Fate kept placing Emma Campbell and Jake Fox in each others paths.
Fate also kept putting overwhelming obstacles in their way.
What fate didn’t realize is that Jake and Emma share a connection that is stronger than circumstance.
An intense bond that threatens everything they thought they knew about themselves, one that is only made stronger by a perfect day.
A perfect day where they both … where they both surrendered to the force of their feelings for one another.
A perfect day that ended in darkness and tragedy.
Jake is missing.
Emma is lost.
Lost in grief; lost in hopelessness.
Will fate finally grant them a chance to be together or will it tear them apart?
This is the second part in the “Love by Numbers” series and is a continuation of the story that began in “Nineteen”.
It is not to be read as a standalone.
Suitable for readers 18+ due to scenes of a sexual nature
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A brilliant conclusion to the duet. I read this as soon as I was finished with Nineteen; I literally couldn’t wait to read what happened next.
Emma’s strength and resilience in the face of adversity is amazing. She’s a survivor, refusing to be bowed down by what life throws her way.
Jake finally learns how it feels to put someone else before himself. He completely changes his life in order to have Emma with him all the time.
The book takes you through a whole range of emotions in just a few pages. Happiness, despair, relief: my heart could barely stand it. The love between these characters is everything.
A joy to read.
So this book follows on from Nineteen’s cliff hanger, so if you haven’t read nineteen you need to go back and start with that (its totally worth it!)
I love Jake and Emma, I don’t want to spoil this story so I would say just dive in, there’s heaps of love, lust and romance in this book, but also the focus on the bonds of friendships and family are still strong. The quality of the writing is amazing as always with ES Carter, she sweeps you along and you feel like these characters are your friends as you go through every emotion with them.
The dual POV and the depth of the secondary characters keep things moving at a swift pace, we see more of Emma’s strength and resilience come through in this book. She seems to have come out of her shell and found her place in the world.
I loved it, and would recommend it to any lover of contemporary romance, or quality writing.
Twenty-one is book 2 in the Love by the Numbers series and is not a standalone. It starts right where Nineteen dropped me off the cliff! Once again I’m thrown into emotional turmoil not knowing which direction is up.
After a huge heart wrenching twist, the book settles into an amazing love story that surprised me at every turn. Each time I thought that I knew what would happen or how anyone might react to a situation these two amazing main characters, Emma and Jake, proved to me that they didn’t need to make bad decisions or force drama to keep me interested and invested in the story.
“Let me carry your scarred heart in mine” another kiss above the swell of my breast “Let me take care of it until the scars fade” another kiss to the other side of my breast, “Then once it is stronger than it ever has been before”, a kiss to my ribs, “Let me keep it there, safe, protected, cherished, adored.”
I love how this story is so unpredictable! I was kept on my toes always unable to guess what might happen next or how a character might react.
ES Carter left us hanging with that ending in her previous book (NINETEEN) but with this one I forgive her.We find out how Emma and Jake finally have their happy ending.I really enjoyed the story.It is a perfect mix of true love,hot sex and a bit of drama.
I can’t wait to read more about the other characters.