The One That Got Away by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author Karina Halle is now live!
*A standalone second-chance romance*
Ruby Turner was never meant to be mine.
When I first met her, she was a fresh, young, American sports journalist trying to find her footing in a new life abroad. She was the one interviewing me for an article, yet I wanted to know more about her. She captivated me.
But she went home with Marco that night.
My agent.
My brother.
And I did what I could to pretend I was fine with it.
After all, I’m Luciano Ribeiro. As the captain of Real Madrid, and Portugal’s National Team, it’s my job to be cool, calm, and collected, not easily rattled.
Only what I felt for Ruby over time, shook me to my very core.
It made me do things I never imagined I would do.
It started with a stolen kiss in the middle of the night.
It led to a passionate tryst.
It created a burden of guilt that I had to carry, as Ruby came in and out of my life until she left for good, leaving her mark on me.
Now, seven years later, she’s back.
She was the one that got away.
I don’t think I’ll let her go this time.
But I might not have a choice.
Because my heart still belongs to her.
And her heart might belong to my brother.
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***4 "Little Less Lost. A Little More Found' Stars***
This baby took me on one hell of a ride.
I swooned, I growled, I wanted to toss my Kindle into the freezer out of sheer frustration, but couldn’t because I NEEDED to know what would happen next with Ruby and Luciano in the worst way because despite all the crazy that happened around them, the connection between them was undeniable.
I ADORED Luciano in The Forbidden Man (used to be The Younger Man) and all this book did was make me love him more. He has his demons, but he is passionate, sensual and simply a good man. Ruby, I liked. She is vibrant and fearless and has a bruised, yet good heart. But, while I admired her I also had a some issues with the choices she made and the reasons, or lack there of, behind them, especially when the situations surrounding those choices could have been resolved in a different and less drama filled ways.
As for their journey, just from the description you already know that it was filled with all kinds of angst. Much of it did fall on Ruby’s shoulders, but Luciano wasn’t entirely blameless. So with the knowledge going in that this would be a bumpy ride, I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it. There was a flow between Ruby and Luciano that couldn’t be denied and I loved how ~ despite everything ~ they did get to know each other on the deepest of levels and the chemistry between them was HAWT. As for their HEA. While there were a few issues whose resolutions I would have like to have experienced more of, I can’t deny that I am very happy with how everything turned out for them in the end.
While the drama did get a bit OTT for me at times, I cannot deny that I loved getting lost in the various places the author took us to in this book. Each place, whether it be Houston, Portugal or Spain, I felt like I was right there with the characters and experiencing all the same sights and sounds.
If you haven’t read The Forbidden Man, you won’t be lost. This book does intersect with it, but it is a true stand-alone. But I can pretty much guarantee that you will want to not only read The Forbidden Man, but the Love, in English Duet after meeting Alejo and Thalia and Mateo and Vera.
~ Copy provided by the author via Valentine PR & voluntarily reviewed ~
Meet Karina
Karina Halle is a former travel writer, music journalist & screenwriter, and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author of over 55 bestselling novels, ranging from horror and suspense to contemporary romance. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband, and her adopted pitbull Bruce, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by the Root Literary Agency and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster, Hachette & Montlake. Her work has been translated and published in 20 languages.
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