New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan continues her sexy new contemporary stand-alone series with an enemies-to-lovers office romance.Paris Trissel is in a dating rut. Despite the pact she made with her friends to find someone to share her life with, she’s throwing in the towel after only a few blind dates. Add in the fact that the new hire at the job she used to love … to love happens to be the Brady brother she can’t stand, and Paris is having a terrible year.
Prior Brady’s life seems pretty perfect from the outside. He has a wonderful, caring girlfriend, a family he’s never been closer to, and a new job he can’t wait to sink his teeth and talents into. Too bad the woman he has to work with for hours a day hates him on sight.
Once the two are forced to find the balance between chemistry and temptation, however, they’ll realize they’re stronger together than apart. Except when Paris’s past comes back with a vengeance, bringing terror, pain, and horror with it, both she and Prior will have to lean on each other.
In more ways than one.
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Prior and Paris’s story…what a romp!
Brady boys and the Pact girls’ stories continue. Loved Paris’s blind date snafus – her being a software QA engineer to Prior software developer.
Great read, can’t wait for Macon & Dakota’s story next!
Paris and her background are not what I was expecting. I laughed along with her and her blind date failures. I totally could understand and respect where she was coming from in the workplace. Prior was so good for Paris and just a “nice” guy in the friend department. I was swept into this story and was surprised with the turns. There were threads indicating the next match ups. And I think those will be hot based on the chemistry already. A definite cuddle up read.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to like Paris let alone grow to love her but I did. Prior was so sweet and kind from the very beginning and I knew he would be a special guy. Paris was a tougher character to get a feeling about. I felt her discomfort with each blind date but didn’t know how everything else would fit together. Once the assumptions and attitudes were cleared I grew to love Paris and who she was when she would be around Prior. They are perfect for each other even with the challenges they had to face. It was great seeing a bit of the other girls and the rest of the Brady boys. I can’t wait to see who is next to fall in love
Loved it. It is very well written. The next Brady Brother to found love. Can co workers and friends become lovers. Prier and Paris is a must read. Does Paris’s pass come back and tear them apart. Can’t wait to read the next one. Four Friends and Four Brothers.
Paris and Prior have been prickly with each other since we met them in Forever Only Once. However they are thrown together on an almost daily basis when Prior start working at the same location for the same company. Paris is having a run of really bad first dates and unfortunately
Prior gets to witness some of those moments, much to Paris’s displeasure. However Due to some extenuating circumstance they become closer and become friends. There are a few characters n this story that you may want to drop kick however I think they both get their just rewards. Paris and Prior are really good together and once they get out of their own way this becomes very apparent to all. Love this enemies to friends to lovers story.
On my gosh! This book hooks you from the first page. All that Paris went through as a child and then more she ends up going through as an adult. It broke my heart. Prior is such a great guy. He is there for her when she really needs someone. These two are so good for each other. Specially Prior. All that he did for Paris, protecting her but still letting her stand up for herself when needed. I loved this book and can not wait to read about Macon and Dakota.
Paris and Prior have chemistry that they both deny. I love how protective Prior is of Paris, even while he’s just viewing her as a friend. Paris’ work situation is less than ideal, but Prior helps make it more bearable for her. For those who are worried about the fact that Prior has a girlfriend, don’t be. Carrie Ann Ryan handles that in a way that satisfies readers and shows what an upstanding guy Prior is. I love the dynamics of the entire group and can’t wait to see the next two couples get their HEAs.
Wonderful new addition to this series! My favorite so far! I really enjoyed the snarky animosity between Paris and Prior in the beginning. Sparks abound and I loved that it was the heroine for a change who is closed-off and a little abrasive, for very good reasons, and the hero who is more obviously kind and non-confrontational. Prior is strong and genuine, and has a great capacity for love and friendship. He’s manly in all the good ways, without straying into toxic macho behavior. There’s no cheating here, phew, but Prior isn’t single when the story starts, and it takes him a little time to realize he needs to make some changes in his life. He is definitely not in a healthy relationship, Allison is manipulative to say the least, and there absolutely is more to his tentative friendship with Paris than he at first thinks. I liked the realism in the story, especially as it pertains to the challenges and misogyny Paris faces in her job, how she handles herself, Prior’s reactions, supportive but not fighting her battles for her. Like in the first book in this series, Paris and Prior also find themselves in an unexpected dangerous situation and things get quite dicey and scary. I was taken by surprise when I found out who exactly was the threat, which I loved! I hate when these kind of things are too predictable. As always with a Carrie Ann Ryan there’s a wonderful emotional depth to the main characters’ connection, and the relationship is balanced and equal. The blind dates were both hilarious and cringe worthy, and we get teasing glimpses of the coming couples in this series. Can’t wait to see who’s next!
I loved this book!
It seems that as we move along in the series, the characters in general all grow. It’s awesome to see.
It’s also extraoridnary to see how the love blossoms between Prior and Paris. You see that he’s a really good guy and Paris a an amazing woman. She’s fought tooth and nail to get where she is in her job and she’s fought to overcome her past.
It’s just amazing to watch unfold.
Wow, what another great book by Carrie Ann Ryan. I couldn’t put it down once I started. It had everything I wanted.
I loved Prior and Paris together, they may of fought their feelings and their friendship from start. But when they keep being thrown together you knew it was going to explosive.
I couldn’t help trying to work it out from beginning. And this all started with a pack with her friends to go on blind dates.
This is the second book in the Promise Me series and it is Paris and Prior’s story. This book starts out strong and keeps you wanting to read it it until the end. I loved this book and can’t wait for the next in this series
Paris and Prior has a nice ring to it. This is a great enemies to lovers romance that takes a turn quickly. I liked seeing their relationship go from hostile to friendly to so much more. There is a little drama but it turns out they are stronger together.
Omg I loved this story. I loved reading Prior and Paris story. Carrie Ann never fails in spinning a story that sucks a reader in and just gives all the feels. I really enjoyed the characters and story layout. Excellent reading.
From That Moment is the second book in the Promise Me series and is another captivating story. Prior and Paris have an intense chemistry from the start bordering on being enemies to lovers. From that very first moment it is consuming, witty, entertaining and has intrigue and suspense. This heartwarming story finds its way deep into your heart and has you on the edge of your seat at times. A story filled with sexy moments, passion, understanding, drama and endearing characters. A book that holds you hostage to the pages and has you falling hard right along side these two as another one succumbs to the pact.
4.5 Stars
Loved this story! Loved the progression of their relationship and what a great team they make.
The Brady brothers and the Pact sisters are so fun each book! This one is about Prior and Paris, although they know each other, they did not know that they worked for the same branch of business.
Suddenly, they are put together working on a project for 6 months and Prior sees another woman in Paris. By each day she shows him how strong, sexy and a very good person she is (although her blind dates sucks…). Their friendship and working together is slowly building the trust they need to moving to the next level and the book is very sensisitve in showing this side.
There is tragric events and they both fact them together and I have to tell you that the sexy scenes are just so great.
The book is wonderful and I love it!
The Promise Me series hooked me from the get go- four friends agreeing to set each other up on blind dates so they can find love- each romance starting with a blind date (of sorts) and each having some sort of murdery aspect of the story. I love parallelisms, so I was excited to see how Carrie would play out this premise with different couples as the series progressed.
In the second installment featuring Prior Brady and Paris, this is more of an enemies to lovers vibe- our leads already know each other since one is the best friend and the other the brother of our couple from book 1. Brady ends up working at the same company as Paris, and given their history of tension they immediately butt heads. The enemy vibe quickly dissipates however as they two grow more friendly. Prior is in a relationship while Paris is in a cycle of bad blind dates. Brady is privy to a particularly nasty one, resulting in their bond deepening and a friendship forming. Eventually Brady finds himself without his girlfriend, and Paris has sworn off the crappy dates- and a particularly traumatic experience bonds them further. Soon we learn there is some painful history that Paris hasn’t quite recovered from, and Prior turns out to be a steady and reliable friend. But, of course, the attraction grows to a feverish place, and like our premise promises, a dangerous finale awaits this couple.
Prior was pretty dreamy- nerdy, reliable, kind and empathetic. And sexy…oh sexy. And Paris really grew on me. She’s so strong and resilient despite the misogynistic crap she deals with at work and her painful past. I empathize with the vault she put around her heart and the distance she keeps from others- she’s just trying to protect herself. Prior breaks through it though- with compassion and patience and his steadiness.
I really loved how Carrie invested so much time in helping these two connect emotionally- it really paid off in terms of believable chemistry. That enemies to friends to lovers pacing and given that Prior is in an existing relationship, that does mean this book is a bit slower burn. The burn pays off though- these two have great physical chemistry and by the time we get there it feels more substantial because of the friendship groundwork laid. I kept waiting for the conflict/climax to start coming after we finally get these two into a romance, and it comes fast and hard. The ending felt a bit hasty in terms of pacing, especially after the more steady pace of the rest of the book- and our story wraps up a bit quickly.
Overall, a great second installment to this steamy, fast paced series. It was fun to see Carrie take the same architecture and build around it in totally different ways in book 2- has me excited to see what will play out in book 3!
From that moment is the second book in the promise me series by Carrie Ann Ryan. It is an enemy’s to lovers office romance about Paris Trissel and Prior Brady. Paris made a pact with her friends to start dating and Prior happens to show up at the same place as her blind dates. Is it meant to be or will Paris’ past prevent her from getting a happily ever after. This was a great story and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
Paris really had bad luck with her blind dates, so was ready to give up. But in comes Prior without even realizing it, swept her off her feet.
From working together, Prior helping her with her nightmarish past and bring her out of shell, Pari and Prior made the perfect couple. Just as they start to realize that, the past comes and they literally are fighting for their lives.
Paris is a smart and strong woman, I loved that about her, Prior sees that and after realizing that steps back and stands behind her as she stands up for herself, what a beautiful way to show someone
you care. Loved their interactions and how hot they were between the sheets.
An acquaintances to lovers romance read that will take your breath away. Paris and Prior’s story will put you on a ride filled with intense emotions as they fight what is happening between them. What happens when close proximity brings their chemistry to a sizzling heat level will have you cheering for their HEA. I am so in love with their series that doesn’t disappoint and can’t wait to see what happens next.