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His Second Chance (Montgomery Ink: Legacy 6) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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His Second Chance (Montgomery Ink: Legacy 6) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 15, 2024

The rules were simple. Protect the woman I love. And try to stop loving her along the way.

Kane Montgomery Carr and Phoebe Dixon’s romance went from a fiery temptation to a fizzled out heartbreak.

Only Kane has no idea why.

All he knows is that he has to keep her safe when a stalker sets Phoebe in their sights.

Yet as the two of them are forced once again into each other’s lives, the truth behind their breakup surfaces and they are forced to face the facts: the feelings and heat they buried aren’t quite as gone as they’d like.

If they give in, they’ll have to face the demons that broke them up in the first place—including a startling secret that shocks them both.

Yet if they don’t, they might lose the chance of a life time.

That is, of course, if they can survive what lurks in the shadows for them both.

••••

REVIEW: Montgomery Ink Legacy book six has arrived, and Ms. Author has knocked another one out of the park! As always, I recommend reading the series in order, but the books can be read as standalone individual books. HLC is a romantic suspense, second chance romance filled with drama, family and steamy moments to light up the pages.

When our couple meet, it’s a giggle. There’a a bathroom, a bear and somewhat car-jacking, no spoilers of course, but get ready for the giggle. Kane is our resident Montgomery, and we all know what comes with that.

When Phoebe can Kane meet again, Phoebe is in need of protection and help in finding out who is sending her disturbing messages. This mystery along with the threat to Phoebe has Kane taking the job, not to mention, he still has feelings for her.

What a fun read! A good second chance romance is always a go to read for me, reading as the couple works through their issues, mysteries are uncovered and the truth is found out. Kane and Phoebe are true, funny and sassy in their story, it’s fast paced and entertaining, keeps the reader engaged and waiting for the next chapter to come. As always for this author, her characters are well thought out and meaningful, relatable and memorable, we always know whatever we get, we will enjoy.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never 2.5
Longtime Crush
Best Friend Temptation
Happily Ever Maybe
Last First Kiss

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Last First Kiss (Montgomery Ink: Legacy 5) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 4, 2024

One look across the aisle at a wedding and I fell in lust.

He’s on the bride’s side. I’m on the groom’s.

But by the end of the night, we’re against a wall, over a table…and in bed.

I’m prepared never to see him again except in my memories.

Only the next week things become awkward: I’m his new boss.

And it turns out he’s just as demanding outside of the sheets as beneath them.

We need to stay away from each other—he has his demons, as well as an adorable little girl, and I’m trying to heal after a job gone wrong.

I know I need to walk away…even if neither one of us wants to.

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REVIEW: Last First Kiss is book five in the Montgomery Ink Legacy Series by Carrie Ann Ryan. As always, I recommend reading a series in order, but these books can be read as standalone should the reader choose. LFK is a funny, contemporary romance that CAR fans are sure to love.

Weddings make people two things; happy and horny. For Daisy and Hugh that is even more true. From the moment they set eyes on each other it was pure lust, and a mutual lust at that. Quicker than quick; these two are tearing up the sheets, but when the night ends, they both never think of seeing the other again. Even if they wanted to.

Too bad life doesn’t always go the way you want it to. Now; for Daisy and Hugh, she just happens to be his new boss, and the awkward faze is going to take a while to get over. I feel for Hugh in this book so much. He’s a single Dad, just trying to settle into life in a new place, throwing Daisy into the mix during this time and chaos, pure, fantastic chaos. As a long time CAR reader, and a lover of all things Montgomery, I am so pleased with Last First Kiss.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never 2.5
Longtime Crush
Best Friend Temptation
Happily Ever Maybe

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Happily Ever Maybe (Montgomery Ink Legacy) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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Happily Ever Maybe (Montgomery Ink Legacy 1001 / Dark Nights) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review & excerpt

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 13, 2024

It was only supposed to be one job.

I know the rules.
Get in. Get out.
Protect the girl, then move on.
Only it never works out the way it should.
Now Jennifer and I work with each other and there’s no going back to normal.

Then it turned into something more.

Gus isn’t for me. I know that.
Only the chemistry that burns between us won’t fade away.
We promise it will only be one night.
Then another.
But when our actions have consequences that could mean the end of our future, we’ll have to figure out exactly what we want.
Even if it means walking away broken before it begins.

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REVIEW:Guess who’s back…back again? The Montgomery’s and they are playing with all of my emotions! Happily Ever Maybe by the ever talented Carrie Ann Ryan is the next story in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series. Now this one is a novella, so it’s a but shorter, but nonetheless it is packed with all the goodness CAR is known for.

Gus and Jen are co-workers and partners now in the Montgomery Security Firm, both love their jobs, but both are feeling more than a little “friendly” with each other. Neither however want to make the first move and mess up their friendship or their working relationship. But what always happens in a good ole romance novel? That’s right. They finally give into their chemistry and agree to a glorified one-night stand. Yeah right. Neither of them was ready for what the night unlocked for them.

I will always go for CAR books. Her characters are so relatable and real when reading. Jen and Gus were a hoot! Jen is a baddie and she knows it, but under that strong personality is a soft, feminine woman just waiting for the right guy to make a move. Gus, well he holds a special place in my heart. He is everything you would want in an alpha guy; but with a golden boy personality. He is so sweet and I just love it for Jen. CAR is a word wizard and I can’t wait to see what she has waiting for us next.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never 2.5
Longtime Crush
Best Friend Temptation

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

 

But for some reason, I was edgy now.
No, that was a lie. It wasn’t just some reason. I knew exactly what it was.
And it wasn’t Daisy and Kane, my fellow team members today. No, it was the other one.
Her.
I didn’t want to think about her, but I wasn’t sure I could stop. I needed to, however. My job demanded it.
I was a bodyguard and an installer. I not only protected my clients and charges, I also installed security equipment for businesses and homes. While my bosses laid out the security profiles and programs for large corporations and small residences—and also worked with cybersecurity—I did the installs when I wasn’t on bodyguard duty. I enjoyed both aspects of my job and was talented at it.
Yet it didn’t feel like that.
Not with her.
It was always hard to think about anything when it came to Jennifer. My coworker and my nemesis. Not that she knew she was my nemesis. No, that was all on me.
Those blue-gray eyes of hers were piercing and saw everything. At least when it came to the job. She could scent an incoming threat as quickly as I could, and that was saying something. I might be cocky as fuck when it came to my job, but it was for a reason.
And Jennifer was sometimes even better.
Her dark brown hair was pulled into a tight bun away from her face. I liked it when her hair was down, though, since it fell in soft waves past her shoulders. She pulled it back in a ponytail or a braid when she was working out, but when she was on duty, like today, it was in a bun, so nobody could use it against her in a fight.
I always kept my hair decently short, but my beard was getting longer. I’d probably have to trim it soon. I wasn’t trying to blend in like I had with my old job when everybody had long beards, and I was undercover. Now, I needed to trim it a bit so nobody could pull it in a fight.
But Jennifer? She’d thought about all of that already. Hence the bun.
She was slim with a narrow waist and average height—though not much about her was average. But that delicate frame was all muscle. She could bench press more than a few of the guys on the team and kick any of our asses on any given day. Hell, she’d pinned me to the ground once, and I nearly swallowed my tongue. And then I’d had to hide my erection from her. Like I did most days. Because Jennifer was a distraction.
My distraction.


 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Best Friend Temptation (Montgomery Ink Legacy) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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Best Friend Temptation (Montgomery Ink Legacy 4) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 30, 2023

I fell for my best friend long before I knew what that meant. Only I know he’ll never love me back.

He’s stuck in his head and his past demons and can’t see what is right in front of him.

But when Greer loses her home and needs a place to stay, both Noah and I know the only place she belongs is with us—in every way possible.

Now I’m falling for both of my roommates and trying to keep the people I protect safe.

Only someone is coming for them, and I can’t stop the inevitable fall.

I just have to hope that we made the right choices and that one day soon Noah and Greer will finally see who we can be.

Before we lose it all…or I finally walk away for good.

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REVIEW:Best Friend Temptation is the fourth installment in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series. Ashley always, I recommend reading the series in order, but the majority of CAR’s books can be read as a standalone. Think of this book as a best friends fall in love meets why choose sweet romance. If you’re a reader into that, well this is gonna be right up your alley!

Noah and Ford are best friends and roommates, but are completely in love with one another, but they’re men, and can’t see what’s in front of them. Neither can understand that they want one another, not until her.

Greer is the newbie in town, after opening her bakery in town she is on top of the world. That is until her house burns down and she is left with nothing but ashes. Noah and Ford are friends of hers and when she calls them for help afterwords, she is beyond grateful. Then they offer her their spare bedroom, and then things take a twist. Greer thinks Noah and Ford and together, and they are , but they just can’t seem to get that figured out. They want to be together, but Noah keeps pulling back. When the tension finally breaks between the three of them, they finally give into their desire and WOW!

CAR never disappoints with her books and this is no different. I love this series, the Montgomery’s are a family that sticks together. Noah, Ford and Greer are a fun, intriguing, faced passed and real. I can’t wait to see what comes next next.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never 2.5
Longtime Crush

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Longtime Crush (Montgomery Ink Legacy 3) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

 

LONG TIME CRUSH
Montgomery Ink: Legacy 3
by Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 3, 2023

When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.
I’d always expected to dance at their wedding.
Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.
I left town for my own reasons, but now that I’m back, it’s clear Sebastian Montgomery isn’t the same man I left.
He’s hard. Broken.
And a single father to an adorable little girl.
When it turns out he’s my new neighbor, I can’t stay away.
But I know I’m playing with fire and the heat between us burns enough to scorch.
I thought I was over my crush.
But now it might crush me.

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REVIEW:Longtime Crush is the third installment of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series by the ever lovely Carrie Ann Ryan. With the majority of her books, this one can also be read as a standalone, but I always recommend reading a series in order.The Montgomery series is filled with family, love, and emotional trauma that are sure to make readers enjoy the series even more.

Sebastian and Raven have a long past filled with moments of joy tainted by pain. Through all of this, they come out on the other side with a truly new love and understanding of each other. After Sebastian lost the love of his life the same day their daughter was born, he lost apart of himself with her. Even with the loss of the future we always thought he would have, tries to live for his family, his daughter, find joy in his work and let go of the past.

Raven is back home in the town she grew up in, a town where she made the best of friends, but also the palace where she lost so much. When she meets Sebastian again, old feelings rush to the surface yet again, putting her right back in the place she was when she left. But Sebastian has never had the feelings for her that she has had for him, the crush of a young girl and then the love of a woman. Sebastian will always only love Marley, their long ago friend, and the mother to Sebastian’s young daughter.

This second chance, small town romance is filled with heart wrenching, moving moments that will have readers reaching for a hanky, loving found family moments and best of all spicy bits that are sure to keep you up at night. CAR is a writing wizard who reaches into the soul of readers and pulls out what we want to read the most. The Montgomerys are a joy to read and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

 

 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date

I love falling in love.
Only I’m the worst at it.

My friends call me a serial first dater and I can’t blame them.
All I want is a happy ever after, yet all I find are happy ever nevers.

This is my last chance. After this set up with my friend’s tattoo artist, I’m done.
No more dating. No more chances.

If I don’t fall in love with Leo Johnson, I’ll give up on dating.
Even if it shatters my dreams in the process.

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REVIEW:We’re headed back to the Montgomery Ink Legacy, May is finally going to get her happy ever after. HEN is a fast paced, novella, that can be read as a standalone, however I do always recommend reading a series in order.

May is searching for her forever love, but no matter what she does it always ends up a disappointment. She has gone on more dates than any of her friends, and she has finally had enough. When she meets Leo, their constant kismet gives May the little hope she needs to try one final time. With Leo.

May and Leo’s relationship is quick to spark when they are together, as a tattoo artist Leo is brash and a little edgy, making him all the more interesting to May. They have this chemistry, when they are together, they are fabulous to read, they play off of one another so well. Leo is known as a playboy though, May doesn’t want to want him the way she does. She wants her happily ever after, and that can’t possibly be with a one and done man…can it?

As the pair spend more time together, they can’t deny the spark anymore, it doesn’t matter that Leo is a playboy, or that he has been warned not to hurt May, some things just can’t be helped, and love is one of them.

May is the heart of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series, she has been an awesome supporting character in all of the other books, so finally seeing her get her happily ever after was so amazing. And Leo, well Leo is a hot, tatted, muscle man, what’s not to love there.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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At First Meet (Montgomery Ink Legacy) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review

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At First Meet (Montgomery Ink Legacy 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 27, 2023

I fell in love with the wrong man and learned the hard way to ask for help.

I don’t plan on falling again and have no intention of trying.

But when I get invited to a high-powered CEO retreat, I know I can’t say no.

And I can’t go alone.

When my frenemy, Nick, invites himself as my escort, I should walk away.

But there’s no stopping the connection we’ve both ignored for far too long.

Only Nick’s past is far darker than he lets the world know, and the shell he encased himself in is stronger than my own. And when the pain from my past comes back with a force, I’m afraid that walking away will be the only choice—even if it breaks us both.

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REVIEW:At First Meet is the second installment of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series by Carrie Ann Ryan. As always, I recommend reading a series in order, however the majority of C.A.R books can be read as standalone.

The book kicks off with Lake, she is still learning about herself and what it means to be out of a crappy relationship. Lake is a Montgomery, it’s in her blood to fight for what she wants, but her last relationship lasted far longer than it should have and left her with more that just a few emotional booboos. When she learns that her hard work and struggles have finally payed off and she has won a fancy award, Lake is so proud of herself.

But why does it still feel like something is missing?

Nick has been involved with the Montgomery’s for what has felt like his entire life. His relationship with his own family has never been the best, and has left him with his own form of MUFD (messed up family drama). The Montgomery’s are family, even the ones that rub him the wrong way like Lake.

These two were just a hoot to read. The bickering, the stupid comments, it was like watching two teenagers learn that they really “like, like” one another, and in a way it was. Lake and Nick both know what emotional damage can do to a person, and while they may not be each other’s favorite person, they don’t want to hurt one another either. When they finally open up to one another, and see what they have been missing. Well lets just say it was like a lightbulb moment for poor Nick.

As always with a C.A.R story there is love, laughter and family, everything you expect to find in a Montgomery book. Let’s see who’s next in the never ending line that is Montgomery!

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one BITTERSWEET PROMISES

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 24, 2022

Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him.

But life had other plans, and he didn’t find that kind of love—or see Brooke’s face—for years.

Until he visits his cousin’s house and sees who’s moved in next door.

They’ve both changed: she’s a struggling single mom, he’s running from a past he’s trying to hide while opening up a new tattoo shop. Yet the moment he sees her again, he knows she’s the one for him.

And with one look, Brooke knows that she can’t fight the desire that pulled them together before, despite the skeletons in both their closets.

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REVIEW:I think I’m going to have to start charging C.A.R for therapy with the amount of emotions this author gives me with her books. Bittersweet Promises is the first in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series, the second generation of the original Ink series. The book can be read as a standalone and as a first installment in the series, no previous read is really needed.

Leif and Brooke fell hard for one another when they were younger, they thought they would be together forever, but due to something that they had no control over, they were separated. Life continues and then on random day, they meet again,

Leif was just visiting his cousin, but when he saw who the new neighbor was, his heart all but stopped. It may have been years, but he would never forget her face. Life was about to get even more complicated. Brooke is looking for a new start, she’s not the same person she was all those years ago. Seeing Leif was like a bunch to the gut, nothing could have prepared her for seeing him again or the emotions he still stirred in her.

Brooke and Leif have both been through so much when they were apart, neither of them are the same person they were, they each have wounds and a past that they haven’t let go of. Brooke is having a hard time with her son, and trusting people isn’t something that comes easy to her. Leif however, works his way back into her heart where he has truly never left. Trusting him with not only herself but with her son comes easier to her than she expected. Leif on the other hand, has his past knocking down his door, he is stressed over his new tattoo shop and his growing love for Brooke and her son make him even more protective than he normally would be. Can these two sweethearts find it in themselves to let go of their past and grasp onto their blooming future?

C.A.R never fails to deliver a good story. Brooke and Leif and their second chance romance is sweet, spicy, funny and so very memorable. I loved the second generation and mentions of older characters, it was a really good start to the legacy series. Who’s next?

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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