Genre: Romance
Release Date: February 21st, 2023
Pages: 592
Publisher: Sourcebooks Bloom Books
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
This is the second book in a series. If you haven’t read the first book, you may not want to read further so as not to spoil anything.
You can read my review of the first book Things We Never Got Over!
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. He feels like a broody shell of the man he once was. Nash isn’t about to let anyone in his life know he’s struggling. But his new next-door neighbor, smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows. As a rule, she’s not a fan of physical contact unless she initiates it, but for some reason Nash’s touch is different. He feels it too. The physical connection between them is incendiary, grounding him and making her wonder if exploring it is worth the risk.
Too bad Lina’s got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she’s in town, he’ll never forgive her. Besides, she doesn’t do relationships. Ever. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Sign her up. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. Once she gets what she’s after, she has no intention of sticking around. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people’s skin. And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he’s not about to be dissuaded… even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him.”
My Review:
Ugh… I have to be honest y’all… this was definitely not as good as the first book in this series.
Things We Never Got Over had me reeling emotionally. This one was very flat in comparison.
I had to force myself to finish this one just so I’d be up to speed for the next book – which fingers crossed will be more on par with the first one (and I am predicting that to be the case because Lucien is ).
I mean, I didn’t totally hate it, but it was just kind of boring to be honest. It lacked the tension and passion. And for whatever reason, I just didn’t connect with Nash and Lina.
This book felt like fluffy filler for the next one.
I’m giving it three stars just because I’m partial to Score and Knockemout, but really if it had been anything else it probably would have ended up as a one star DNF.
I wanted to love it way more than I ever actually did.
It had some tender moments and the occasional hilarious dialogue, but the vast majority of it was not at all what I would have expected from this author’s typical story quality.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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