This book is a standalone. Each book in the series follows a different couple.I can already see the headlines: “Alexander Westbrook Buries Sorrows In Charity Work.”No thanks. I don’t want to be another one of those Hollywood actors, all PR and no heart.For me, giving back is the best part of fame, and to use my trip to the group home to get good press would taint that. Besides, my sister’s been … that. Besides, my sister’s been bugging me nonstop to find something–or someone–to distract me from the failed engagement to my former co-star.
Enter Summer Bennett, volunteer at St Anne’s and certified believer in happy endings.
Spending time with her out of the spotlight is a sweet relief from my typical tabloid-ready life back in Los Angeles. The idea of spending the next two weeks with her is too good to turn down. Her entire body responds to a simple smile from me, and mine is helpless to resist her either.
My studio contract doesn’t allow me to have a relationship until my newest movie is out. But I can’t keep my hands to myself. Our secret kisses and whispered conversations have sparked a fire we’re powerless to extinguish. How can I possibly turn our two weeks into something endless?
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I loved reading about this family….This book was my favorite because the youngest Bennett finally found love. Seeing how each couple grew throughout every book was great. I really liked Summer she was fun and sweet.
Your Endless Love by Layla Hagen is the final book in The Bennett Family series, so it was a bittersweet story. I love the Bennett family and have thoroughly enjoyed all their stories and their happily ever afters. Each book in the series is like a family reunion, and I loved catching up with all the Bennett siblings, their spouses, and their children. I love Jenna Bennett, the matriarch of the Bennett family and all the sage advice that she has always given to her children. I love how Layla Hagen writes in the first person and that she writes from the perspective of the main characters. Once again Layla Hagen has proven that she is an incredible story teller. Your Endless Love is the story of the baby of the family, Summer, the artist and movie star Alexander “Alex” Westbrook. Summer asks her brother, Daniel to set up a meeting with Alex regarding volunteering at St. Anne’s, a group home. Alex recently relocated to San Francisco to be closer to his sister and her family. As Summer shows him around San Francisco, they share a kiss. Because of a clause in his contract with the studio, Alex cannot date anyone and cannot be spotted with anyone. Summer is heading to camp for two weeks in Lake Tahoe with the children from St. Anne’s. Alex volunteers to go to Lake Tahoe with Summer and the children. While in Tahoe, things change between Summer and Alex. Your Endless Love contains all the usual bittersweet and poignant moments that Layla Hagen includes in all her stories along with her plot twists. Layla Hagen has created wonderful characters and incredible stories for all the Bennett family members, but Your Endless Love was the most bittersweet since it was the last story in the series. I loved Summer’s happily ever after.
* A review copy was provided by the author for the Blog Tour *
So we have come to the end of the Bennett Family Series. I am sad to see this series end. I have absolutely LOVED every single book in this series.
Your Endless Love is Summer Bennett’s turn to find her HEA. It’s the 9th and final book in Layla Hagen’s Bennett Family Series. I thought this was the perfect ending to this already AMAZING series. We finally got to see the youngest Bennett find her Happily Ever After. The flow and pace of this story was perfect. I liked that she took some time getting Summer and Alex to know each other and form a friendship first. This story is a standalone but I truly believe this series needs to be read in order to get the full effect of the family dynamic. Your Endless Love is told in Dual POV.
In this book we follow the journey of Summer and Alex. Summer as I said is the youngest of the Bennett family. I loved Summer from the very beginning and I couldn’t be happier with how her story turned out. Even though Summer is the youngest of the family, she was strong willed and knew how to stand up for herself. Alex is an A-list movie star who has just moved to San Francisco to be closer to his sister and her family. Alex knows the Bennett family through Daniel’s adventure company. So Daniel introduces them because Alex has agreed to visit St. Anne’s, an orphanage that Summer volunteers, Summer can’t help but swoon over Alex. This visit starts a friendship between them. But what happens when things move further and stronger feelings become involved?? Can Summer and Alex have a HEA with his career in the spotlight?? Read this story to find out.
I thought this was the perfect closure for this family series. I loved seeing all of the other Bennett’s and the ones they fell in love with in this story. I loved that Layla still kept the close net family theme going in this book. The Bennett clan are always there for each other and each book stands as a testament to that. I also liked that she introduced some new characters into this story with Valentina and the other Connor family members (The Bennett family cousins from the mother’s side). I think we might get a spin off series soon…I hope so!!!!
So if you are a fan of family sagas and want to meet an amazing family, then you need to read this story. The Bennett family will capture you heart just like it did mine. I know I am going to miss this family. I will be reading these books again in the future.
Summer and Alex have an amazing steamy romance. Love this family
Summer Bennett, the baby of the family, finally gets her happily ever after. She has been such a force as her siblings all found love that I feel like she thought it wouldn’t happen for her. Her dating life has been a challenge with some infamous experiences. When she enlists the help of her brother Daniel to have Alex Westbrook to make an appearance for a charity that she supports, she never expects the sparks to fly. Alex has just moved to San Francisco after wrapping a movie and is looking to stay low key. When he agreed to help Daniel’s sister, he never expects the spitfire he meets in Summer. As much as she is trying to contain her inner fangirl, she also doesn’t have a problem putting Alex in his place which is a welcome surprise for him. He jumps at the opportunity to spend more time with her at a summer camp for the kids. Summer and Alex are a fun couple. I love Summer’s spunk and positive attitude. She is a ray of light to all she meets and walks into Alex’s life at just the right time for him. I have truly enjoyed the Bennett family series and love that we ended with Summer’s story.
I don’t know what to say about this apart from I loved it. Summer is the last of the Bennett siblings to get her happily ever after, and I feel sad to see the end of them. But I am hoping the author has plans for the cousins of the Bennett clan.
Throughout this story, I found myself smiling at the interactions between Summer and Alex. I just loved how open and honest they were with each other from the very start. Sometimes, I don’t want angst in my book, just a lovely story of how people meet and fall in love, and I personally felt that this book fit the bill for me.
Looking forward to reading more from one of my favourite authors.
I was given a copy of this book from the author.
The Bennett Family series is one I won’t get tired of reading. These people know how to look after one another and those they fall for are definitely interesting characters. This particular novel features the baby in the Bennett Family: Summer.
Summer is a curator at an art museum. She loves her job and does will with bringing in big exibitions for the gallery. Her boss is someone of a pain in no one enjoys the attude the womans gives. Summer is often reminding her of what she brings to the gallery so the boss stays off her case.
Summer’s brother works with a lot of celebrities and Alexander Westbrook just happens to be one of them. He’s Hollywood’s heartthrob and is having a bit of bad press at the moment with a typical Hollywood breakup. He’s sworn off relationships not only personally but professionally as well. That is until he meets Summer.
These two have the best time forming their relationship. I enjoyed reading their getting to know you moments and their drama. It has to be terribly hard to date an actor when you’re not one yourself. Though there are benefits of not being in the spotlight – there’s no pressure for the non-actor to always conform to what Hollywood wants. You can just be yourself.
I think that’s the best part of their friendship then relationship in this book. Alex and Summer learn to be themselves with each other. Then to be who they want to the public. It’s a great story. I hope it’s one you enjoy as well.
Summer Bennett is a romantic, she’s helped many of her siblings find the one, but doesn’t hold out hopes for herself after many failed attempts. She’s content to lather her family with love and affection and spread the love where she can, including a group home where love is lacking. Enter Alex Westbrook he’s a Hollywood heartthrob wanting to give back, he’s nothing like Summer imagined and everything she could want, and Alex thinks the same of Summer, if only he hadn’t signed a contract forbidding a relationship between them, or with anyone. Can they overcome the hurdles they face? Can love truly conquer all?
In the summer of 2017, I was introduced to Layla Hagen and her Bennett Family Series in a takeover Layla did in Brenna Aubrey’s reader group on Facebook, and I am so grateful because this series has become one of my very favourites. Each book is different and stands by itself but is connected to the overall series. They’re each beautiful, charming, funny and sexy. Every time I read (or listened) to a new one it felt like a visit from a friend, or better yet… family. I felt like I was made a part of their family, an honorary adopted Bennett if you will. Which makes this review extremely bittersweet for me, I wanted to read it so bad but at the same time I wanted to make it last, I knew Summer’s book was going to be the last in the Bennett Family series, but still, I hoped I wouldn’t have to say goodbye to them.
Layla’s writing is captivating and even though I’ve just finished I want to reread/ listen to them all again. And you know what? Once the final couple of books are out on Audio that’s exactly what I’m going to do, have a listen from the start and spend more time with one of my favourite fictional families. In fact, I might even try to rope Marta over at Mammie Babbie into doing a buddy read with me – well, she can read, and I’ll listen. It’s how our buddy reads usually go. This was the perfect way to finish the Bennett Family series. It was everything I hoped it would be and so much more. It was sweet and beautiful. Light-hearted. light on the drama – a little misunderstanding that was sorted almost straight away. It was just beautiful.
Alex, swoon, let’s just talk about him for a quick minute. He is all the things. If you’re looking for a book boyfriend that will treat you like a queen and sweep you off your feet you need not look any further, Alex Westbrook is your guy. He’s sexy, man, is he sexy. He has that Hollywood charm down to an art, but he isn’t arrogant with it. He made a decision at the start of his career that wasn’t the best and now he has to fight and risk losing everything to keep the woman he loves… and he will because that’s what heroes do. I adore Summer Bennett, she’s always been one of my favourites throughout the series and I was so excited for her to get her own happily ever after. She is such a sweetheart and knows how to handle herself. I don’t think Summer is ever happy unless she is helping someone. It was so lovely to see someone in her corner and taking care of her for a change. I don’t think the steam level was as high as previous books, but it worked for these characters, everything about them was sweet and thought-out. Gentle and respectful. Their relationship and its progression were simply beautiful.
The Bennett family is a large family not unlike my own. I started reading this series because of that fact and because I like the writing of author Layla Hagen. As each book came out this family became more and more like a real family. Summer is the youngest, the baby sister. ..so while this is the last Bennett book, I am pretty sure we will be seeing them in future series. Maybe as catch up or in passing, as mentions in Upcoming Stories About Cousins.This Book Was Summer And Alex’s Story. It Was Well Written And caught Us Up On Both The Family while Still Telling Us Their Love Story. As promised it is a very good book that ties up all all the loose ends and buttons up the blouses. Once could not be happier for this series unless we could talk our author into giving us more books on this wonderful and fun family.
Favorite Quotes:
As my brother heads to the bunch of kids grouped in the center of the room, I wonder for the millionth time if he’s actually human. He runs a billion-dollar corporation, finds time to woo his wife, and raise four little souls. I’m still going with a radioactive spider bite. Possibly vampire.
Some would call my tactics underhanded. Unorthodox is a better word. Much more elegant. A convincing sales pitch takes people skills, which I have in spades. You cannot grow up with eight siblings and not have people skills.
Everything we eat during girls’ night doesn’t matter… Gossiping burns a lot of calories…
Believing someone’s promise is more complicated than gifting them with yours, because when you chose to believe someone, you give them power over you.
My Review:
I have learned that I can always count on Layla Hagen’s Bennetts for sweet and steamy stories that are relatively low in conflict and dreaded angst, and I was long overdue for some refreshing relief. Summer and Alex were a charming couple and their story was delightfully crisp and simply adorable while it also brought the heat. The storyline was entertaining and engaging and provided updates on the rest of the massive Bennett clan. I enjoyed their playful banter and sizzling chemistry. But I’m left to wonder what will be next as Ms. Hagen has married off the last of the clan, although there seems to be a large pool of cousins yet to be tapped.
A sweet, sexy and sensational Hollywood romance with a whole lot of heart and heat…
I feel like this the end of an era for me. The Bennett Family series was one of the first I ever reviewed, and it has been a favourite of mine from beginning to end. I was super excited about this book, and the moment it hit my kindle I didn’t want to start it so that I wouldn’t have to say goodbye to the Bennetts. I am so emotional right now, I actually don’t know what to do with myself if I’m honest. I mean, Christ, this is it. I feel like I’m saying goodbye to my family. I feel lost.
You may think I’m exaggerating, but it’s times like these that make me realise the power of written word. I have gotten to know every single member of this family with every single book, and it didn’t take me long to feel like a part of the Bennett clan. I have fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with each and every one of these stories, and even though I am dreamily happy with Summer’s and Alex’s story, I am also bummed that thee won’t be anymore Bennett love. I suppose it’s a great thing that I can go back and reread the series, and believe me, I have already started making plans. Poor Kelly over at Readers Together has had to endure my painstaking deliberation on this.
Anywho, let’s get on to Your Endless Love. Oh my goodie good God, this book was so sweet and so endearing and it is just so beautiful. I was swooning from beginning to end. I knew Summer’s story was going to be incredibly sweet, of all the Bennetts she is the cutest and softest. That’s not to say she’s tepid, no, this girl is feisty and sexy, and she knows how handle herself and others when need be. Personally, I loved that this book has minimal drama and I loved that their story was quite straightforward. It is a Hollywood romance, so you do have some elements of forbidden and secret romance, but it always feels light and it’s on of those books that really lifts your spirits. I thought the plot was really well developed and the character progression is beautifully done. I really can’t fault this story. It’s beautifully and simple and simply beautiful. It goes to prove that great love stories don’t have to be over the top dramatised. It is a testament to Layla Hagen’s writing ability. I was enthralled from the beginning to the end of this insta-love romance. Even that aspect was executed flawlessly. Everything about Your Endless Love was stunning. It’s romantic comedy perfection.
I’ve loved Summer Bennett from the moment she came on the scene. She is one of those characters that dances to her own tune. She’s her own person and she doesn’t change her character for anyone, or to please anyone. I think that’s rather refreshing in a heroine, and it actually made her real and raw. It also gave her this incredible strength and grounding. I just really loved her. She has the right balance between sweet, sexy, sassy and feisty. She’s caring and tender, but she’s not gullible or naive. Layla Hagen has created a timeless, strong and enticing heroine in Summer. She really is one of those characters that you find yourself completely and utterly in love with. As for Alex. Mmmmmmmm…he’s just the perfect addition to the Bennett family. He is very much the same as Summer in that he’s such a loveable and sexy hero, but at the same time he’s intense in the most unexpected ways. I love that he encourages Summer’s sass and wit, and I love even more that he doesn’t just expect her to go along with what he decides. He’s a hero that is actually rather empowering towards women. If that makes sense. Although I loved him from the off, at first I thought he was going to be too sweet but he was actually just “Holy Pop-Tarts and Cupcakes” HOT. He’s just swoon material from beginning to end. Then there’s also the chemistry between him and Summer, it is scorching. Even when they’re doing anything slightly sexual, it’s always there bubbling and simmering away in the background. Oh, and the kisses…Oh. My. Sweet. Baby. Jesus. I am on my knees begging pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
Your Endless Love really was a bittersweet read for me. I couldn’t put it down and at the same time I never wanted to finish it. I was enthralled and beguiled by the characters, and the plot was just like sunshine on a cloudless Summer’s day. I couldn’t get enough of any of it. It was pure unadulterated romance of massive proportions. I just wanted more. More Summer. More Alex. More cupcakes. Just more…more…MORE!
Although I’m bummed that this is it for the Bennetts, I am super excited for the Connors (the cousins) and I cannot wait to get to know Valentina, Landon, Jace, Hailey, Will and Lori. From what I’ve come to know of them so far there is most certainly going to be a single-parent romance and a sports romance…two of my current favourite tropes. I cannot wait for this series. I am quite literally on tenterhooks!!!
When you come from a family full of overachievers, you have to find a way to make your presence known. For Summer being the youngest in a large family has been both a blessing and a curse. She’s a Bennett after all. They work hard, play hard and love just as hard. As her family continues to grow and her heart continues to swell, loneliness has started to set in. She wants a happily ever after like her siblings have found. Enter Alex Westbrook, every woman’s fantasy, but in her eyes a walking heartache. Alex is more than just a handsome face, his heart is as large as his fan base. If only he could convince, the woman of his dreams that she holds the key to his heart. What do you give the girl who wears as many hats as Summer Bennett? Her own happy ending. As always visiting with the Bennetts was a joyful experience. Your Endless Love is a reminder of the talent that is Layla Hagen. The sweetest ending to an irresistible series.
A beautifully sexy page-turner! Addictive! Captivating!
Summer Bennett is a complex character. Refreshingly enough she admits when she is uncomfortable or jealous. She is an artist, works for a museum, and volunteers her time with St. Anne’s orphanage. If you are wondering what she has to be jealous about, don’t worry, I was too. The girl has it all. She is the baby Bennett and had her fair share of bad relationships but still open to love. Yay! No fighting her feelings here! Like the rest of the family, Summer is a wonderful person and full of zest. She may also be known to fangirl over Daniel’s famous clients such as Alex Westbrook. While volunteering at a summer camp she gets to know the famous Hollywood actor, Alex (who in my mind was Chris Hemsworth). Alex Westbrook, OH! MY MY MY! This guy is perfection, aside from his crazy movie star schedule, he is an absolute dream. Get ready to swoon, because you are going to. Summer and Alex hit it off right away, but are they strong enough to overcome the obstacles that lay in their path? Well, I won’t spoil it for you too much, but this is a feel-good read with a perfect HEA. I’m talking sweet tears and hearts swelling with content. If you haven’t read the rest of the series I recommend you do although it is not necessary to enjoy this one. I have a deep love of the Bennett’s, the adopted Bennetts, and the rest of the Bennett family.