Title: Waiting for Forever
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Hope Valley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
After a bitter divorce had left him jaded and cynical, Leo Drake thought he was done. To him, love and happiness were myths. Then the shy, sweet, coffee shop owner looked up at him with those big gray eyes and beautiful smile, and he was done for.
Danika Parrish had been the nerdy girl growing up. The girl who sat in her window, watching the boy across the street, and secretly longing for the day when he might notice her. When that day finally came, she was convinced all her dreams had come true. But after giving her everything she’d ever hoped for, he’d ripped it all away with a handful of words.
Leo’s made a lot of mistakes in his life, but the one he regrets most is hurting Danika. For the first time in his life, he knows what it feels like to love someone, to truly be happy, and he’ll do whatever it takes to win her back. He’s determined to prove to her that he’s worth a second chance. That he’s the forever she’s been waiting all her life for.
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We were both sweaty and panting like we’d just run a marathon. Releasing my breast and hip, he reached for my hands and gently pried my fingers from the headboard. I would have collapsed onto the mattress in a sated heap had it not been for him holding on to me and guiding me down slowly.
Once there, he turned me to my back and hovered over me, his fingers coming up to brush the damp hair from my forehead.
“You okay, sweetheart?”
I gazed up at him, sure my grin was totally goofy as I replied, “So okay.”
The harshness that had been carved into his expression when he first entered the room was now completely gone, in its place was a look so tender and so warm it made my heart expand.
“Thank you for that,” he said quietly, leaning in to run the tip of his nose along mine.
“Pretty sure I’m the one who should be thanking you. After all, you did most of the heavy lifting.”
He chuckled for a second before his expression grew serious. “I mean it, Danika. I needed that. I needed you. That’s the brand of sweet only you’re capable of giving me because it’s just how you are.”
It had to be said that I really liked hearing that in a seriously big way
***5 Team Danika’ Stars***
And we have another winner!
I swear, every book in this series and it’s spinoff Redemption, just hit all my small town romance buttons in the best way every time, and this baby truly brings the small town of Hope Valley to life in a big way with a cast of amazing characters I love spending time with.
I ADORED Danika. She’s sweet, shy, sassy and owns all that she is. She has a golden heart, and though she is nice to everyone, she doesn’t let anyone walk all over her. Leo. It was hard not to love the guy. He is a good man who wants to do right by everyone that matters in his life, including himself.
I loved Danika and Leo together. They had a flow that made me want to spend more time with them and see them get their HEA because they both deserved it. Their bantering was funny and sweet and their chemistry was intense...and then that big ‘ole roadblock happened. Hands down, I was team Danika, though I could understand why Leo went where he did ~ not like it, but understand it. Thankfully, the grovelling ended up being on point, and I loved how Danika stood her ground until she was truly ready to let Leo back in and my heart did a happy dance at how things were with them when I read the words ‘The End’
This book was a great addition to the series. I loved catching up with the rest of the HV gang and seeing how all of their relationships are evolving and I absolutely adored Jed, Hardin and Macie and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book to see who will fall next!
~ Copy provided by LAwF & voluntarily reviewed ~
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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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