This book was formerly titled MR. WHITE.“Tessa Layne manages to pull my heart out, crush it, and then mold it into something new with every book.” “I had no idea that this book would emotionally destroy me.” “Deeply sensual and rewarding…” “If LOVE is enough, you won’t put this book down.” “Buckle up for an emotional ride filled with sizzle and told entirely from the Hero’s POV” One look was … POV” One look was all it took to bring me to my knees… I don’t believe in love at first sight. And I don’t believe in love at first kiss, either. But Emmaline Andersson is a study in contradictions, and her hot, sweet mouth has me rethinking everything after just one kiss. Her wicked ways consume me, and leave me wanting everything. Her body, yes, but more importantly, her heart. But the more I chase her, the farther she runs. And when I discover that my deep dark secrets are nothing compared to hers, it’s up to me to convince her that love bears all things. Even death. TS Layne is the Alter Ego of USA Today Bestselling Author Tessa Layne. TS Writes Bad Boys & Billionaires. Tessa Writes Alpha Cowboys & Hot Heroes.
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The characters were so uninteresting I did not finish reading this book
Great book and great series! Loved every book and also the connected series too that started with Mr Whiskey. Love her writing.
I related to the mother having Alzheimer’s and how devastating it can be to all involved. I loved the story but could have had less graphic sex.
Great book! Highly recommend.
Declan and Emmaline’s story will touch your hears and have you cheering them on to a happily ever after which they both deserve. They both have lived traumatic pasts and are still trying to make something out of their lives. For Declan, it is away from his family. He and Emmaline have a unique bond and your heart just goes out with everything that comes up against these two. Will they succeed at finding true happiness?
Lovely story with great characters! My only concern is the book is VERY graphic. That is the only reason it is not a 5 star book.
The first 50-60% of the book is mostly descriptions of having sex … with some B&D. The last 30% does get into some actual story of dealing with Alzheimers and brothers resolving their differences.
This is the second book in the Case Brothers series but it is set at the same time as the first book, so the events overlap. This book is steamy but also very emotional and angsty. Declan and Emmaline are a great couple. They are both full of secret layers which get peeled back and the story unfolds. The ending of the book sets the scene for the next book.
Declan is still having nightmares about his childhood and the abuse of his half brother upon him and his brothers. He wants nothing to do with his family and his father’s wine business.
Emmaline has suffered a lot because of her parents’ illness. She is afraid of the future, she is afraid o loving and not being able to remember it.
Two scarred souls that together learn to heal and to live through their love.
An emotional story that touches me very close. I think this is the more emotional story by Tessa. A story that gives us hope and strength to fight against our demons.
Just one advice: keep a box of tissues close by, you’re going to need them.
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What a wonderful story. Declan is at his half brothers wedding when he first see Emmaline. Then when he get to he new property, where he’s been told that there are squatters but when he gets there, it’s a party for the rich. He encounters Emmaline again.
I really felt heart broken with Emmaline’s Mother’s death as my own Mother died with the same disease.
What a beautiful storyteller. Tessa Layne manages to pull my heart out, crush it, and then mold it into something new with every book. Wrap the seriousness of this story with the white hot steamy scenes shared by the characters and you’ve got a page turner certain to make you forget your responsibilities for a few hours!
This book was no exception to the need to keep the tissues close and the kids busy. Don’t let yourself be disturbed. Sit down and soak this one in with everything.
Emmaline has been a character I’ve loved from the beginning of Tessa’s world. I’ve always wondered what made this woman tick. Finally, seeing behind the curtain and getting know her story has been a beautifully complex path.
I’m so glad that the Case brother’s were brought to town, shown the glory of small town woman, and opened to the possibility of more. Declan was no exception. Emmaline needs him more than she knows and he somehow finds what he needs in the process.
Heartbreaking and life altering, this story has had me thinking now for a few days. I needed to really digest the plot, the back story, and the way it was folded together to understand what the message was for me. A message that not only is tomorrow never promised but sometimes it is flat denied. Some of us know the clock is ticking, that there are certainties that will affect all of our relationships, but in the end do we deserve less than for the time we have?!
I say no! I say that even when you know time is short you should embrace it all. Take the days you have an fill them fully.
My take away… I don’t know where I stand, too many days or not enough, either way if I live every day with gusto, love fiercely, laugh often, and sing as loudly as I want where & whenever I want then it doesn’t matter. I will have lived a life worth living. I will be remembered and cherished. I will be complete!
I LOVED this beautiful book. What started as an instant attraction, passionately hot story evolved into something so much more–more gut-wrenching, more visceral, more all-encompassing. The odds against this couple are staggering. But Em and Declan’s need and love for each other made their ultimate realization of this love rich and poignant. What an absolutely wonderful read.
I volunteered to review an arc of this story and I am glad that I did. It was so worth it.
Ohmygod, the emotions of family of trials and illness. I cried so much. My heart went out to Emmaline, when so many of us have illnesses in our family. Declan, the abuse and horror he grew up in, could break any person. Can they tell each other their darkest secrets? Can they accept their feelings for each other? Will secrets always keep them apart. Can Declan walk away from his family business and trust fund? You really need to start with her first book and read to this one they are awesome.
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Despite the past, to have love, we need to learn to love on…
Mr White is the second book in the Case Brothers series by Tessa Layne.
This book is about Dec and Emmaline. I wasn’t sure at the beginning of the series if I would be invested… but Tessa takes plenty of angsty emotion, deeply buried pain, fears and vulnerabilities – she takes that darkness that we hold on to so tight and spins a tale, that one one of us could experience, that we can find love if we learn to open up. That if Dec and Emmaline can learn to expose themselves openly, honestly and with trust – they can find love, not just chemistry, no matter what they have to face.
Again, as with Mr Pink (Austin), Mr White (Dec) has more to his surface persona than he lets on. Beneath the brashness and confidence, there is vulnerability and pain. Emmaline has her own secrets and fears to overcome… bear with them… while their chemistry is explosive… they need a lot of patience with each other to get you to the books conclusion. Isn’t that what real life is like also… we are all stories in the making, ever evolving.
Tessa Layne is a fairly new author for me and her story, MR WHITE, another enjoyable weekend read. I look forward to the next book in this series MR RED – to continue reading the books that make up this series and its connected series. Getting to know all of the characters, their dynamics, and most of all… their stories.
3.5 Stars
This one was a little hard for me to get into. I wasn’t a huge fan of Declan in the beginning, but farther I got into the book my opinion of him changed. By the end he had me won over. Declan and Em have chemistry and this book delivers on the heat. Declan’s family dynamics are interesting and you can feel a strain between the brothers. This is definitely a book that gets better the more you read.
Holy moly, this one is a page-turner with plenty of sizzle, and drama.
Declan has his eye on Emmaline, the seamstress with a secret and a taste for the naughty. They don’t have to sneak around like Macey and Austin did, but Declan has his own interests and really doesn’t want to follow the rules.
After losing out on a big deal because his father froze his trust, Declan manages to acquire a vineyard and a winemaker via his friend Danny. He need this to create the perfect wine required by his father. Which of course gives him free rein to pursue other more pleasurable things. There’s only one thing, Danny said there may be squatters…
So many secrets, so many tears as Declan falls deeper in love with Emmaline.
Even with all the family drama on both sides, this book sizzles and brings on the tears.
I can’t wait to read mr. red, which is Nico’s story!
4.5 Stars
This is book 2 in The Case Brothers series and it features Declan and Emmaline. This is a love story that will stick with me. There have been movies and books but the way this author told Em’s story is one I won’t soon forget. It is to the point without too much filler story. The romance is so real. Their confidence in each other, in the bedroom, is almost perfection! His love for her is astounding! For the short amount of time the book spanned, they lived through so much together emotionally.
BRAVO! Such a fantastic story line! I fell in love with Declan but for obvious reasons, I can’t wait to read about Jason. I’m definitely looking forward to reading about the rest of the Case brothers.
I enjoyed this read. It was very emotional. Emmaline and Declan had good chemistry and I liked them as a couple. Both these characters have wounds and secrets. They are not the easiest characters to connect with. You have to peel back their layers as you read to get to the real them and then these characters are more relatable. These two are opposites in so many ways but emotionally I felt they had plenty in common. The story has an overall angsty feel that I feel will either appeal to you or be a turn-off. A very good addition to this series, that left me looking forward to book three.
Tessa Layne writes a hits the heart, this is life for some, romance. I could not put Emmalina and Declans book down.
Declan has worked hard to get out from his family’s company. However, when his trust fund is cut off from him by his father and his deal he has been working on goes out the window. He makes a quick deal with a friend to try to earn him back some money.
Unfortunately that deal requires him purchasing a winery. When he goes to check out the winery he bought, the squatters his friend warned him about is anything he expected.
The squatter throwing a party on his land is none other than Emmaline Andersen. The woman from his brothers wedding that he wanted to make everything better.
And now that he has to return to Prairie to meet the obligations to try to regain his trust fund, he wants to know more about the woman he found on his land.
What he learns, and never thought he would want for a future is that he wants to protect her, and make everything all right for her.
But when he sees what she goes through in her life and then when she pushes him away so that he does not have to endure her same tragic fate, he does not want to let her go ever.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is the first Tessa Layne book I have ever read and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Because of this, I think that I would have connected to the characters better if I hadn’t come into the story in the middle. I’m not sure whether Mr, White is supposed to be able to be read as a stand-alone novel, but I would recommend reading her earlier books in order to better understand the big picture.
I enjoyed this book. It is a familiar formula- bad boy who is angry with everything meets a woman and becomes much more than he had ever been. He ends up becoming the one in the relationship who wants the commitment and is the one who pushes for forever. I love how much power that gives women. Over time we learn what has made Declan angry and cynical just as we learn why Emmaline looks so haunted and sad. As Declan becomes more in-touch with his emotions and his past, he starts the healing process. He begins living his life for someone besides himself and focusing on something other than his bottom line. As he opens up, so does she and they both learn about each other’s secrets. In the end I liked these characters, even though Declan did not seem likable at the start. Tessa Layne made them three-dimensional characters and showed both of them growing as individuals as the story progresses. I always love a happy ending.
The story touched on some really painful issues, but this book didn’t pull me in so much that I was weeping. This is nice as I hate when I lose it while reading, but it also means that I didn’t become as invested in the characters lives as I often do. I was left wanting more, as I indicated in the it I indicated in the title. I want more books so that I can continue to learn about the people involved and the world that the author has created! I will be looking for more of Tessa’s books to fill in some of the blanks, especially the one about Declan’s older brother. So wanting more is a good thing.
I do recommend this book, just start by reading some of the earlier books in order to have all the information you need to immerse yourself in Tessa’s world. This doesn’t mean only reading the other “Bad Boys” books, but the fourth “Hero” book as well. I suspect that Mr. White is a richer experience when other books have fleshed out the town of Prairie where Declan and Emmaline fall in love. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book and share my thoughts with others.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.