New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan brings you Every Sweet Regret, a sexy standalone romance about a single dad and the reformed party girl who’s loved him all her life. For as long as I can remember, Kace Matthews has been my brother’s best friend and my not-so-secret crush. But I knew nothing would ever happen between us. The successful single dad doesn’t fall for the hot mess party … fall for the hot mess party girl. Kace + Stella exists in the doodles in my high school notebooks and in my dreams. Never in real life.
Until he finds me on a hookup app and starts flirting shamelessly.
It turns out high school Stella was not prepared for Kace Matthews. Adult Stella isn’t much better, but I manage to break down the walls to show Kace the real me—not just the life-of-the-party exterior, but the vulnerable pieces I hide from the world. Combine that with the combustible chemistry we have in real life, and I’m a goner.
Too bad it takes me so long to realize Kace doesn’t know I’m the girl he’s been falling for online. Telling him the truth now that he knows my secrets could mean losing everything, and that’s one regret that could break me.
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I really enjoyed this book.
After years of an unrequited crash on her older brother’s best friend, Stella suddenly finds herself in a sorta-relationship with Kace, the hot single dad, after virtual life imitates real and he starts flirting with her in person and on a hook-up app.
There is so much growth in this book. Both characters start as quite simple.
Kace is not ready to let go of his marriage, even though it’s been over for a while and Stella was fine with just a fling.
But with the safety net of a keyboard in place, both Kace and Stella open up to each other, sharing thoughts, dreams and secrets and forming a real emotional connection.
Only problem? Kace doesn’t know that Stella and Itsy are one and the same. By the time Stella realizes this mistake, things have gone to far and hearts got broken.
By the end of this story I was in tears at the changes they both made and the emotional and personal growth of both characters.
5 stars and a cartoon avatar.
Lexi Ryan is one of those authors that just gets it. She write such compelling stories and her characters are so amazing. And this book is no different. Stella has had the hots for her brothers best friend, it he was a married man and now……he’s not. But will everything from their past keep them apart. This is the sweetest story and Hope will pull on your heartstrings to. I kinda wish she had a bigger roll, but who can really complain when the story is sooooo good.
The has a HEA, contains cheating in the past, steamy sex scenes.
I did not like Kace in the beginning. He was so hung up on his ex-wife. He could not let go. He did not want to move on. By the end of this story I was in tears at the change he made and the man he became. In the beginning he was not ready to fall in love again. He could not understand what went wrong in his marriage and was too afraid for that to happen again but this time with Stella. Starting a no strings, physical only relationship with Stella was the perfect thing in his eyes. No one would get hurt if they agreed to no feelings and just a fling. But deep down he always had feelings for Stella he just did not want to admit to them and risk getting hurt. He opened up to Itsy-bitsy with his feelings and Stella was able to see a side of him he did not show anyone. He never knew it was Stella, so he held nothing back in his posts. But what would happen when he found out. Would she lose what they had, fling or love relationship either way she ran the risk of losing him.
I just love how much he grew throughout the book. What he felt for his ex-wife and how he came to the realization of why their marriage did not last. I absolutely loved this story and could not put it down. Each story of this series gets better and better and I cannot wait to see what is in store for the rest of the gang.