Unexpected Love Story
(Love, #2)
by Natasha Madison
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Blurb
When one man’s death exposes a complex web of lies, three couples discover the true meaning of love, loss and redemption.
Gabe
I thought I had it all with the best medical practice in the state and the woman of my dreams.
I wore a smile on my face every single day.
I couldn’t wait to watch her walk down the aisle and start our forever, except she never did.
My runaway bride made me realize love isn’t worth it.
Crystal
I was the strong one, they said, until two words brought me to my knees.
It was a secret I didn’t share with anyone.
A secret that made me promise I’d never fall in love.
I no longer wanted that white picket fence of every woman’s dreams.
Until the unthinkable happened.
What happens when your dreams unexpectedly come true?
This is the story of unexpected love.
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Review
5 stars!
I loved this book! An enemies-to-lovers romance with epic chemistry, fantastic banter, and passion that practically explodes off the page. It’s fun, feisty, sexy and beautifully heartfelt, and I loved every moment!
This book is the second in the Love series. A trio of interconnected standalones all tied together by the death of a man and the reveal of heartbreaking secrets. You could technically read this one as a standalone, but I would encourage you to read each of these books in order so that you get to experience them as intended – you won’t be sorry!
Gabe and Crystal were introduced in the first book of the series, Perfect Love Story, where the beginnings of their tumultuous ‘relationship’ played out in the background of the story, providing endless entertainment and a need for me to get my hands on this book, and it was everything that I was hoping for and more.
Crystal’s best friend and cousin, Hailey’s life has literally just imploded around her. So, being the amazing friend and support that she is, Crystal quits her job and moves with Hailey to a small coastal town so that she can find solace and pick herself up again. Crystal herself has dealt with personal demons that have left her completely closed off to the idea of love, and instead she has dedicated herself to her family and her career. A dedicated ER nurse, she takes a job in the local medical practice where she finds herself working with the delectable Dr Gabe Walker, a man who she knows quite intimately from what she thought was a one-night-only encounter that completely rocked her world.
Gabe (cousin to Jensen from the first book) thought he had everything in life he could possibly want – a successful career working in his family’s medical practice, and the woman of his dreams by his side. But when he was literally left at the altar, it changed him, and he is now broody and determined to build his life on his own, with no intention of ever trusting his heart to another again. And then Crystal walks into his practice as his new nurse, working beside him day after day and completely turning his well-ordered life upside down.
OMG, I love the set up for this story! Gabe and Crystal are both completely loveable from the moment we meet them, and together they are absolutely sizzling! Neither of them expected to see the other again, and being together again tests all of their rules, creating a dynamic that is full of sexual tension and animosity that is so much fun to watch!
“She wants to put her bed in the middle of the room. Diagonally.” I tell him, gesturing it with my hands. “Who does that? We would never be able to work together so I fired her.”
“So you fired her?” he asks me, folding his lips and trying not to laugh.
“Yes, but then the little…the little,” I try to come up with a name, “the woman called my father and quit.”
He doesn’t even try to hide his laughter as he belly laughs out loud. “It’s not fucking funny. He took her side.”
He puts his hand in front of his mouth and gasps. “Shocking.”
“Fuck you, Walker,” I say. “I knew she was fucking trouble.”
Gabe and Crystal are wild for each other, obvious in each and every one of their encounters, and their determination to dislike each other battles with their passionate playfulness, and it’s a combination that is funny and sexy with a wonderful sense of anticipation just waiting for them to give in to the inevitable.
“What is this thing?” I ask her…
“We have an itch, and we need to scratch it.” She smiles at me. “I mean, we are definitely attracted to each other, and the sex was decent last time.”
I glare over at her. “Decent, my ass. I rocked your world.”
And when they do…. Holy damn! Natasha Madison writes seriously steamy sexy time, and Gabe and Crystal’s connection is electric!
But they both finding themselves feeling way more than either of them wanted, or expected, creating a whirlwind of emotion that forces them to finally confront their issues and figure out what it is they truly want. Their coming together may not have been the smoothest, but it felt entirely natural, and OMG I felt every moment of it!
“Can you explain to me why one minute I want to run you over frontward and backward, and then the next, I want to kiss you till I have no more air left?”
I love that this book had me laughing and fanning myself, then laughing some more, only to have me near tears – heartbroken and then overjoyed and swooning madly the next. The relationship has its ups and downs, but it’s functional, written in a way where the drama makes sense to the story and never overshadows the relationship, and the romance is absolutely gorgeous! I got completely swept up in this story and finished it in the early hours of the morning, unable to put it down.
Once again Natasha Madison brings us a fantastic read, and I am beyond excited for the next and final book in the series.
5 stars!
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
The Love series
Perfect Love Story (#1)
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About the Author
When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…
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