By: Carrie Ann Ryan
Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)
Synopsis:
Leif Montgomery is done with dating. His cousin Lake set him up on a blind date but he felt no sparks. This has been the case with all the women he has dated recently. Instead, he decides he wants to focus solely on his business, Montgomery Ink Legacy. Leif is a talented tattoo artist but he has an artistic talent across many mediums, such as charcoal and clay. Montgomery Ink Legacy has only been open a year but he worries it won't live up to the reputation of his father's shop, Montgomery Ink.
Brooke Adler is moving home to Denver with her five year old son Luke. After establishing herself as a successful professor at CalTech, she has taken an offer as a Physics professor at Denver State University. She is doing all on her own as her parents are both gone. Not to worry, her neighbor is Lake Montgomery. Lake is ready and willing to bring Brooke and Luke in to the Montgomery family fold with the help of Leif. Amazingly, this is not the first time Brooke and Leif have met. Ten years prior, when they were only 18, the pair had had a torrid affair while in Paris. They had promised to reconnect in the states but fate had other plans.
Bittersweet Promises captured me from the very beginning and was difficult for me to put done. I completed it in one sitting. I could relate to Brooke, a single independent woman struggling to be successful in a male dominated world. It's hard for her to allow someone else to step in and do things for her. I enjoyed following Brooke and Leif's story and fell in love Brooke's five year old son Luke! With the Montgomery family, Carrie Ann Ryan has built my favorite kind of series, one in which you become familiar with a large circle of people who become like your friends and family. People you are excited to visit with each new installment. I can't wait to see where Montgomery Ink Legacy takes me.
I was provided an Advanced Reader Copy and am voluntarily providing an honest review.
