5 Smooches!
Synopsis
Kori suffered a great loss, one that left her feeling so desolate and alone, that she believed nothing would ever fill the void…
The only thing that kept her going was the one little piece of joy she still had in her life, her baby boy, Rhett.
She had no choice but to move forward and give her son the best life she could. Which meant moving back home.
Except there was one problem
Home was where Reed would be…
The man who once held her heart, then shattered it into a million pieces.
Grieving the loss of Rhetts dad, and learning to forgive those who have betrayed her, Kori was battling it all.
But will she ever have the strength to forgive Reed?
Review
When Kori’s life comes crashing down after her love, Blake, is tragically killed, she thinks she will never love again or be able to move beyond the grief that consumes her. The only thing that keeps her going is the reminder of Blake left behind, their baby boy. But she never planned on having Reed, the boy who broke her heart, come back into her life. And she never believed she could feel anything again apart from grief. But Reed is grown up, has matured and will do anything to prove to Kori that he is a decent man now.
“How did you carry on when you felt so vacant and destroyed? When you felt like half your soul was missing?”
What a beautiful, heart-breaking, lovely and eventfully happy story. I absolutely adored this book!! It was so sad but beautiful at the same time and I loved all the characters involved.
“Don’t apologize for falling in love, baby. I know how it feels to have your love, and he’s one lucky guy. It’s okay to love again, sweet girl, it doesn’t mean you love me any less. I know you’ll always love me.”
Blake, Ahh sweet, sweet Blake. We only have him for a short time in the story but through Kori’s memories I feel in love with Blake and the more Kori remembered the more I cried over the loss of him.
Kori and Reed were characters I fell in love with. Kori was the strongest woman I’ve read about in a while. So young to have her love torn away from her and raise the cutest little boy without with dad there, but she does it, and she does it well. I cried with her during her grief but I also held hope with her when I prayed that she would forgive Reed and give him another chance. Reed was a young man who knew what he had thrown away. He was strong in the sense that he could admit when he had done wrong, he was caring, he was sweet, he was protective…he was just everything you could want.
“Baby, I have waited for a second chance with you. I won’t lie and say I didn’t try to get over you, but it was impossible. There is only one Kori, one girl who stole my heart.”
The plot was beautiful. It was a story full of grief, heartbreak, forgiveness, strength, love, sweet and sexy…a perfect love story for NA readers who want a good cry but a happy ending.
“Reed was a long time ago. He was my past, and I had no room in my future for a repeat. I had to stay strong, because the last thing I needed was to let myself feel for him again. I couldn’t fall, I refused to.”
I now can’t wait to read more from this author and look forward to how she will make me cry and breaking my heart but then build it back together again in the next story.
Bethany
