Take a Chance With Me, a gorgeously romantic friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend story, is live!

 

 

A friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!

 

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Blurb

A friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!

Cameron Cox has mastered the art of keeping secrets. His talent for computer hacking means he’s been recruited for highly classified jobs since leaving the military. He travels the world, risking his life. But his biggest secret isn’t from a government job or a foreign spy.

It’s Maggie O’Callaghan.

He’s loved her from afar, always standing by as the friend. He’s been her rock through the hardest days of her life. But after his dangerous past comes crashing into his life and threatens the only woman he’s ever loved, he has a choice to make.
Give up the secrets and win her heart.

Or watch Maggie walk away with his.

 

 

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Review

4 stars

A gorgeously romantic friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend story that is sweet, swoony and sexy, I loved this one!

This is the final book in The O’Callaghans sub-series within the With Me in Seattle series – the story of five Irish/American siblings living on an island off the coast of Seattle, all of them up in each other’s lives.

Maggie is the youngest of the O’Callaghan siblings. She had a disaster of a marriage that spectacularly imploded, and in the two years since her husband’s death, she’s done everything she can to try and forget about him and move on with her life. Complicating that is her eldest brother’s best friend, Cameron. He grew up as a de facto member of the family but due to his job he is a bit of a mysterious character. He and Maggie have been dancing around each other over the last few books, and I was so ready to watch them finally come together.

Cameron is in love with Maggie, and has been for years. He’s always been there for her, and the end of her marriage finally saw them have a chance. But their one and only attempt at going there ended badly, and even though he has remained hopeful, Maggie has angrily avoided him ever since.

I love her fiery personality, but it frustrates the hell out of me.
If I weren’t completely and utterly in love with her, I’d walk away.

But their feelings for each other can’t be ignored indefinitely, and they soon find themselves finally addressing their past and confronting their attraction in chemistry-filled scenes that had me squeeing with excitement.

“Look, as sexy as you are, and as much as I want you, I’m not interested in just sex with you, Mags.”
“What are you interested in?”
I lean in, kissing her cheek. “More.”

Cam is just gorgeous! Sexy and swoony, he is all in with Maggie, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to have her in his life. He holds nothing back from her as he eases her into the idea of a relationship, he’s caring and thoughtful, and so freaking romantic! And holy hot damn, the man is confident and bossy in bed. Maggie is a lucky girl.

“I want to spend time with you, indulge her, spoil her a bit … she deserves to know what it feels like to be with someone who’s crazy about her.”

It’s natural, and seems effortless as their friendship develops into something so much more, and I love how the entire family is on board when these two finally get together. Cam is there for Maggie as she deals with her past once and for all, and is by her side as she takes important steps forward, supporting and encouraging her like the perfect man that he is, and I was lost in a swoony dreamland as I watched them find their happy together.

“You’re mine … And I’m yours until the day I die.”

There is a bit of drama, which honestly felt a bit contrived. I mean, the set up was there from the beginning, so we knew what was going to happen, but it happened so quickly, was resolved so quickly, and then it was just over and forgotten about. I don’t think it was necessary, and would have preferred it to get dealt with in another way. But still, the story ends in a great place with a wonderful epilogue that provides closure for the entire Callaghan family, and I finished this book with a big smile on my face.

4 stars.

An Advanced Review Audio Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

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About Kristen

Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow,
a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series. 

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.

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