TITLE: One More Chance
AUTHOR: Loren Beeson
SERIES: Topica Bay
SERIES ORDER: 3
RELEASE DAY: 9/12/2023
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
CW/TW: attempted SA, mentions of self harm
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
BLURB:
𝙰𝚝 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝙻𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚅-𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚢, 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸'𝚖 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝.
𝙽𝚘, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝙸 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍.
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝙶𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙽𝚘𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜, 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜.
𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜—𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.
☀️ Second chance romance
☀️ Who hurt you
☀️ Protective hero
☀️ Touch her and die
☀️ It's always been you
MY REVIEW:
DISCLAIMER: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
You know what makes a great author? When they can take a character that you dislike and make you love them!
I’ve been a fan of Loren Beeson’s since her Betting on Love series. I think every book she puts out is phenomenal, and I’ve been blessed to be a part of her ARC team! I’ve loved her Topica Bay series and when she started teasing us with Book #3 (One More Chance), I was hooked! I love a good Second Chance romance and who doesn’t love it when the heroine or hero goes absolutely feral at the idea of another woman or man harming the other? Also, Loren really knows how to create a sexy and fun story! (Some of the teasers she put out were steamy!!!!) So when the ARC landed in my Kindle, I was all too happy to start reading it, until I met the heroine Penelope.
If you’ve read my reviews, or looked at the review policy on my blog, you know I have a low tolerance for heroines. They can really make or break a story for me. I don’t really know what it is, maybe jealousy on my part?, but I’m starting to realize that I’m being unfairly judgmental to some fictional characters lol. Anyway, I really loved the character growth that Penelope (and Logan) went through in this book, and how perfect they ended up being for each other! Loren uses flashbacks to give us a glimpse of Logan and Penelope in the past when they first fell in love with each other, and it really enhances their story!
In addition to Penelope and Logan, I just love the island of Topica Bay and all it’s characters! Loren’s created such imagery with her words that sometimes I feel like I am right there with the characters!
I think everyone should read this book (especially if you like second chance romance.) It’s definitely one of my favorites and I can’t wait to read more!
Thank you Loren for the advance copy!