces that had been cracked so long ago was truly everything.

Holly was a gem. She is a girl that is he strong, that is determined to find her place in the world, and she has a heart of gold. But she’s also been through a lot. She has a lot of struggles with trusting that others will stay after being abandoned by her mother at a young age and having others in her life leave her. She doesn’t trust easily, and she doesn’t want to lose the only family she has left. And that family happens to be her best friend‘s family that her ultimate crush is the oldest brother of. And no matter how much she feels for Jesse, she is petrified that giving into it and pushing for the more that she desperately wants, and craves will be the end of it all. Her vulnerability, her heart, her compassion, and the way that she just shows up and is her true self is beautiful. Couple that with the way that she is there for Jesse‘s daughter and the relationship that she builds with Emma who is also experiencing struggles with abandonment from her own mother, and there is no way you can resist the pull of this girl. She is fire, she is heart, and she is vibrancy and color and just life and love. That shines on every page of this book and it is impossible to just not love her with your whole heart.

Now Jesse is a man who knows what he wants. And he knows that he wants Hallie and his family to be whole and all of the good things. But he also has his own worries. He worries that he will be pushing her into something she doesn’t really want. He worries that he too could push too far and what it would do to their friendship and dynamics as a larger family if things didn’t work out. He worries about his own daughter and her lack relationship with her mother and the impact, I could all have on her. He worries that he could scare Hallie away. But over the course of this book, you get to see how that man shows up for her. How he continues to shows up for his daughter. How he puts it all on the line when it really matters. How he fights like hell to show Holly that they are meant to be, that there is no other option than them finding a way to figure this out, and that they are forever. Being with that man as he finds that strength and determination, all along with that heart and fire, to show the woman he has always wanted that they will always find a way is incredible. And it just melts your heart a million times over for that man. Trust me.

These two have a connection that just won’t quit. And at the start of this story you start to put together that things have already kind of been happening between them. But these two are scared. And they don’t want to rock the boat. But soon they can’t resist each other at all anymore. And that fire and that explosion of feeling that follows is breathtaking. It truly gives you everything and then some. It is a combination of tension and connection and so much pull to one another that you will be desperate for more of it. And getting to see them give into it and feel it and share it together Is everything your heart needs in this book.

These two definitely have a world of feeling they have to figure out, and they definitely have to take their time and doing it, but that time is glorious. It shows you the heart and care they have her one another. It shows you how in it they truly are. And it exemplifies the idea that these two really see each other and get each other in the most visceral and authentic and true way.

Now like any Morgan Elizabeth book, this story is all kinds of fun too. There are moments that make you smile and laugh and just laugh at the antics of these characters. It just makes for a romantic comedy that is full of heart and emotion and fun in the best way. This author weaves all of those layers together to make a beautiful story that is equal parts romance and connection, while also giving you glorious tension, and so much vibrancy and color and life. She just pours it all on the pages of this book with all of these characters and this family and in the small town, and she will have you loving every second you get with them. This book exemplifies the idea that family isn’t always who you’re related to and that you can surround yourself with people who make your life completely whole and it will give you everything. The Kings do that for Hallie, and she in turn does that for them, especially Jesse & Emma, and it’s the actual best. I’m truly already counting down the days until I can be back in the small town because I am ready for so many more stories in this world and I just can’t wait!

The Promise of Forever is probably one of my favorite love stories. I’ve read this year. The way that it just exemplifies the idea that these characters truly see each other in every way that matters and how they show up for each other and feel everything for each other over the glorious slow burn of this book is absolutely everything. My heart could not have been more in this book with these two. I just loved them. I loved them the way that they loved each other. Even in those moments when they were scared out of their minds over everything they were feeling and how real it all was, even in those moments when they didn’t know what it all meant, and where it would all lead, and even in those moments when they didn’t know what that next step would be, I was with them and I loved them and I believed in them with my whole heart. That’s the connection this author gives you to her characters that you feel out in your bones and it’s truly the best. It just allows you to live through the events of this book and be with these characters in every moment where they show up for one another and give it their all to see what could be.

Hallie and Jesse are both at a crossroads in this book, forced to face those feelings, and those longing glances, and that sizzling connection that has been growing and building between them for years. This story definitely takes them for a loop, but it also shows them exactly who they are, exactly how strong they are, and exactly how meant to be they are. It shows them that between the two of them and Jesse‘s daughter Emma, they are the perfect fit. The perfect fit that was meant to be together right from the start and that is meant to be together for the rest of time. Getting to go along with them as they work slowly, but surely to put all of those pieces together, as they mesh their lives, and as they just allow themselves to hope and believe in the power of everything they share is one of the most beautiful and heartfelt and romantic journeys you will experience.

I promise you that.

This book made my romance, loving heart, so happy. It gave me the spice, it gave me the tender moments, it gave me Hallie and Jesse. It gave me the story of a bright, genuine and fiery female lead that was scared out of her mind that everything could fall apart and that she’d be left behind again, falling for the one man (and his little girl) she’d always hoped could be hers. It gave me the story of a stoic, good hearted single dad, that was petrified he would push another person into a life that they didn’t really want, falling for the one girl he had always wanted to be his. This was a story of two people building the pieces of their lives and hearts together in a way that allowed them to create the most beautiful picture of forever. It is a romance through and through, brimming with love and swoon and so much connection. It is a story of a family and long held wishes becoming true, it is a story of love and longing and so much glorious tension, but most of all it is a story of two people putting their fears aside, seeing each other and the depths of everything they feel and share, and fighting like hell for the chance to see what it could all be and what it could all mean for the rest of time.

This story is forever, and so are Hallie and Jesse and every bit of what they share together. You will absolutely love and cherish every moment you get with them as they put the pieces of that forever together with their whole hearts, feeling everything, and putting it all on the line. You will definitely smile with them, you will for sure blush a time or ten, but most of all you will just love them and the love they have for each other those around them, and for all of the things they hope and wish for for their future. Their story is incredible to experience and it will just blow your heart away. It will bring you back to an incredible small town full of fantastic characters, it will just make your heart happy, but most of all it will just show you that these two (and Emma) have been beyond meant to be… And you will treasure every second you get with them as they put it all together.

Forever.

Morgan Elizabeth just continues to allow me as an author. Her books are some of my all-time favorites and this one is no different. I loved this couple, I loved their journey, I loved their love. I loved how they saw each other, I loved how they made sure that others saw the person they were so hopelessly falling in love with, and I loved that they continued to show up with an open heart and so much love, even when it scared them out of their ever loving minds. I loved every second of getting to see them fight like hell for the forever they thought could only be a dream. It was truly breathtaking getting to see them create the romance and the love story that they do in this book through this author‘s words, and I know I won’t soon forget it.

Do yourself the biggest favor and read this book. Go into it with an open heart, be prepared to feel everything, and just get ready to fall in love with all of the characters of this world, but especially Hallie and Jesse and everything they share. They definitely show that forever is all kinds of beautiful and worth EVERY moment to get there with what they give you in this book… and you will just love it. You will love them. You will love what they share and create together. And you will just love their love.

It’s impossible not to. Trust me. 💕

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