Meredith Still was the love of my life. My dream girl.Gabe Wilde was my protector. My knight in shining armor.We had our future planned out—together—down to the names of our unborn children. Everything was going according to plan…until it wasn’t.Sometimes life happens that way.When I left for college, I never thought I’d be back home for anything longer than a visit. Too many ghosts reminding … anything longer than a visit. Too many ghosts reminding me of the girl who got away.
By the time I left for college, my heart was broken, and I was sure I would never feel love like that again. I wasn’t sure I even wanted to.
After Pop was killed in a car accident, I had to come home. Now, after being back for so long, I can’t help but wonder what could have been if I hadn’t been in such a hurry to leave.
Coming home to start over again at thirty-five, well, it wasn’t exactly part of my plan. But Imagine my surprise when I run into the one and only Gabe Wilde.
Sometimes life happens that way.
Can true love survive almost two decades apart?
Claiming What Is Mine is a standalone contemporary romance set in a small town in rural Colorado. Emotional. Honest. Real.
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So so many things I loved about this book 🙂
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I took so so many sections from this book to write about. But. I will share a few 😉
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.Gabe needed to grow up and listen to what others wanted not just himself. And a conversation at Chet’s wedding. Frank. Calls Gabe a man-child and it was so funny. When you reach this part you will see what I mean 😉
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Trying to prove to Meridith she’s all he wants. They have quite a bit of back and forth. But this. Line stuck out. “That’s no line doll. You were the best thing that ever happened to me. Ever. I realise it was my stupid. Bull headedness that broke us. And I’ve regretted it every day since”. — it made me melt. :). You get. So involved with the characters. I can’t properly describe how. But you feel like your there with them !
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” this is everything iv needed”.
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This quote. Sums up the whole book. This book is everything iv needed. Recently x.
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Thankyou Abby & will xx
One of the things I love about books is that if I find humor at an inappropriate time, I can laugh out loud and there’s nobody glaring at me… Well, at least, not unless I’m in the library…
This book is full of wonderfully funny moments. (Starting with Leo at the wedding).
Gabe and Meredith are people I would like to know. And their second chance romance kept me awake half the night…
But oh, well. It was worth it.
Bottom line: So good I’ll read it again someday. 5 stars.
Loved this book! Abby Brooks never disappoints!
I also love second chance romances, they just do something to my heart…add in lots of laughs, sexy times and cowboys! Yes please!!!
Gabe and Meredith are awesome characters to read about. Amazing chemistry! Both are now older and wiser and are no longer in that young love phase. Smarter too.
Loved this realistic romance. Fantastic writing, super enjoyable read that you’d expect from this author!
Omg what an amazing second chance love Story! I adore the Wilde Brothers and Gabe is all alpha and sweet combined. Meredith has faced struggles her entire life and returning home she rediscovers herself and find her purpose and drive in life. These Authors did justice to their love story and I cannot wait for more Wilde Brothers!
It’s been 20 years since Meredith left her hometown but after her divorce she is back and looking to make a new start. The last person that she expected to see was Gabe, her high school sweetheart and the man who broke her heart when despite the dreams they had his plans for the future no longer included her.
When she wakes up in Gabe’s bed the next morning all she wants to do is pretend it never happened as she is not about to let him close enough to hurt her again but Gabe regrets that he let her go and isn’t about to make the same mistake twice.
This is a story about family, regrets and second chances. It is filled with emotion, angst and most importantly a love that was always meant to be. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book.
What a heart wrenching story. I loved it from the first page to the last page. Second chances do happen at the strangest times, so get ready. Strap in for a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
Way to go Mr. & Mrs. Wonderful!
Claiming What Is Mine is a wonderful book about second chances. Will and Abby wrote another fantastic book. I love this series. This book should definitely
be one-clicked. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book for my honest opinion.
This was a exciting, honest and real romance that pulls at the heart strings and leaves you breathless. A heartwarming journey for two people who where always meant to be but somehow got lost along the way to happily ever after. Love second chances!
Gabe Wilde is the sexy, sweet, charming all American kinda guy from a small town that had his future all set until life throws a few curve balls his way. (as it likes to do) Meredith Still was the love of his life sweet, sexy and now back home at Thirty-five to start life over again never expecting to have to deal with her feelings for Gabe again. I would recommend this highly entertaining, thrilling and engaging second chance romance to anyone that loves love.
Gabe & Meredith were high school sweethearts. They had their entire lives planned out, even going so far as to name their unborn children. Things didn’t work out as planned & they went their separate ways. Neither of them came back to town after graduating other than for short visits. Due to changes in circumstances, they both have moved home. Gabe takes one look at her & is determined that she is still the only one for him. Meredith still is attracted to Jim but isn’t ready to open herself up to being hurt again.
This was a really good second chance at love story. Gabe was so over the top at the beginning that I wasn’t sure whether to take him seriously or not. There was a thread of humor woven throughout the emotion & drama that helped keep the story on track. I like that Meredith had grown into herself & became a strong, self sufficient woman. Gabe had to learn how his choices & actions affected her & acknowledge that he hurt her. I recommend this to all readers that like second chance romances.
ARC for honest review with no compensation 4.5 stars
Claiming What is Mine is book 2 in the Wilde Boys series and a wonderful second chance romance between Gabe Wilde and Meredith Still. Once you begins this book you will keep turning the pages to find out what might happen next. Lots of laughter, tears, misspoken words, tension, doubts, not always on the same page but both wanting to find the love they lost..but after decades apart and lots of water under the bridge can these two find that love and the future they planned as high school sweethearts really has grown and matured while apart and fate has brought them back to each other and has given them a second chance at their forever love…
I love Gabe and Meredith’s story. I love when the couple not only has some kind of background but the romance takes some time to develop. And this one fits the bill. This author does a great job of drawing us into their story. Laughing and crying with them when it doesn’t all the time enjoying the banter and ribbing that comes from family. Laughing at the actions of a protective father. Cringing at inappropriate siblings. Recovery from the bowels of hormones. Great story of second chance romance and seeing Gabe for the man he has kept hidden and Meredith who helps him become more.
Claiming What Is Mine is the title of the book but is also exactly what the book is about. Its new and refreshing and a real page turner. It kept my attention the whole time I was reading, once I started reading I could not stop. It was so raw and so real, and so so romantic. Gabe had my heart from the first page, and he kept it the whole entire book. He was also quite hilarious, and went after what he wanted.
Gabe is your All-American go getter. He was a popular guy in high school who had dreams and aspirations, and was willing to do anything to make them come true. He had the girl of his dreams, an amazing future planned out until life through a couple of curve balls at him and he watched them go down the drain. Years after being away from home, Gabe comes home to help his family after his father’s untimely death and wonders what kept him away for so long. He is tired of his every day life and wants more.
Meredith was your average girl, wanting what every woman wants, love. In high school, she thought that she had that love and it was strong enough to withstand any and everything, but as we all know something worth having doesn’t come easy, and what is meant to be, will find away. By the time she left for college she was heartbroken, and never wanted to deal with the effects of love. Moving home at the age of 35 to start over again was not something she ever thought that would happen, but the inevitable happened. After 2 decades of being away, she runs into her high school sweetheart, and doesn’t want to sort through the feelings she once felt, and risk her heart and emotions for the sake of hashing out the past.
What happens when your one true soulmate is standing in front of you, wanting to hash out the past after you thought you had burned them memories and pain years ago? What happens when your heart is still with the same person after decades of being away from each other? What happens when you have outside forces wanting to keep you apart?? Well here’s the thing I am not going to tell you, you will have to read to find out!!!
I recommend this book to people who believe in second chances. I recommend this book to people who love well….. love, and finding your soulmate. To people who try to right their wrongs and move on with life the best way they know how. AND ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE THAT WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON LOVE, NO MATTER HOW BAD LOVE SOMETIMES HURTS!!
Reading is my way of relaxing and unwinding after a busy day being Nana to a 4 year old.
I love reading about families and second chance love. This book filled the need on both parts. Abby Brooks and Will Wright are a writing couple that are always awesome.
This book is an amazing reconnection of high school sweethearts, taking us down memory lane and into the now. I literally did not want to put this book down, it’s a real page turner with something amazing in each chapter.
I literally cried through most of the last chapter, sitting on the front porch with my coffee, wiping my eyes on my bathrobe because I didn’t want to put my kindle down long enough to go get tissues 😉 and I promise it would have been multiples. The way Mererith and Gabe’s family came together in a loving way that 2 families should.
This book is so emotional you simply have to grab yourself a copy and read this amazing second chance, I’ve always loved you, story.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary ARC of this book and recommend it to all.
I already see the next book to be Hank and Mollie’s story and can’t wait to read book #3 of the Wilde boys.
The second book in the “Wilde” and crazy lives of the awesome brothers with deep down cowboy hearts. We have Gabe’s journey into true love and how the freight train of feels he and Meredith, the one he’d lost once before, go on to get that happily ever after they both need and deserve.
Talk about #swooncity! *Pants and makes googly eyes.*
Phew! I just read a heart of hearts tale, with humor and throw down shout it from the rooftops sexiness, that had me swiping pages frantically through a maddening tug of emotional war relationship hoping that I would find some peace for my emotional state as much as Gabe and Meridith!
The angsty, yet beautiful tale had me sitting in the same spot till I swiped the very last page.
While Meridith is not my favorite female protagonist ever, ( Sorry, not sorry ha!) Gabe ** drapes one hand dramatically over my forehead, obnoxiously sighs, while fanning myself with freehand**
He has jumped to the top spot on my Book Boy Friend List he is all sorts of.. well I am sure you get the idea!
Bill Wright and Abby Brooks are an extraordinary duo; This book is just another in the yummy, well written, heart bursting at the seams series I have become completely invested in, I cannot wait to see what happens with Hanks story!
These books are standalones, but with all the goodness they have going on I cannot imagine why you wouldn’t want to read them all!
It’s well worth it!
A beautiful heartfelt second chance romance. I fell in love with Gabe and Meredith from the beginning. A great read. The Wilde men are a hoot and I can’t wait to read more on the rest of the brothers.
I can’t get enough of this awesome wife/husband writing duo. I absolutely loved Gabe and Meredith! This book proves true love and soul mates always win in the end! It may have taken them 20 years but they finally get their happy ending. I can’t wait to see what Abby and Will come up with next!
An amazing story. A very well written storyline. Gabe and Meredith high school sweethearts that grew apart. Can they find their way back to each other? I voluntarily reviewed advanced copy of this book.
The story was is an amazing second chance romance written in dual pov giving you an unbelievable connection to everything. I loved the connection between Gabe and Meridith. They were high school sweethearts that went different ways after high school. Meredith moved on marrying another man and then returning home. Reconnecting at a wedding, that Gabe returns home for his brother. I love Gabes determination and love shown for Meredith. The story draws you in from the start not wanting to wait to know what was happening from the beginning. I voluntarily reviews the Hea
Sweet, HOT, and filled with humor Claiming What Is Mine was a fun read packing an emotional punch with the swoon worthy romance between Gabe & Merideth! From the first page that had me cracking up, to the heart melting love I throughly enjoyed every page. I have a feeling I’m going to love every brother in this tight knit family and can’t wait for more!
Gabe was so sweet and so funny it was near impossible to not adore him. Even being a total sweetheart (and goofball at times) he also manages to be incredibly hot and these two have some serious chemistry that had the pages on fire. What starts out seeming as two total opposites in this second chance story, quickly becomes two people who have never really stopped loving each other and are trying to find their way back together again. Throw in all the Wilde brothers too and you have a book that leaves you dying for the next book.
You never know what will happen when all of the Wilde brothers get together. They sure know how to make an event memorable! When it comes time for the youngest Wilde brother’s story, I can’t wait to see how he gets redeemed.
I love all of the ways that Gabe tries to prove to Meredith that he is worthy of a second chance. He is romantic and means well, but doesn’t always get it right despite his good intentions. I really enjoyed their beautiful second chance love story. I love this series and can’t wait for Hank’s story!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary Advance Reader Copy.