When Claire has a work colleague’s upcoming wedding to attend, she makes up a little white lie about her “boyfriend” who will be attending the wedding so that she can avoid the disastrous singles table. Some people want the happy ending, all wrapped up in a nice neat bow, and others are content to let the story go on forever—that’s me. He was the first thing I thought of in the morning and the last thing I thought about before I fell asleep at night. Although I hated the impact it had on Claire, it was necessary to make the story as poignant is it is. You find yourself rooting for Clair and Theo, wanting them to win, despite the adversity that mostly comes from within, we all know that "voice", the one we think has our back but in reality is purely to defeat us.

Claire, in much need of avoiding the singles table at a friends wedding, she needs a quick fix after her little lie so she hired herself a hottie. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Like a fine wine, Melanie Harlow’s books get better with age: smoother, stronger, sweeter, and spectacular.

She was exactly the salve I’d hoped she would be— the moment I crushed my lips to hers, I felt the conflict in my body resolve.While he sounds younger than he is when we meet him, more flippant and without a care in the world the more we get to spend time with these two we learn of all the struggles and his painful childhood. He needs to conquer his demons before he can finally open up and become a better person, not just for Claire, but for himself as well. With a haunting past, Theo struggles with his feelings but shows his love without realising it, but, when he does realise he runs scared. She's a compassionate and loving character and the way she take care of the people around her came through so well.