A novel about a shattered family, broken hearts, and healing love by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of Stealing Her.Coming out of a coma was one hell of a wake-up call. While I was in the dark, my estranged twin brother, Bridge, had replaced me in the company I owned and swept up my fiancée in the takeover. With my ruthless reputation, can I blame them for … reputation, can I blame them for falling in love? I have to look long and hard at where I’ve been and where I’m headed. Alone time? The universe has other plans.
Our family’s secluded Vermont cabin comes with a gorgeous—if at first, unwelcoming—surprise. She’s renter Keaton Westbrook, a social media superstar struggling with her own private grief. As a winter storm bears down, we’ve found something to keep us warm—an intimacy neither of us expected and both of us need.
After we say goodbye, what happens then? Keaton and I are longing to reconcile with our painful pasts. I can’t bear to do it without her. Is it too much to ask of fate to give us a second chance at life and love?
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“I knew, clear as day. My job was to help her. And maybe, just maybe, by doing that, I would earn a bit of myself back. If I stopped her hurt—maybe I’d stop bleeding.”
This book has soooo many emotions intertwined throughout…loss, heartache, redemption, closure, healing, anger, jealousy, love, humor, forgiveness, guilt…get ready for your heart to get tugged at.
“I didn’t let people get close to me for a reason; I was afraid to trust them with things that mattered. And there were things, so many things. Things I hadn’t even admitted to myself.”
As you are devouring the pages you will feel like you have actually lived through the feel goods, heartache, new beginnings, closing chapters, finding self worth, seeing past the facade, pursuing dreams, finding self-worth, illness, living, grieving and a struggle to find a happily ever after.
“..you fight for love because the minute you have a taste of it, you realize why wars are fought in honor of it. It’s the most precious thing in the world, and it’s worth waiting for . . . and fighting for.”
Finding Him by Rachel Van Dyken a five-star read that you will find amazing. This is the second novel in the Covet series, as I would definitely recommend reading them in order to get the most out of them, and I have to admit I loved this one so much harder than the first. This is filled with lose and drama, and the author deals so well with everything helping you to understand facing loss and moving on, the loss of an old life and the beginning of a new one, loss of relationships and moving on, building new relationships and not just with a significant other, building friendships as well. This is a great story and a series that you can’t miss.
I’ve been waiting for this book since I read an ARC of Stealing Her 6 months ago, and I absolutely wasn’t disappointed. It’s such a rollercoaster, I found myself loving and mourning Noah, enjoying the excerpts from Keaton’s book, no matter how heartbreaking they were. I felt for her when she was afraid to move on because of other people’s opinions but ultimately realized that she needed to be happy. Equally heartbreaking was Julian, even though he was a pretty terrible person before his coma, you could see the changes he made, how he wanted to be a better person but still struggled with his demons. This is a beautiful angsty book, a punch in the heart with moments of humor brought mostly by Noah. Definitely recommend. Thank you to Skyscape for an ARC.
I loved book 1 in the Covet series so much, and because I wasn’t particularly fond of Julian in the first book I wasn’t expecting to like Julian’s story nearly as much. How wrong I was! I think I loved Finding Him more, if that’s possible. I loved that Julian disappeared to his family’s cabin to lick his wounds, and ended up stranded during a blizzard with Keaton, an uninvited guest. I loved the story, I loved that they were both grieving and used each other to heal. I loved all the coincidences, I loved their banter (some creatively funny moments), I loved their honesty with each other, and I loved that the majority of the story was just them, cocooned together, healing together and sharing their experiences. The story (which, by the way, can be read as a stand-alone) was at times heart wrenching, I admit I cried a few tears, but at the same time it was uplifting. I didn’t want it to end. I was addicted. It’s a long time since I’ve pulled an all nighter reading, but I did for Julian, and now I’m left wondering, “what next”? I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review.
I never read the first book in the Covet series but I absolutely loved this one. I will definitely be purchasing the first book and I truly hope I enjoy it as much as I did this one. This story was sweet, steamy, romantic, funny, heartfelt and so much more. Keaton and Julian’s back and forth banter was entertaining and I enjoyed a couple of good laughs at their antics. It took a minute for me to warm up to the idea of Bridge and Izzy because of what they did but eventually I did and I enjoyed them a lot. One of the hardest things about losing a loved one is being able to move on, and with the feeling as if the whole world is judging you it makes it even harder. This was a story of two people grieving, a chance meeting and a second chance at love. It’s a story that’s definitely worth reading and one I’ll be recommending to family and friends.