A marriage in trouble story is basically the most serious of second chance romances, which we all know I have a love/hate relationship with. But Rosie and Dom loved each other so much, and you were pulling for them the entire time. I loved this story.

Rosie and Dominic Vega had a picture perfect relationship, until they didn't. How did it happen? Rosie doesn't know, she just knows she can't live like this anymore. Rosie has always wanted to open her own restaurant, but she's shelved her dr...

A marriage in trouble story is basically the most serious of second chance romances, which we all know I have a love/hate relationship with. But Rosie and Dom loved each other so much, and you were pulling for them the entire time. I loved this story.

Rosie and Dominic Vega had a picture perfect relationship, until they didn't. How did it happen? Rosie doesn't know, she just knows she can't live like this anymore. Rosie has always wanted to open her own restaurant, but she's shelved her dreams for a long time, never thinking it was the right time to act on them. Dom has gotten so quiet in the years since he came home from deployment, and Rosie doesn't know what to do when he just doesn't talk to her anymore. He just works and comes home, and things never change. They've been dancing around their issues for years, and when things boil over, they're both left not knowing how to move forward. When Rosie finally decides to leave her husband, her love, her childhood sweetheart, she thinks there's no going back. But Dom isn't willing to give her up without a fight. He agrees to do WHATEVER it takes to make her come home, and when she proposes last resort marriage counseling, he doesn't bat an eye.

Their marriage counselor was hysterical: a pothead hippie, with office decor straight out of the 1960s. But, he certainly knew his stuff, and he helped them realize they weren't speaking the same love language. As an aside, I learned about the 5 Love Languages in my pre-marital counseling class. And thank god for that, because my hubs' language and mine are VERY different. In fact, they are the same as our hero and heroine. Dom (and my own husband) shows his love with acts of service, and Rosie (and me!) with words of affirmation. This struggle resonated so strongly with me, as we've had to learn to interpret each other's languages over the years, and its not easy. Watching them struggle to understand each other just really hit home in my heart. And Dom's letter to Rosie? *Swoons Forever*

Rosie and Dom had flaming physical chemistry like whoa, but their emotional intimacy had been sorely depleted. Watching them find their way back to each other's hearts was painful, and beautiful, and I just loved their love so much. They both had gotten so bogged down in the day-to-day, that things were totally out of control before they knew it. I'm sure everyone can relate to that in some way. But they both compounded the issue by not communicating, and not sharing their feelings, along with other important truths, and it just made everything worse.

Rosie and Dom's friend group is truly outstanding, and seeing all their interactions were as enjoyable as they were in book 1 (which I also loved with my whole heart!). Having a new face added, in Wes, and seeing his spark with hilarious Bethany was so great, and I can't wait for their book up next!

This book had my emotions on a yo-yo the whole time, but always, I was pulling for Rosie and Dom. Hoping they could each get out of their own way, and make the changes they needed to make to be all they could for each other, and for themselves. They both learned how to support each other, while letting the other person fly, and it was so satisfying. I highly recommend this story.

I love this author, who wrote the amazing Clarkson series but I had a hard time with this one. I wonder if these two had gone into licensed therapy instead of the path guided by a pot smoking old hippie what the outcome would be. I was seriously disturbed by the fact that Rosie was all but a prisoner for ten years. No friends and no social interaction outside of the marriage. Her life and emotions under the control of a man who could easily be termed abusive emotionally and it could be argued...

I love this author, who wrote the amazing Clarkson series but I had a hard time with this one. I wonder if these two had gone into licensed therapy instead of the path guided by a pot smoking old hippie what the outcome would be. I was seriously disturbed by the fact that Rosie was all but a prisoner for ten years. No friends and no social interaction outside of the marriage. Her life and emotions under the control of a man who could easily be termed abusive emotionally and it could be argued physically as well. Demanding Rosie make admissions during rough (consensual) sex as opposed to giving her secure confident space to express herself with the demand of her impending orgasm. These were two seriously disfunctional people. His possessive desire to own her would hardly be addressed in four short counseling sessions. These issues are the kind that run deep and not the type that a bit of self awareness makes go away like turning on or off a light. I love the other two books in this series so I'd go for one of those over this disturbing tale. And I am almost hesitant to mention this in 2020 but I was uncomfortable that these personality traits were attributed to the only clearly non white couple. Readers will make their own judgments whether the machismo of Puerto Rican Dom isn't shaded by stereotyping. I wrestled with whether to review this book at all but when I found the issues causing a need to speak out I decided to go with it. In my opinion this author has many better stories/books to offer.

I like this book so far…I am half way though it and I like it better than the 1st one. It’s more mature then the 1st part.
If you are married and like romance I think this is for you!!!

I like this book so far…I am half way though it and I like it better than the 1st one. It’s more mature then the 1st part.
If you are married and like romance I think this is for you!!!