Title: The Best of Me
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Hope Valley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 Stars
Told in the first person. Alternating persons.
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Told in the first person. Alternating persons.
#TheBestofMe #HopeValley #JessicaPrince #Romance #NewRelease #SmallTownRomance
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It wasn’t hard for Nona Fanning to fall for Trick. He was strong, kind-hearted, loyal, and unbelievably handsome. He was the man of her dreams, and all it took was one night to give her a taste of the beauty he had to offer. But while she’d been opening her heart to him, he’d kept his under lock and key.
After Patrick “Trick” Wanderly’s wife left him, ripping away their picture-perfect life, he convinced himself that she’d taken the best pieces of him with her. He wasn’t ready to move on and give his heart to someone else. Then his whole world flipped upside down after spending one night with Nona.
It took awhile for him to see what he had standing right in front of him, but now Trick’s eyes are open, and he’s determined to fix what he broke. But when danger threatens to tear Nona’s world apart, it’s up to Trick to help hold those pieces together while fighting to protect the woman and the new life he’s come to cherish.
Something came over me at that very moment, an intense feeling I’d only experienced one time before in my life, when Nona and I were on the dance floor at Hayes and Temperance’s wedding. Her smile, all that insanely gorgeous hair, those curves. All of that was enough to bring the strongest of men to their knees. But when she smiled, it was like feeling the sun on your skin. When she spoke in that melodic voice, speaking her brand of wisdom, it was all too much; the pull was impossible to fight. Moving on pure instinct, I closed the last few inches and pulled her against me, slamming my mouth down on hers.
Her lips parted on a surprised gasp and I took full advantage, driving my tongue inside Nona’s sweet mouth. She tasted like wine and chocolate, sweet and rich. It was heaven, and that initial taste sucked me in and refused to let me go. I was drowning, completely consumed in Nona, and I couldn’t get enough.
Her nails scored my chest, fisting the material of my shirt as a tiny whimper bubbled up her throat, and that was enough to push me over the edge.
The memories of our night together were still as fresh in my mind as if they’d happened an hour ago, and I wanted all of that. Again, and again, and again. I wanted her over and over until I eased at least some of the ache that came from desiring everything there was about Nona. But deep down to my bones, I knew it was useless. This kind of craving was never-ending. I craved her body and mind. I wanted every piece of her I could get my hands on.
Nona Fanning is a single parent that still hopes she’ll find her better half. Patrick “Trick” Wanderly seems to let his conscience get the better of him. This may be a story of a second chance at love but our author shows how frustrating ex’s can be – I’m sure there are a lot of people out there that feel the same. Ms. Prince also takes a chance on creating main characters that are a little older – and I don’t mean those that are close to retirement.
You may not get it right the first time but isn’t it nice to think that maybe the second time around you can have a life that is as close to perfect as can be. You may even see a reminder of what it was like to be a teenager. Nona has a couple of great kids that love her but get a little “worried” when she goes a little overboard – they’ll give you a few chuckle moments. Trick’s kids are pretty good as well but his daughter may leave you wanting to mother her.
The pace of this story was very good. Even when the ex’s had their moments, the story didn’t get bogged down in their drama. Our author knows just the right moment to rein them in and get back to the good stuff. But she also shows that not everything is hearts and flowers the second time around because they don’t want to get their heart hurt again.
Usually I like to have my “treats” nearby in case I like to nibble while I’m reading but this time I took a hard pass. There’s enough sugar between the pages that things are sweet enough. It was nice to see that Trick and Nona didn’t jump right into anything – especially with all the ups and downs. And that carried even into the ending. They want to do it right – you know they don’t want to make the same mistakes. The author created a great ending that fit our couple and I got the feeling of “good things come to those who wait”. And that goes for us too since this series isn’t over yet.
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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.
Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.
In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.
Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.
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