Mine to Love by Natasha Madison is live!

Funny and heartfelt, this one really brings the feels as a woman who is terrified to love is forced to confront her feelings for the man who is desperately in love with her – her brother’s best friend. It’s a friends to lovers with a surprise pregnancy, and so much emotion, and I absolutely loved it!

 

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Blurb

Presley
After my sisters’ disastrous weddings, I’m never going to get married.
I’ll just stay single forever.
It doesn’t matter that I’m in love with my brother’s best friend.
Or that Bennett and I shouldn’t even be friends with benefits.
Until the positive sign tells me I’m pregnant.

Bennett
I fell in love with Presley when she was eighteen and asked me for a favor.
She didn’t want to go to college a virgin.
I said no, but she kissed me, and I was lost in her.
Years later, I’ll take her with any rules she gives me.
She thinks this is just a fling. She’s wrong.
Because she’s always been mine to love.

 

 

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Review

“She’s always been mine. Now it’s time to show her.”

4.5 stars!

The fourth book in the Southern Wedding series, this is a gorgeous read! Funny and heartfelt, this one really brings the feels as a woman who is terrified to love is forced to confront her feelings for the man who is desperately in love with her – her brother’s best friend. It’s a friends to lovers with a surprise pregnancy, and so much emotion, and I absolutely loved it!

This book is a little different from the others in the series in that we have an established sort-of couple; Presley and Bennett are already wildly in love with each other… they’ve just never admitted it to each other. Presley grew up with Bennett as a part of her life, as he is the best friend her older brother, Travis. She asked him to take her virginity when she was 18, and given his feelings for at the time, he whole-heartedly agreed. In the 12 years since, they would hook up whenever they were in the same place at the same time, but Presley made it clear that she has no intention of falling in love or getting married, so they both knew that nothing further would happen between them. Now, Bennett has moved back home and things between them have stepped up a notch – they are hooking up regularly, even with the odd sleepover, but Presley is determined to keep things strictly casual. Until a positive pregnancy test changes everything.

Bennett is all in – he always has been – and up until now he’s respected Presley’s limits. In fact, he loves her independence, as frustrating as their situation has been for him. But now that there is a baby on the way, it’s time for everything to be out in the open, and for them to finally stop messing around.

“She called herself a lone wolf … You think she’s going to be open to marrying me?”
“Not a chance,” he admits to me, taking his own pull of his beer. “She’s going to fight you the whole fucking way.”
“Oh, I know.” I smile.

It’s a great set-up, and even though there’s so much history between these two that we don’t actually get to witness, I was feeling it all right away, and absolutely love these two together. Their chemistry is wild, their passion for each other intense, and even though they’ve never said the words, their love for each other is so clear to see. There’s lots of banter and flirtiness, and when the pregnancy comes along, it’s even better. I love a surprise baby story, and the way that Bennett is prepared to take on whatever Presley throws at him is great!

“I’ve always wanted you to be happy regardless of us” – he emphasizes the word – “having a baby together” … “For the rest of your life, my main concern is taking care of you both.” He stares into my eyes while he says the words. “Period. That’s my job. To take care of you and our children.”

As excited as I was to read this book, I was also really nervous. Knowing Presley’s stance on love and relationships, I could predict the drama to come, and oh, it hurt! I was initially so annoyed with her – she has a wonderful man who is in love with her, and fully devoted to her, yet she continuously pushes him away! This kind of behaviour can kill a book for me, however I really love the way that Natasha Madison handled this storyline.

“I’m scared.” I say those two words that I’ve never said in my whole life. Two words that make me feel the most vulnerable.
He puts his forefinger under my chin and lifts my head to look into my eyes. “You don’t ever have to be scared when you are with me.”

Presley’s whole world is changing, and she has a lot that she needs to deal with – and that includes finally looking at her life and figuring out what she truly wants. It’s an emotional journey for her, and despite my initial anger towards her, I really came to feel for her. She’s so afraid, and her moment of clarity when she realises that, and what she’s potentially missing out on, is so, so good. Their coming together may be hard fought-for, but it’s pretty epic. Heartfelt and swoony, it was everything I was hoping it would be, and I had the biggest, cheesiest grin on my face.

“I’ve loved you for the past twelve years” … “With every single fiber of my being, I love you.”

Through it all, Presley’s sisters are there for her. We get to see all of the characters from the previous books, which I loved, and they all continued to make me laugh. Never ones to be shy, they are there for both Presley and Bennett, and as supportive as they are of their sister, they still manage to say what we’re all thinking.

“Did you tell him how you felt, or are you still a dumbass?”

I loved this book. Like the earlier books in the series, it’s fun, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, but it also brings the feels, and I loved the emotion in this one.

“I promise that if you give me another chance, I will make it worth it” … “ I’m sorry.” I smile as the tears roll down. “I’m so sorry.”
He puts his forehead on mine. “It’s about fucking time.”

It’s a beautiful love story that made me laugh and cry, with an epilogue that left me laughing, and a hint of things to come, and I’m so excited for the next book in the series.

4.5 stars.

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

 

 

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About the Author

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

 

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