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Review of The Best of Me (Hope Valley Book 3) by Jessica Prince THE BEST OF ME When Nona and Trick have the best night of her life, she can't help but think things are looking up. But Trick soon dashes that hope when soon after, he tells her "he's sorry" and it shouldn't have happened. Uh oh... Once Trick takes his head out of his ass and realizes what he had thrown away, he makes it his mission to get Nona to give him a second chance. But, she's already been burned by him once, and she's not looking to get burned again. Will the two ever get on the same page? Will she realize just how well the two could fit into each other's lives? The love they could share? I've been loving the Hope Valley series! And The Best of Me is the best one yet. Nona and Trick are such amazing characters, both individually and as a fabulous couple. I love how sweet they are together, and that chemistry of theirs is absolute fire! Now if Gypsy and Marco's ...

Review of Hold Me Today (Put A Ring On It #1) by Maria Luis Ermione (Mina) is less than thrilled that her best friend's brother, Nick, is the contractor who's going to be renovating her salon. Nick, the man she's always crushed on. The man totally her opposite, who is a grumpy rule-follower, and who has never seen her as more than his little sister's best friend, a pita one at that. So when he needs a fake girlfriend, she can't say no, can she? Not to the man she's still crushing on, even as they drive each other nuts?! Best friend's brother/brother's best friend is one of absolute favorite romantic tropes, and the author does well by it here in Hold Me Today . Nick and Mina have so much chemistry and it's obvious where this is going from their very first meet on page. Their history, spanning years, is given enough weight to anchor their relationship in the present, and aided by a wonderful secondary cast, their relationship slowly evolves f...