By: Carrie Ann Ryan
Recommendation: 🌕🌕🌕🌕 - (Out of 5 🌕)
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance
Length: 380 Pages
Trope: (Lovers to) Enemies to Lovers
***Last book in the series. Book 3 of 3.***
'Country western anthems are written about women like Paisley Renee, loved them and lost them, didn't love them and left them, but in the end learned that she really didn't need them, she was enough and when the time was right, real love would come without looking.'
The Cassidy siblings have not had great examples for how a relationship should properly function. Their parents, Julia and Gerald, have been married and divorced two times and are planning their third wedding. To make matters worse, each time the Cassidy's split, their children would also be forced to separate. Their mother would take their sister Greer to live with her while all three boys lived with their father.
At one time August Cassidy thought he had found the woman of his dreams. He and Paisley had married young. They had also divorced young. He was a high school chemistry teacher. It was all he wanted to be. Could he have done more with his Chemistry degree, of course, but teaching was it for him. Paisley was going places. She was dedicated, had drive, was ambitious and smart. She was destined to be a success. That was why August had walked away from their marriage; he never wanted to bring her down.
Paisley Cassidy Renee was a multi-millionaire before the age of thirty. Was she incredibly successful in her business dealings? Yes. Sadly, wealth and success alone does not make for a happy life. Having just signed the divorce papers for her second marriage, Paisley vows to never get married again. She obviously is a failure in love and she never wanted to be like Julia and Gerald Cassidy; thrice married and thrice divorced. Unfortunately for Paisley, her two best friends have married the brothers of her first husband, August. When everyone gets together, Paisley and August must make nice and be social. The sad truth is that there is a reason that Paisley never dropped 'Cassidy' from her name, she never stopped loving August.
More than enemies to lovers, 'Second Chance Husband' is a lovers to enemies to lovers romance. I absolutely love Paisley. She is the exact right mix of ice queen, doting auntie, and loving friend. She is a philanthropist who strives to make others just as successful in life as she has come to be. At the same time she is not going to let anyone change her for their own life purposes. August is a little tougher to love. When he left Paisley he didn't actually do it in the best manner. He never explained why. I will admit, the scenes in the book with him and his two adorable nieces melted my heart; he is wrapped around those girls fingers. I also loved that even though he and Paisley were not on the best of terms, August stuck up for Paisley and went very alpha male when he discovered what a true jerk her second husband had been. This is the series finale and I am glad for the happily-ever-afters, I am sad to see we have come to the end. The Cassidy's went out with a bang and my favorite trope of all time, a true enemies to lovers story.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
'Second Chance Husband' releases October 7, 2024.
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