Book Review: Home for Always by Ketley Allison

 

Blurb: 

He will sacrifice everything he's gained ... if it means he can win her back.

I never thought I’d see the boy who broke my heart again, especially the day after I poured hot coffee over his cocky grin and threw him in the trash.

I wish I’d scalded his actual face. Sadly, it was just his picture in a tabloid magazine.

Notorious bachelor Stone Williams shouldn’t even qualify as an after-thought. Until he bursts into the childhood home he left behind—where I’m currently staying.

A decade is a long time to be away from someone you once thought you knew better than you knew yourself. I’ve given up my dreams to stay in our small town as a nurse, while he didn’t just surpass his dreams—he exploded them into the atmosphere like fireworks.

Stone makes it clear he hasn’t returned to rekindle our relationship and I couldn’t agree more. He’s here for his mother, a woman I care for, and she doesn’t have much time before her illness takes over.

When her dying wish is for Stone and me to live together and help her in her final days, I can’t say no. When her dying wish is for Stone and me to live together and help her in her final days, I can’t say no. I could have put my foot down. And I definitely could have argued against sharing a bedroom.

But when our grudges turn into explosive lust, we begin losing sight of why we hate each other.

I've rewritten my dreams once to remove Stone Williams. He can't expect me to do it again.

... until tragedy forces us to rewrite our reality.

Can we allow it to heal us, or will I finally give up my forever with him?


Home for Always is a steamy, angst-filled emotional romance with a happy ending and is a complete standalone.

Amazon: Home for Always: A Steamy Small-Town Romance - Kindle edition by Allison, Ketley. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Goodreads: Home For Always by Ketley Allison | Goodreads

My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 

4 1/2 stars for me. I did have a hard time reading this story. The first two thirds were a bit dragging, but I spent the last third with several tissues. Noa and Stone had their history, miscommunications, and changes in their lives, enough to mistrust each other. I loved them as a couple. The story with Stone's mother, and their similar family histories hit me hard in that back third, and I cried as I have experienced a situation like that. Worth the read, just keep the tissues close by.

I received a copy of this story through The Hatters Services, and this is my unsolicited review.