This review was originally posted on Latte Nights ReviewsAnnie Carson is back at the town she fled from a few years ago to sell her family's farm. She definitely doesn't plan on staying—nothing is set in stone, especially when she faces Sawyer once again. They unfinished business to tend to but Annie is not sure she wants to trust again when she was left heart-broken in the first place.

I have a thing for second-chance romances. I love when they are done so right and beautiful, with all of the feelings the characters had from the beginning. To be honest, I wasn't going to read this one. I'm a person that the cover has to catch my eye. I know, this really sucks and I'm being judgmental. One of my blogger friends, Becca from Lost In Literature wrote such an outstanding review that made go immediately to Amazon and 1-click the book!!

Annie is a divorced, mommy-blogger who went through quite a lot in life but she's still strong with her son Atticus by her side. They both arrive at Brightwater, not receiving the best welcome party but Annie is driven and she will do the task she set out to do. She knew she was bound to encounter Sawyer and she was prepared to not bat an eyelash at him but feelings are still so present for one another. It was great to see Annie believe in herself as the story progressed and become confident. That made her even more of an inspiration to me.

Sawyer Kane let Annie go once and he doesn't plan on committing the same mistake again. I really enjoyed Sawyer's character seeing as he is a hard-working man who definitely knows how to cook and build. What woman will say no to a man like him?! On all seriousness though, he is an amazing character who has everyone's best interest at heart and he cares a lot about everyone, especially Annie and Atticus. Reading about his growing relationship with Atticus was so darn sweet. It got to a point where Atticus looked up to Sawyer as a man and as his potential father. It warmed my heart reading about their interactions as a family.

The romance was slow to build, it took it's time, going from friends to slowly becoming something more. What I loved was that even though they obviously had feelings for each other back in the day, they were still adults about the situation and took things slow to learn from each other again, to get to know each other and trust each other.This review was originally posted on Latte Nights Reviews

Lia Riley first came on my radar when I read her short story, Hot Winter’s Night, in the anthology Snowbound at Christmas. I really loved that story and, since it is actually book 3.5 of the series, decided to seek out the first book in the series. Man, I’m glad I found this author and this book.

Sawyer is really quite a sweetheart. There are so many stories where the author shows us the heroine’s insecurities about her looks. It’s not that Sawyer isn’t gorgeous, but since he was tall at a young age he feels a bit like a bull in a china shop when he sees petite Annie. It’s refreshing to read about a man who admits (at least to himself) that he’s not as confident as he tries to project to the outside world. Add to his humble nature the fact that he’s such a gentleman and has a terrific moral compass and I couldn’t help falling in love with Sawyer.

Annie is a mommy blogger. I can’t tell you how much I loved reading Annie’s rough drafts of her blog posts. The author had the edited-out sections that showed Annie’s true feeling versus her blogger persona where everything was sunshine and roses. While I’ve thought about how I’m sure plenty of bloggers I follow don’t give their audience all the nitty-gritty details of their lives, I never really thought about how stressful keeping up that front would be.

As for Annie’s son Atticus, he really piqued my interest. I appreciate the author writing a young boy character who likes the color pink and doesn’t always play like the stereotype of a “boy”. I’m hoping to see more of him and follow him as he grows up to see where it all leads.

You can see my full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/last-first-kiss-book-review/