Endless Summer Nights by Willow Aster is live!

This is a beautifully emotional second-chance romance full of love, longing, heartache, and all of the intensity that I love about soulmates reuniting. I loved this story.

 

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Blurb

A steamy, second-chance, small-town, hockey romance full of heartbreak, heat, and the one he could never quite let go of from USA Today bestselling author Willow Aster.

Running into Lola Donavan wasn’t exactly on my summer agenda—not after she broke my heart in college. But there she is, at my family’s resort…with her new boyfriend. And not just any boyfriend—my hockey rival. Perfect.

Seeing Lola again is a punch to the gut. She’s even more beautiful than I remember, and the second our eyes meet, I know my feelings aren’t as buried as I’ve pretended. I tell myself it doesn’t matter, that whatever we had is long gone. But one look at her and I know I’m lying to myself.

Then fate throws us into each other’s path again—no boyfriend, no dissecting the past, just the two of us and a spark that instantly reignites. One night together proves the chemistry between us never died.

But desire is the easy part. Trust? Not so much.

She walked away once without a word, and it still haunts me. Now that she’s back in my life, I don’t know which is more dangerous—letting myself fall for her all over again, or bracing for the moment she leaves and breaks me a second time.

Endless Summer Nights is book four in the interconnected, standalone Windy Harbor series.

 

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Review

4.5 stars.

This is a beautifully emotional second-chance romance full of love, longing, heartache, and all of the intensity that I love about soulmates reuniting. I loved this story.

This is the fourth book in the Windy Harbor series, and while there is a lot of character crossover, and great family connections, this can easily be read as a standalone.

Tully and Lola met in college and fell in deep, life-changing love. It ended suddenly and in heartbreak, and they haven’t seen each other in five years. Now, Tully is a professional hockey player who has returned to his home town and the resort that his family is building, and who should be staying there – Lola and her boyfriend, Tully’s biggest rival on the ice.

“Does he know you still look at me like this?” he asks.
My breath hitches. “Like what?”
“Like you haven’t forgotten anything.” His voice drops. “Like you miss me.”

From the moment these two see each other again, sparks fly. It’s clear that there is still so much emotion between them, though the timing is all wrong for them to act on it or even address their past. But there’s no denying their connection is still very much alive. So when they are reunited a second time shortly after, and Lola is single, there’s no holding them back. Their passion for each other is as wild as it always was, but the issues which separated them in the past are still very much there.

Lola has deeply buried secrets, leaving them with understandable trust issues to overcome, and there is a lot of heartbreak to work through and forgive. I was frustrated at everything still standing in their way, but as they continue to see each other, they can’t hold back from each other for too long, and the whole painful story comes out. I finally understood it all and I was devastated for both of them at the pain they experienced and the heartache of all that they lost.

“I’ve always loved you. I’ll never stop.”

This is such a beautiful love story. Tully and Lola are soulmates who so clearly belong together, and I felt every emotion right alongside them. You know they’re going to be together, it’s just a matter of them working through everything and finding their way forward. Their strength in talking about their feelings and everything that happened in the past, confronting the barriers between them and openly and enthusiastically embracing the future they always wanted together is so beautiful to see.

“You look happy,” I say.
Her hands find my hair again. I fucking love it when she plays with my hair.
“I’m so happy, Tully.”
“I am too … I’ve got my girl back.”

Tully and Lola are so gorgeous together, and I couldn’t get enough of the angst, heartache, lighter moments, sweet romance, steamy encounters, and swoony declarations, and I was so wonderfully swept up in their story. There is lots of time spent with Tully’s family, so we get to catch up with characters from previous books and see progression in their stories. And I loved watching Lola become a part of the extended crew.

This is a sweet and easy read that brings the emotion, and it’s such a beautiful romance. I loved this book.

4.5 stars.

An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.

 

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About the Author

Willow Aster is a USA Today Bestselling author and lover of anything book-related. She lives in St. Paul, MN with her husband, kids, and rescue dog.

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