4 Smooches
Synopsis
The second installment in the Only series. Must read book one first!!
First loves never die but Grayson Ford comes close. Bleeding out in a war zone, he barters with God. Bring him back alive, and he’ll make it right with his girl.
All I want is Emma. I need her, and I fight for her memory. A story. A smile. Anything. But it’s all blank .
Emma is not his girl anymore. Time has skipped by and life’s been hard. She strips to pay the bills, waitresses to fill the hours between classes and her third job. All while working to be the best mama she can be to the little girl who will never know her daddy. Even though Grayson abandoned her, she mourned his death. Until he calls, and everything she knew was wrong.
It’s him. The him that ruined my life. That made my life. That confused my mind to the point that I can’t figure out if I’ve been destroyed or set free. The him that… is… dead.
He’s back with one objective–Emma Kingsley–and she never sees it coming.
Review
“I begged God to let me make it right. To stay alive and see my girl.”
Only For Her is the second book in the Only Serial by Cristin Harber and cannot be a standalone. If you have not read the first book please do not read my review as it may have some spoilers for that book. Only for Her picks up three years after Only For Him has ended and a lot has changed.
“No one calls me Ems. No one but Grayson Ford. The boy I dream of, the man I dance for, the reason I’m still living, and the source of all my desperation.”
Emma has forgone a university for community college, a dance career for stripping on Wednesdays and her biggest sacrifice has been her youth and happiness to raise the daughter she had with Grayson that he never got to know about. Grayson Ford walked out of her life three years ago to join the military and now Emma has been told that he is dead and feels like her heart is breaking all over again. Gossip is often wrong and Emma finds that out the hard way when a supposedly dead Grayson calls her out of the blue. He is back and determined to fix what he messed up. But can they move past her secrets and his abandonment . . . only time will tell!
“I’ve changed, Army changed me. War changed me. Walking away from you . . . ruined me.”
Middle books in serials are often tough for me. We move past the initial excitement of a couple coming together but are not quiet at the HEA yet. However, Cristin does a wonderful job of keeping the excitement happening and the story evolving. Grayson has grown up to a sexy alpha of a man and he will not take no for an answer. He was the highlight of the story for me. Emma has changed and gone from a carefree girl living with a perfect family to a single mother struggling to get by. While I loved how she has evolved I would have like to see a bit more of her struggle, such as some time in the strip club she works at.
“One thing is clear: we’ve never been over.”
The Only series has me hooked. I cannot wait to see these two who have been through so much finally get their HEA. If you love serials and especially if you love New Adult you must give this a try!
~miranda
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