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Title: Second Chance
Author: BJ Harvey
Series: Chances #2 (Interconnected Standalone)
Genre: Angsty Contemporary Romance
Publishing Date: June 28th, 2018
Blurb
In this hot new angsty romance from USA Today bestselling author BJ Harvey, the once-burned-forever-commitment-shy best friend from One Shot faces her own moral dilemma of the heart When life gives me lemons, I always make lemonade. Living every day like it could be my last, I'm content with the choices I've made and do so unapologetically. With a relationship that makes me happy, and a job that I love, life is good. But when the man I've just agreed to marry, has his estranged wife and five-year-old daughter turn up on his doorstep, I'm not the only one reevaluating things. He didn’t plan for that—and I didn’t plan for my childhood sweetheart to return, wanting me back. Sometimes lemons can be sour, sometimes they can be sweet, and sometimes, all it takes is a second chance to make things right again. You just need to get that second chance in the first place. [if !supportLineBreakNewLine] [endif]
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Prologue
Grabbing life by the short and curlies is usually my deal. It’s not the deal of the man kneeling at my feet, a black velvet box in his hand with the platinum ring inside almost as bright as the diamond it holds. He’s the cool, calm, and collected one. The ‘take it easy so Gaby doesn’t freak out’ one. He’s not a man I thought would ever do this.
“What are you doing?” I whisper.
He looks up from where he kneels, his sly grin making my heart stop. “Living in the moment, Gabs.”
Bruno is a one-of-a-kind guy, a once-in-a-lifetime chance any woman shouldn’t—and wouldn’t—give up. But I’m not any woman and in this one move he’s taking the poker hand that is me, disregarding the odds, doubling down, and going all in.
Three hours ago, I was comfortable. I had nothing to worry about beyond the orgasm I was chasing.
Looking into his gorgeous eyes, the ones that are normally both soft and intense, they’re now fierce, tinged with a sliver of uncertainty. His jaw is tense; his body is wired.
How did I get to this point, and how did I not see it coming? Things have been good—fucking brilliant, actually—but this development was never on the cards. Why did he have to go and ruin a good thing?
“Bruno…” I say, my voice a hushed whisper. I don’t want to do this here. In fact, I don’t want do this at all. I got close once and vowed never to again. Not just with Bruno, but with anyone.
“Gaby, this is me telling you I wanna be the last man you’ll ever want and need. This is me telling the world that I love you and want my ring on your finger and yours on mine.”
I look up, scanning the room for Kenzie who’s standing off to the side. Her eyes are glued on me, her hand covering her mouth. I silently plead with her, hoping she’ll save me from making this into a scene no one wants to see—one where I break a man’s heart and cut him off at the knees with a rejection we can never come back from.
She shakes her head ever so slightly. I read it straight away. My heart pounds, my lungs seize, and my throat tightens until it’s damn near shut. I can’t do this here. I can’t do this anywhere, but definitely not in front of all of my family and friends.
My entire body is shaking and to anyone else, I’m sure it looks like I’m simply overcome with emotion. I am, just not the right one for this moment.
Reaching out, Bruno takes my right hand and laces his fingers with mine, his pleading eyes boring into me.
It must seem inevitable.
Surprise party? Check.
Family, friends—everyone close to us? Check.
The man I’m living with? Check.
The man I love pledging his life to me? Apparently so.
But despite the deafening silence in the room, every cell in my body is screaming at me to run and hide.
Then, as if in a moment of clarity, I hatch an escape plan, a way to save face and shield Bruno from the humiliation of a no when the only answer he wants to hear is a yes.
I’ll explain later, when we’re at home and alone and I can make him understand that everything is fine between us without that.
With one last glance at Kenz, I look down at Bruno.
I swallow hard, suffocating on the word threatening to catch in my throat. I hope he forgives me for this. He has to.
“Yes.” My voice is a rough whisper. His expression morphs into one of pure, unadulterated joy.
Amongst a roar of cheers and applause, he launches to his feet. He wraps his arms around me and lifts me up, swinging my body from side to side before crashing his lips to mine and kissing the living shit out of me. I kiss him back, holding on tight and pouring everything I have into it. It’s all I can do in the moment—give him whatever I can so that when all is said and done, after I’ve ripped his heart out and stomped all over it, there’ll be a slim chance he’ll still believe me when I say I love him.
When I tell him I can’t possibly marry him, but still want to be with him.
Stranger things have happened, right?
He lowers me down to my feet, grabbing hold of my hand and sliding the diamond ring onto my finger. It’s stunning, and despite resenting the institution of marriage, there’s no way I can deny the beauty of his gift.
It’s just not for me.
My eyes burn with unshed tears as he puts his thumb under my chin and gently tilts my gaze to meet his. I register an unrecognizable female voice behind me. “I’m looking for Bruno Duncan.”
Bruno goes impossibly still, his attention locked over my shoulder.
I try to turn around to see what’s going on but his arms shoot out, his hands framing my shoulders. “Gaby, whatever’s about to happen, promise me you’ll let me explain,” he says roughly, his voice laced with a desperation I’ve never heard from him—or anyone—before.
“What’s going—”
“No! I’m not going until I speak to him,” the woman shouts.
I step out of Bruno’s reach and spin around just as the man himself moves past me and walks over to the front door and a stunning blonde woman. She’s not anyone I’ve seen before. She’s dressed nicely, her gold hair tied up in a high ponytail, her face perfectly made up. But she’s definitely not someone invited to the party. Not going by the way she’s dressed anyway. One hand is on her hip, and the other is gesticulating in the air to Millen, whose lips are moving but his words are not registering with me.
Bruno stops in front of them, his shoulders pulled back, and even from twenty feet away I can see he’s on alert. The blonde waves her arm toward me, and as much as I’d love to walk towards them, my lead feet would make that impossible right now.
Kenzie moves to my side and wraps an arm around my waist, having my back, side, and front, as always. “Who’s that?”
“You tell me and we’ll both know,” I mutter.
“You have to leave, Tate. This is a private event,” Bruno says, his voice of the ‘don’t fuck with me’ variety.
I still when I realize he called her by her name. He knows her.
“We need to talk, Bruno.”
“Not. Fucking. Here. And not tonight. Actually, not. fucking. ever, Tate.”
She looks over his shoulder to me, narrowing her eyes as they drop from my face to my ring finger. With a pale face she looks back at Bruno. The room goes deathly quiet, and I stand there, waiting with bated breath for whatever is about to happen next.
“Well, isn’t that a nice way to speak to your wife and the mother of your child?”
And for the second time in my entire thirty-two years of life, my world stops spinning.
Review
Oh holy heaven! BJ Harvey has ruined me with this magisterial masterpiece! Second Chance is the second installment in the Chances Series. In my opinion this book is the hottest and most tempting book in the series. It has the right amount of sinful passion and forbidden temptation. All wrapped in a sizzling cover. This book is the kind of book that makes you believe in second chances (personally I'm not a fan of them) but if life gives you good books to read, you must devour them like the good book addict you are. Amen!
Sometimes all it takes to fall in love with a book is a well developed plot and wonderful characters. This book exceeds all expectations I had. The plot is refreshingly different and original. It has the right quantity of drama and the passion, lust and love is overwhelming! Everything screams perfection.
BJ Harvey has done an excellent work! She never disappoints her readers. She penned an all-consuming story that makes you want more and more. It hooks you from the beginning and at the end you will lose a piece of yourself because Gabrielle and Bruno's story is ardent, hot, forbidden and deeply strong. It is about second chances, friendship, trust, forgiveness and redemption. In the past both were battered by love however their souls mended in a fierce way without knowing it.
Trust and love are always complex. There is not love without trust and there is not trust without love. Both are earned one time and once you lost them you can't recover them. It takes time. Life is never easy and love is a tricky feeling that twists your insides in a powerful way.
Gabrielle and Bruno's journey is a discovery of trust, love and absolution. Gabrielle is an independent strong woman who knows what she wants. She doesn't trust easily and her soul and body betrayed her once and it lead her to a heartbroken. After that she built a wall to protect herself but Bruno will make her weak and strong at the same time. To trust or not to trust, that's her question when Bruno is near to destroy every wall that guards her heart. Bruno tempts her. He is overwhelming and sexy AF and she can't think straight when he is near. He clouded her mind with his possessive attitude. Will she fall into the temptation for a second chance? Will she be able to share her body and not her heart? He may hurt her, he may break her, but he could also be the key to a future she denied to herself all those years ago.
The chemistry between Gabrielle and Bruno is hot and reckless and totally addictive. Bruno is and addition, he is the kind of man that consumes you and makes you grow desperate to get another hit of him. He also has a broken heart but Gabrielle calm him and makes him desperate. Both are the perfect match. At first it was lust and attraction but later it will turn into something more deeply and powerful that will burn their insides.
Second Chance is definitely my favourite flavour of the month. I highly recommend you to read it. It is a must read for those readers who loves raw romance and strong and complex characters. BJ Harvey's writing is sizzling forbidden and brilliantly addictive. Once you start reading her book you won't be able to stop. She is a talented lady that knows how to play with her readers in a marvellous ways. Her male characters are always hot AF and her heroines are strong independent women. Insanely perfect!
Rating
Five cautious and addictive stars! This book takes the Second Chance Romance to a new level!
In the Series:
One Shot (Chances #1) on sale for 99c
About the Author
BJ Harvey is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Bliss Series. She regards herself as a smut peddler, suspense conjurer, and a funny romance thinker upper. An avid music fan, you will always find her singing some hit song badly and loving every minute of it. She’s a wife, a mom to two beautiful girls, and hails from what she considers as the best country in the world—New Zealand—although she currently lives in Perth, Australia.
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