I’ve been burned one too many times.Fresh off a breakup with a man I was supposed to way and I have no interest in trying that again. While other people my age are graduating from college and starting their careers, I’ve been working since I was a teen and raising my son. Even with the most engaged co-parent, things have never been easy. When Tegan Schwartz moves to town and shows his interest in … and shows his interest in me, I immediately push him away. There’s no space in my life for another man who wants me but doesn’t really love me. I’ve dealt with that since I was fourteen. No thanks. But Tegan is relentless, insisting he isn’t like the others. I’ve fallen for that before, too.
Still, he doesn’t give up and begins to weasel his way into my life. Even with the small progress, I keep him far away from my son. Until it’s clear our feelings are growing and I have to decide if I can merge my two lives.
Can I risk my heart one last time or will I lose Tegan forever?
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Books By Heather Young-Nichols
THE FALLOUT SERIES
Last Good Thing
A Little More Touch Me
COURTING CHAOS SERIES
Cross
Ransom
Booker
Dixon
Something Irish
GAMBLING ON LOVE SERIES
Highest Bidder
Highest Stakes
Highest Reward
HARBOR POINT SERIES
Love by the Slice
Love by the Mile
Love by the Rules
FINDING LOVE SERIES
Making Her Mine
Making Him Hers
EMPOWERED SERIES
The Gremlin Prince
The Goblin War
STANDALONES
Moonstruck
Dirt on the Diamond
After Office Hours: Seducing the Professor
more
We were introduced to Maddie and Tegan in the previous books, as she was Laney’s best friend and has a son with Zac, little Dylan. And Tegan is Rhian’s brother, who came to live with her.
Despite becoming pregnant as a teenager, Zac gave all the support to Maddie and the two co-parenting their son.
When Maddie’s relationship with Ian ends due to his selfish actions, she decides to take a break from relationships and focus only on her son.
Tegan had already noticed Maddie, but since she was in a relationship, he never approached her. But when she becomes single, he decides to take a risk and asks her out, but she’s not ready for it yet.
When the two decide to give a chance to the feelings that are arising between them, the chemistry between them is explosive and they make a beautiful couple, but Maddie is never totally relaxed because she always thinks that something bad can happen.
And when something really happens, all her friends support her and stay with her, but they also make her think and decide what is best for her life.
I loved the story and the characters. It was a beautiful ending to this series. I highly recommend the reading.
I liked Maddie and how she and Zac coparented their son together. I felt for Maddie because of her bad run of relationships. I liked reading about Tegan and Maddie and the ups and downs before they get to their happily ever after.
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Life sometimes makes it Hard to Say Yes to love.
This plot lays out the problems of finding — and trusting — love for the single mom. I divorced when my child was a toddler, and I identified with all the fears and phobias of dating and weighing your kiddo’s happiness and security first. Not to mention the monumental process of finding some seemingly nice guy who’s pretending to be normal but will go psycho after a couple of dates! The author has woven these factors into an interesting story with a sweet romance with the possibility of an HEA just waiting for a young mom to find her courage and accept that it might just NOT be too good to be true!
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Wow I enjoyed this book. The characters are well developed and engaging with undeniable chemistry between the couple which made for a great storyline that kept me turning the pages.
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Really enjoyed this heartwarming and emotional journey filled with exciting and engaging charters, witty dialog, heart racing twists and exciting turns. A great read from beginning to end and so hard to put down.
Hard To Say Yes is a heartbreakingly beautiful ending to Maddie’s journey of love. Maddie has been hurt so she’s pulls away from Tegan. Tegan doesn’t let her get away that easily. These two go through so much on their journey to get their HEA and I was cheering them on the whole way. This is a great ending to The Fallout Series and I look forward to reading the next book this amazing author writes.
This story concerns Maddie, who had a child (Dylan) about 6 years ago, as a result of a one-time sexual encounter with her favorite guy friend, Zac, while still in high school. She lives for her son, and her latest boyfriend turns out to be a total douche who wanted her give up custody of Dylan to Zac. Reeling from that breakup, she explains the whole sordid ordeal to her friends, one of which is Tegan, brother of one of tight-knit little group. A little later Tegan asks Maddie to go out with him and she responds in a rather rude manner, for which she apologizes the next day. Tegan and Maddie become a couple, but Maddie is ultra careful of guys being around her in front of Dylan, so she and Tegan need to take it slow and be careful. After a few weeks of dating, while with the group, Tegan makes a comment that has Maddie in a tizzy. She refuses his texts and phone calls, and even refuses to speak with him when he visits her home. A couple of weeks go by, and finally she tells Tegan why she was so upset and “ghosted him, as he put it. They overcome the miscommunication, admit their love for each other, and she lets Dylan know that Tegan is her boyfriend, which doesn’t surprise him after all. This is a lovely little story of insta-attraction, but one party taking a bit longer to let that instant feeling sink in. I think this series, with stories revolving around this lively group of friends, will be a true winner!!! I received an ARC of this book and voluntarily provide my review thereof.
I absolutely love this series! This is Maddie and Tegan’s story and could not have been written any better. Maddie has been hurt before and it almost ruins her HEA with Tegan. Tegan is such a great guy but he makes a stupid joke that almost cost him Maddie. Their connection is unmistakable with plenty of steam, some drama, humor and love.
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Book three in The Fallout Series a well written story a story with a lot of tension between Tegan Schwartz and Maddie. She has to let go of her past to move on. I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A sweet story about learning how to let yourself fall in love even when it seems like the scariest option. Maddie has had it rough when it comes to her relationships, but Tegan is on a mission to prove that not all men are awful. I loved the little things Tegan did to nudge Maddie into taking a chance on him. But dang did Maddie drive me nuts at times, even if it was mostly understandable. The one thing I would have liked more of was Tegan’s backstory. We read about Rhian’s and subsequently learned some things about Tegan but so much of his life is left a mystery and it would have only enhanced the book to learn more. The ending though was everything this series needed and I’d love to see a little epilogue showing what happens in the future for the entire group!
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Maddie gets pregnant in high school by a friend Zac at a bad time for both of them and have stayed friends while raising their son. She does not date much so when the one guy she has dated for a while decides he does not want to help her raise her son she knows its time to let him go. When she gets together with Zac and the other friends from school she meets Tegan who ask her out but she wants to take a break from men and tells him no. As they continue to hang out together she finally gives in and all goes well until they hit a bump in the road. Will Maddie and Tegan fix the problem they have or go their separate ways?
I enjoyed Maddie and Tegan’s story. They were made for each other. They had a few issues along the way but they were stronger together. They completed each other.
Becoming a parent at the age of 17, Maddie has had to be the responsible one, working and caring for her child, Dylan. She has dated enough to know she can’t trust or rely on anyone else, so she lives only for her son.
When Tegan Schwartz seems interested in her, Maddie stubbornly pushes him away, not believing he offers anything more than the others who have lied to her. But he is persistent and sincere, and the solid walls she built to protect her heart just may crumble. She does need to learn to trust, but she has a great support system of friends along the way.
Grab your copy of this emotion-filled story and see if Maddie and Tegan find their HEA.
This is the third book in The Fallout series by Heather Young-Nichols. It featured Maddie who had a son at seventeen. I loved the relationship Maddie had with Zac, the father of her child, Dylan. I liked how they co-parented Dylan and worked together putting Dylan first. It was interesting to see how a bad relationship with a boyfriend had such power over a new relationship. I really liked how Maddie had a close group of friends and she was also close to her parents and sisters too. It was fun to watch her date Tegan and how this sometimes caused problems with her group of friends because one of the friends was Tegan’s sister. I received an advance copy of this book and I willingly chose to write an honest review.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Hard to Say Yes” by Heather Young-Nichols. I am a fan of this author and have been for quite some time. This author writes in a way that speaks to each reader – it’s realistic and contain story lines that can and are happening all around us. The characters are fun to read and all of the series I’ve read by her grab hold of you right away and keep you hooked until that last book. I’m sad to see this series come to an end – but I’m happy with the stories and how they were told along the way.
This is a great and entertaining series to add to your collection and if you like it as much as I did – go back and add the other books from this author as well.
Happy Reading…enjoy!
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An amazing read with off the chart chemistry between the characters! Can the move beyond the past and have their HEA?
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This story is about growth. Maddie has had to be the responsible one for so long and has been disappointed too many times that the only person she lives for is her son. Tegan begins to crumble those walls she’s built and I loved reading how they traveled these feelings and Maddie learning to mature some more and trust. It’s beautiful, steamy, sweet.
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There’s a lot of tension roiling beneath the surface of this pair. Both the good kind, the chemistry that drew them together, and the bad kind, the emotional baggage that ends up tripping Maddie and Tegan up. But I don’t dare go into any of that because it will land me firmly in spoiler territory. Maddie may have needed to be the responsible adult for a long time now, but she’s got some emotional maturing that needs to happen before she and Tegan can get their happy ever after. There was a point where I despaired of ever seeing them find it. Now that I’ve reached the end of this book, I find that I’m not ready to say “goodbye” to these characters yet. Especially with how this closes.
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Just the absolute best story. It had me captivated from the beginning with the hot steamy scenes. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it! Everything I like to read about and more. Such a great story I will read again and again. A keeper!!
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