Title: Waiting for Forever
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Hope Valley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
After a bitter divorce had left him jaded and cynical, Leo Drake thought he was done. To him, love and happiness were myths. Then the shy, sweet, coffee shop owner looked up at him with those big gray eyes and beautiful smile, and he was done for.
Danika Parrish had been the nerdy girl growing up. The girl who sat in her window, watching the boy across the street, and secretly longing for the day when he might notice her. When that day finally came, she was convinced all her dreams had come true. But after giving her everything she’d ever hoped for, he’d ripped it all away with a handful of words.
Leo’s made a lot of mistakes in his life, but the one he regrets most is hurting Danika. For the first time in his life, he knows what it feels like to love someone, to truly be happy, and he’ll do whatever it takes to win her back. He’s determined to prove to her that he’s worth a second chance. That he’s the forever she’s been waiting all her life for.
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We were both sweaty and panting like we’d just run a marathon. Releasing my breast and hip, he reached for my hands and gently pried my fingers from the headboard. I would have collapsed onto the mattress in a sated heap had it not been for him holding on to me and guiding me down slowly.
Once there, he turned me to my back and hovered over me, his fingers coming up to brush the damp hair from my forehead.
“You okay, sweetheart?”
I gazed up at him, sure my grin was totally goofy as I replied, “So okay.”
The harshness that had been carved into his expression when he first entered the room was now completely gone, in its place was a look so tender and so warm it made my heart expand.
“Thank you for that,” he said quietly, leaning in to run the tip of his nose along mine.
“Pretty sure I’m the one who should be thanking you. After all, you did most of the heavy lifting.”
He chuckled for a second before his expression grew serious. “I mean it, Danika. I needed that. I needed you. That’s the brand of sweet only you’re capable of giving me because it’s just how you are.”
It had to be said that I really liked hearing that in a seriously big way
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ -1/2
Danika has been in love with Leo since she was a little girl watching him across the street from her bedroom window.
They weren't friends growing up and for the most part Leo didn't notice her. They didn't have the same circle of friends or the same interests or anything.
Now they are grown up and Leo is noticing Danika. Everything is going great until their insecurities and demons (inner and outer) wreak havoc on Danika's ultimate dream come true.
I loved the heroine in this story! I loved that Danika bit back when she needed to but didn't resort to pettiness. She's a sweet, loving person. Do I wish she would have made Leo work for it a little more? Of course! But that's not Danika's personality.
Leo - I liked him for the most part. I didn't like him when he went off the handle. Had Danika rolled over, I would have DNF'ed. He did something in a previous story in front of Danika that put a bad taste in my mouth. I wish this would have been resolved between him and Danika, but it wasn't.
There were some minor issues that I had with this story. I'm noticing a trend of the characters using the same pet names in each story. These characters also used their pet names for each other more than their own.
I love this series! I love watching everyone's stories unfold and develop. It's one of my current favorites and each time Jessica Prince releases information for her next Hope Valley story, I get excited!
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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.
Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.
In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.
Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.
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