When one man’s death exposes a complex web of lies, three couples discover the true meaning of love, loss and redemption. HaileyWhat do you do when you find out your whole life was a lie? That your husband really wasn’t your husband but someone else’s. That the vows you made to each other were simply empty promises.You pick up and move to the country to start fresh. When life hands you limes, you … the country to start fresh. When life hands you limes, you make sure you have tequila because your life is about to get stirred up.
Jensen
Married to my high school sweetheart, the best thing she gave me was my baby girl. But we weren’t enough for her. I wasn’t enough for her. The last thing I expected on my birthday was a Dear John letter, but that’s what I got when she upped and left. Now, it’s just me and my girl against the world till the new girl moves in next door.
Is there such a thing as a perfect love story?
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Perfect Love Story
By Natasha Madison
Wow! Natasha Madison has blown my mind again! Her amazing work never fails! This story is full of many emotions and angst.
Hailey found out her husband is not really her husband. He belongs to someone else. Could you even imagine? So she picks up and moves.
Jensen and his wife had a little girl. But she wasn’t happy enough to stay. She left him with a note on his birthday of all days. So he and his little girl carried on with there lives without her.
But then a new neighbor moves in. Could Jensen and Hailey find love? Must read to find out!!!
The Perfect Love Story is a perfectly written book. This 5 star story made me feel so many emotions. One minute I was sad and the next I was pissed. But most of all I was happy.
Hailey leaves behind her family, friends and home. What she thought was a perfect life was shattered in a blink of an eye. Then comes Jensen who is upset at the entire universe. Can they both mend their broken hearts together?
This was an intriguing story that was full of entertainment. There were never any dull moments, there was always something happening. Straight to the point kind of writing too, meaning no unnecessary details that sometimes drags stories on forever. I like that.
The plot was unique and perfectly executed that kept me focused solely on this story. I just couldn’t put it down for very long. When I did put it down I wanted to pick it back up.
The secondary characters played an important role in the development of this story. Crystal and Gabe are quite very colourful, I can’t wait for their story, it should be interesting.
Standalone for now, it’s the first book in a series of 3, which will feature a different couple. Told in a dual POV with the promise of an amazing HEA. I strongly recommend this story.
I legitimately don’t know how you do it Natasha. EVERY SINGLE BOOK YOU WRITE AMAZES ME! I never know what to to expect when you release a new book, but some how, some way you pull me in like no other author can. I know I have said it before , but I am going to say it again, your words flow so effortlessly, that I become so consumed with each story, it’s all I can think about for days. You make me feel things, things that literally make my chest hurt, things that have tears streaming down my face, but you also fix me, slowly but surely. Your like a damn psychiatrist, you bring out all the bad to make the good, that much better, and the PERFECT LOVE STORY is a prime example of that. When I started this book, you completely took me out of my world and thrust me into Hailey and Jensen’s world, a world where the things I felt are almost explainable. But I adore you for letting me take that journey with them, and let me just say it was quite a journey to be on.
Hailey is probably the strongest heroine I have ever read about. She has faced the unthinkable. She once thought she was living the american dream with the greatest man by her side, until she learned on a sunny afternoon that her life was built on nothing but lies. With her families support, she sets out on quite a journey to find herself again. And what a journey it is.
Jensen thought he had the life he always dreamed of. A beautiful home, a wife and his adorable daughter, the best friends and family a guy could ask for, until one day he came home to a Dear John letter and his 2 month old daughter left behind. The only thing he cares about is creating the perfect life for him and his daughter. What he doesn’t expect is his life taking a different course, than the one he had planned.
And to think both Hailey and Jensen’s journey’s changed due to a house rental. What happens when circumstances change, and things don’t go the way you think they will? Do you create a Perfect Love Story or just a perfect story? This journey is one, you want to take with tissues and a bottle of liquor, because it is a roller coaster ride. You will feel things that will make you feel weak, you will feel things that make you want to be that much stronger, you will fill the desperation,the insecurities, and self doubt, BUT most importantly you will fill things that just make you feel whole.. SO buy this dang story, it is one you will not forget!!!
A Perfect Love Story is just that….PERFECT!!!
I haven’t read many books by Natasha Madison, but I will say I have loved all the books I have read and Perfect Love Story was no different!!
I was completely swept up in the storyline and the characters. This is an emotional and at times heart wrenching story, but it is also a story of hope and love. This book is about two broken souls. Both have been devastated by a past love, both trying to find a way to move on.
I love that even though the topic in the first half of the book is a heartbreaking one, this book was the perfect mix of, humor, sadness, love and romance. The story was well written and the pace and flow of the story worked perfectly. This is a slow burn between Jensen and Hailey, but it is the only way this story could be told. Both Hailey and Jensen had things to work through before moving forward with each other.
In this book we follow Hailey and Jenson (Walker). Hailey is a woman who has literally had her whole world turned upside down in two days. She found out everything she believed to be true was a lie. Jensen also had his world turned upside down 4 years ago when the mother of his child just up and left to be with someone else. Both are devastated !!! Hailey’s nanny gives her the perfect out, by having her move to a friend’s house in a new city. Little did she know the house belongs to Jensen and he is not happy to have her renting it. What starts from here is a rocky friendship to say the least. I have to say Jensen was a complete jerk in the beginning. I wasn’t sure I was ever going to like him. I am happy to say that by the end I fell in love with him. I will say this though, Mila (Jensen’s 4 yr old daughter) absolutely stole the show for me. She melted my heart throughout the whole book.
I also LOVED all the secondary characters we meet (except Norma) in this story. I loved how the next book in this series is set up throughout this story. But it didn’t take anything away from Jensen and Hailey’s story. I look forward to reading Gabe and Crystal’s story next. That is going to be a rough ride 😉
So if you are a fan of single dad romances and don’t mind a slow burn, then this is definitely a book you should read. I know I will be reading it over again in the future!!!
Holy Shiitake Mushrooms!
Just when I think Natasha Madison cannot surprise me anymore she writes her best book ever – having read every book she has published I can without a doubt exclaim that Perfect Love Story is her best book yet!
I don’t know she does it, her words are awe inspiring, heartbreaking and utterly beautiful. Natasha has clearly found her stride in this writing game… Perfect Love Story is perfect parts angsty and romantic, tragic and comforting. It’s a story that burrows itself not only into your heart but your soul. It’s a story that proves that there are second chances available for everyone and everyone deserves to be loved and loved in return.
The story of Hailey and Jensen is so turbulent at times that I cried; I cried for their heartbreak and I cheered for their second chance. Their growth as characters was amazing to watch; I thoroughly enjoyed each of the characters evolution. Natasha has certainly out done herself when creating the world of Perfect Love Story – the characters, the town, the white house, everything is vividly and beautifully crafted.
I never truly know what I’m going to get with a Natasha Madison novel – she has written about cops and hockey players and businessmen and lawyers. She has crafted angsty, gritty stories, laugh-out-loud romantic comedies, and beautiful Contemporary Sports Romance riddled with angst and comedy. Her males characters are strong alphas, many damaged and in need of something, acceptance, love, joy. Her female characters are strong, independent woman who take a beating, sometime literally, and keep on pushing. Perfect Love Story is so different from anything Natasha has ever written but at the same time the story could never have been written without Natasha’s past novels. Each novel she writes she grows as a writer, as a story teller, as a painter of words. With each story her writing matures. Perfect Love Story is by far her best book both in writing and execution; it’s amazing and hauntingly beautiful.
First of all, I have to say that with every book that Natasha Madison writes, she just keeps getting better and better and better. Having said that, Perfect Love Story is ABSOLUTELY Natasha’s BEST book to date and I don’t know HOW she can top THIS one!!!
This story is soooooo much more than a love story…it’s about life going on after THE most devastating of losses, it’s about discovering your OWN strengths and realizing just how much you can endure and keep going, getting up every morning and facing whatever it is life has to toss at you and coming out the other side, whole, complete and with the greatest gift life has to offer! THIS story has it ALL…the ANGST, the UTTER HEART-BREAK, the INTENSE FEELS that make you soar to the heavens and drag you to the depths of despair!!! But MOST of all, you feel the LOVE!
This new series has started off with a BANG and I can’t WAIT for the next one! Bravo Natasha…you are a shining star in this glorious Indie world!!!
*****5 beautiful, perfect, emotion filled stars *****
The depth of emotion and heartbreak that this story starts out with had me crying within the first few pages. Then, knock me over with a feather, I was not expecting the storyline to head the direction it did! Needless to say, I was hooked.
Hailey moves away to deal with her pain and get on with her life. Jensen “Walker” isn’t happy about his new neighbour or that she moved into his old house, a house that holds painful memories for him. Two broken people find their paths colliding, but will it bring them to their perfect love story?
Natasha Madison has been on my kindle for just over a year now. I was introduced to her books by a close friend and have enjoyed each and every one. When I began Perfect Love Story, I could not stop until I finished every last word. Hailey is still a newly wed when her world is turned upside down. She must flee her life near family and friends in order to survive. When she moves to a small town located along the ocean, she “runs” into Jensen and his daughter Mila. It is dislike at first sight. She doesn’t know what she has done to him to deserve this treatment but she doesn’t care. She is here for security and restoration. She can’t help loving his daughter Mila. You will love the angst and emotion of this story. Be sure to keep those tissues handy!!
Perfect Love Story is exactly that. Beautifully, unbelievably perfect. This is one of those books that digs deep right into your heart. That you never, ever want it to end. That you finish and just hug to your chest because it was so utterly wonderful. That is just some of what this book is. Filled with so much emotion it makes your heart hurt, I was captivated from the very first page. I didn’t devour this book, it devoured me.
I was sobbing within minutes of starting this. Natasha Madison writes so beautifully the characters just come to life and the emotions are so powerful. I shattered with Hailey and then I healed with her. Hailey’s story isn’t an easy one to take. What happens to her is so devastating, but surrounded by incredible family she survives what most wouldn’t recover from.
Even surviving doesn’t means she’s really living though, but when she meets the adorable little girl who’s father just happens to be someone she thinks is a jerk she slowly begins to live again. Jensen has also been put through the wringer. A single father still bitter after a horrible divorce he’s got walls that no one has managed to climb, until Hailey arrives.
Both of these shattered hearts start to heal in one of the best love stories I have ever had the pleasure to read. Hailey and Jensen’s story is one of real, true love. Full of raw emotion and healing their story is one I’ll read again and again. I can’t wait for the next in this series!
I’m not even sure there are words for this story! I finished about a week ago and I am still trying to find a way to write this review with no spoilers.
WOW!! I love everything Natasha Madison! This is so different from anything she has ever written before and I am just blown away with just how amazing this story truly is! The characters are relatable and the story just flows.
FIVE STARS are not enough for this one! One of my all time fave books!
This beautiful, emotional story absolutely captured my heart! What started with 3 horrible, gut wrenching chapters that had me crying, turned into something so perfect and heartwarming, that it must a Natasha Madison book!! I had so many emotions while reading this story, sadness, heartbreak, tears, anticipation, laughter, angst and so much joy!! This story was just so amazing and well done and Hailey and Jensen were such real and down to earth characters who got exactly what they deserved!! I love the happily ever afters that this author is so good at and I adore her writing style!! I cannot wait until Crystal and Gabe’s story!!
Perfect Love Story by Natasha Madison grabs you from the first page. It is the story of Haley, who loses her husband in a tragic car accident only 6 months after the wedding.
From this point on, the story unravels into secrets, betrayal and hurt which are devastating to Haley.
She decides to get away and meets Jensen the owner of the home she is renting. He is a single father to a beautiful 4 year old girl, named Mila. Jenson’s wife left him when she was a baby. His scars are just as evident as Haley’s. In the beginning they don’t like each other very much, but this quickly changes.
Every time I read one of Natasha’s books I state that she has outdone herself, but I have to say, she certainly has with this book. I didn’t want the story to end. We meet other characters that will shortly receive their own book, so we hopefully will have the opportunity to revisit Haley, Jensen and Mila.
I absolutely loved this story. It is beautiful and a Perfect Love Story, just as the title states. This is one book, which you do not want to miss.
I received an early copy from the author.
Seriously how does this author write such creative, meaningful, emotional stories that have fresh perspective? Perfect Love Story is just simply fantastic. Hailey and her best friend move after Hailey leaves her current life in shambles, likely never getting answers of why her dead (sort of husband?) betrayed her. She gets to her destination and things are not exactly what they seem. The quaint house they rented isn’t so quaint and the landlord isn’t so friendly….for his own good reasons. Jensen has been through the wringer when it comes to the love department as well.
What ensues after each person works on themselves is…well …a Perfect Love Story.
5 Perfect Loving Stars!
Every time I read a Natasha Madison book I am that much more amazed at her talent. Her books just keep getting better and better and I am so glad I ever picked up that first book!
This story gets you right in the feels during Chapter 1 and hot damn by Chapter 2 you are so invested in the characters you just can’t read fast enough to see where the story is going!
Jensen and Hailey were both done so wrong in prior relationships, it’s hard to believe either will come back from it?! Then they find each other and it is a deliciously slow burn until they actually come together. Have a fan nearby because the hotness of that moment literally leaps off the pages at you . These two were so good together and you just can’t help but to root for them throughout the whole book.
Not only do we get the perfect love story that is Jensen and Hailey with this book, but the side characters and their stories thrown in the mix just leave you wanting for more! This was a phenomenal start to what I know is going to be a spectacular series. I can’t what to see what is next.
What a perfect little love story indeed.
I mean who doesn’t love a second chance? Especially when that second chance is people that are sweeping up the shattered pieces of their heart up off of the floor of a lonely house that held painful memories for one of them, but held hope of escaping a crumbling life for the other.
Not only is it a second chance, it is an enemies to lovers which I love. The first kiss when the line is crossed to lovers is so freaking hot. EVERY.TIME. and Natasha knows how to flare up the pages.
Though this can be read as a standalone, I cannot wait to dive deeper into the other couples.
Perfect Love Story was so very appropriately titled! It was perfect!!! Natasha Madison wrote such an amazing story. It was not at all what I was expecting based on the title. It was even better!! It was emotional, wonderful, and beautiful. I cried, I got angry, I laughed and I swooned. So yeah, just perfect!