It's a standalone age gap romance with slow burn, captivating plot, keeping in suspense and touching some many different issues, that I wasn't able to put it away. safe for me to say, it is absolutely perfect for them—for the hero, the heroine, and their epic little love story. As a blogger, author, and narrator of the book world, Desiree Ketchum has run the full gamut, and knows the ins and outs of building a story from the ground up. I was stunned in how this story just made me feel to the heart, and in a way that was genuine and slowly built that worked in the best of ways. It's a 'friends to lovers' romance with an age gap and insanely frustrating slow burn (in the best way, of course!

You would think this would be an easy rule for them to keep but with their friendship and attraction growing, it’s more difficult than either one of them imagine. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. If you’re looking for a story with strong parallels to Birthday Girl(minus the whole my ex-boyfriend’s dad trope) then you’re looking in the right place! An unassuming pet photographer is thrown into serious action, adventure and romance when he's forced to marry a Croatian bride and spend his honeymoon at a remote tropical resort where she is kidnapped.But what starts out as a platonic relationship, with friends caring for each other starts to build into something more.

sometimes i want to jump out of a plate glass window, but never more than when a book has great bones but the execution is all gristle. throughout, i was a gigantic mess of happiness and relief for Jude wasn’t the ever-present manwhoring type. Endless tousled blonde hair, long, tan legs, flat stomach, pink, pouty lips shiny with gloss, torn jeans, and cowboy boots. Carian Cole is one of those authors for me that I don't even bother to read the blurbs of her books. The "Lover's Bay Resort" featured in the film is not an actual resort or hotel nor is it located in Nuku Hiva.

Later, when we’re home, we take Cassie in the backyard to run around, and Skylar puts Gus in a cat stroller and pushes her around the perimeter of the property. It was long, repetitive and so heavily manipulated that their entire relationship felt like it was built on a lie, on another toxic-needy-dependent level. Coming to the rescue of an eighteen year old didn't seem like a big deal at the time, but that one encounter became the starting point of an unconventional friendship that would soon mean more to the both of them.

and there is Jude a 34 years old man who has a dark past and a lot of guilt, one day they crossed passes and it’s all started from there.Asher was my favourite book of 2020 and I’m guessing Don’t Kiss the Bride is going to be my favourite of 2021, and I think maybe my new favourite Carian Cole Book! That is very rare to see in a romance when dealing with certain topics and when an author can make it feel so genuine, it just makes the story shine beautifully.