Daring Destiny (Charming Irish 2) by Kaylene Winter-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: January 13, 2025

Daring Destiny is a sweltering saga of billionaire intrigue, opposites-attract, slow-
burn, friends-to-lovers with an unexpected life-changing twist.

Before I founded my AI tech company, I spent my high school years silently pining over
Astrid Gustafsson, the unattainable ice-blonde beauty. Fast forward a decade and I’m
shocked when she asks to collaborate on a secret project. The opportunity is too enticing
to pass up.

Our newfound friendship quickly ignites into a wildfire of desire, and my passion for Astrid
intensifies, leaving me eager to risk everything for our future. The challenge is, relentless
demands of my high-stakes empire threaten to smother the flames of our burgeoning
romance.

When fate dramatically intervenes, will a life-changing twist dare us to embrace our
destiny?

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REVIEW:Daring Destiny is the second book in the Charming Irish series by Kaylene Winter. Each book can be read as a standalone in the series, but as always, I recommend reading them in order to get the most out of the characters. If you are a slow burn, friends to lovers fan, this spicy read will be just right for you.

In this book we welcome back Brennan McLoughlin, the founder to a big time AL tech company and all around techie. When happenstance brings Brennan’s crush from high to his door asking for a favor for their high school reunion, who is he to say no. Afterall, this is Astrid. Astrid the prettiest and most popular girl from their school, the one who he spent all his time thinking about and crushing on during his four years of high school. She was the popular cheerleader and he was the nerdy boy, they weren’t in the same circles back then.

Now it’s different though.

I love a good underdog story, and while Brennan certainly isn’t one, he views himself as well. Years later, when these two meet again, they are different people with different lives and different experiences. Each of them have had challenges that they have had to face, problems they have had to work out, views of themselves and how the world sees them to deal with. High school was a long time ago for both of them. Brennan and Astrid start as friends and build off of that which I think is perfect for these two, while they do know each other from school, they both are so unsure about themselves that starting anything other than friends just felt off. They learn more and more about each other, and the attraction between them naturally grows, making the best kind of slow romance read.

While Daring Destiny is filled with emotional growth, giggles, and swoony nerds, it also has a nice level of spice and an ending that left me smiling.

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one TENDER TEMPTATION

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Kaylene Winter is an Amazon best-selling author of steamy, contemporary romance.

Each character-driven novel is filled with snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and enough steam to make you fan yourself. Kaylene weaves authenticity, emotion and angst into a turbulent rollercoaster ride of love, passion and soul-searing romance always ending with a delicious HEA.

Kaylene lives in Seattle with her amazing Irish husband and gorgeous Siberian Husky. She loves creating art of all kinds.