Release Package: In This Life by Cora Brent

Title: In This Life

Author: Cora Brent

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: May 15, 2018

KATHLEEN 

Things I know about Nash Ryan: 

Loner.

Unpredictable.

Wickedly hot.

Unforgiving.

Probably not the kind of man anyone should trust with an infant.

Definitely not the kind of man any woman should trust with her heart.

When Nash returned to town for the sake of his baby brother I thought I already understood who he was. 

I also thought I was done giving my heart away until he proved otherwise.

But we don’t stand a chance. 

Everything is ready to unravel.

And the secrets I’ve kept will be our undoing.

NASH 

This isn’t the first time I’ve known tragedy. 

Maybe that’s why I’ve chosen to remain alone. 

But my life of solitude ends now because a terrible twist of fate has made me

the guardian of my four-month-old brother. 

Suddenly I’ve got a kid to raise and a family business to save and there’s no time for anything else. 

That’s why Kathleen Doyle and I made this arrangement. 

Once a skinny nerd girl who used to follow me around everywhere, she’s now a single mom with flaming hair, a killer body and too many responsibilities. 

We told each other it was just sex. 

We told each other there were no strings attached, no expectations. 

We lied. 

And the consequences will cost us. 

But I’m not surrendering this new family without a battle. 

Because in this life we might only get one chance to have it all.

We told each other there were no strings attached, no expectations. 

We lied. 

And the consequences will cost us. 

But no matter what’s at stake I have no intention of giving up on this family. 

Because in this life we might only have once chance to get it right...

Cora Brent was born in a cold climate and escaped as soon as it was legally possible. Now, she lives in the desert with her husband, two kids and a prickly pear cactus she has affectionately named ‘Spot’. Cora’s closet is filled with boxes of unfinished stories that date back her 1980’s childhood and all her life she has dreamed of being an author. Amazingly, she is now a New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and begs not to be awakened from this dream.

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***** MY REVIEW *****

Go on an emotional journey with Nash and Katherine.  These characters have to deal with sad things, but they are able to become friends and how they went from friends to more than…was phenomenal. Nash is a 25 year old man that has just become the guardian to his infant brother while Kat is a 23 year single mother who gave up on her true love and has embraced being a mother as her true love in life now. Emma knew Nash in high school and had a huge crush on him. They end up crossing paths when she stepped in to look after this little baby until the guardian arrived and that guardian happened to be Nash.  Nash has no friends in town and Kathleen is about the only person he can ask for help. Katherine could have left him struggling but she chose to do the right thing and she helps him out. Nash sees how beautiful she is and he wonders can there be some added benefits –like friends with benefits ? As the story progresses, you see Katherine and Nash really embracing the friendship angle while afraid to take things further because hearts could get involved. Tragedy is what brings these two together and yet their friendship is what is keeping them together and their slow burn romance is so beautiful. Their romance isn’t insta-love and instant, what the readers get is two people who haven’t had the greatest luck in love and are leary of opening their hearts again and now with children in the mix, putting them in the middle but yet they still slowly dip their toes back in the water and the sparks are fantastic. The love that slowly grows between them heals the broken cracks in their souls and hearts and lets love enter the picture and let love bloom in the most beautiful and heartwarming way. Ms. Brent has written a most outstanding love story with likeable and heartfelt characters. All I can say is hold on for the ride, its going to be on you will remember.

My Rating:  4.6 stars *****

“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."