“I never thought I’d get a second chance at a first time with you.” Firefighter Logan Knight thinks it’s fate when he meets Arabella Tucker again, nine years after their brief, intense relationship ended. Until he realizes that Bella doesn’t recognize him and all of their memories together are completely erased from her memory.Bella may be oblivious to their history but she can’t deny their … she can’t deny their scorching chemistry and the possibility of a future with the mystery man from her past. Logan wants a future too, but he can’t go there until Bella knows everything they shared. Her parents, though, want to protect her from the emotional cost of old memories and so Logan is reluctantly persuaded to let the past lie.
But when Bella starts to uncover the truth, she is shocked by the revelations. Can she move beyond the hurt of her shared history with Logan and begin their new story?
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Amy Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary romance writers and I love what she writes, but this story hooked me from page one. Loved the characters and the plot–couldn’t put it down. A fantastic story where I desperately wanted the hero and heroine to have their happy ever after.
Have a few tissues ready
A second chance at first loves returning that would be true of this couple. Bella & Logan. They had fallen in love at 19 were together, and got pregnant but they lost their baby and she went back to Melbourne and shut him out. Now both of are back in Brisbane and he sees her across from his fire station, but she can’t remember him but wants to explain. She has amnesia and lost 9 years of memories. Can they love again.
Bella and Logan
Definitely heart wrenching and perhaps a few tears. Two people that belong together but just had to find the right time.
Sweet ending
I’m not a fan of the amnesia trope but this book may just change my mind. A wonderfully emotional and steamy read.
09/25/2020 Amnesia was a surprise topic when I read “Hot Mess” (nook). In a way, it seems quite strange that someone could have a huge blank spot in their memory. However, I can imagine it happening. Amy Andrews lovingly portrays Bella’s accident and subsequent amnesia. The loss of Bella’s and Logan’s child was very sad and tears streamed down my cheeks in those parts. Thankfully “Hot Mess” is a love story with a happy ending.
Second chance romance with an amnesiac trope. I didn’t think I would like it, but the characters were good and I wanted to root for them.
Good read
Interesting trope for 2 still teens fall in love, but lose the baby and it tears them apart. An accident takes her memory, but he doesn’t know that when he sees her years later. This is their second love story. An interesting study. Well handled.
Love all her books. This one didn’t disappoint. Adding to the reread list. Original story. Great characters.
This book has an interesting premise. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
What an emotional roller-coaster journey for Arabella and Logan. But so very worth it. Amy is so great at evoking emotion. I laughed, I cried and I wished and I hoped. A difficult but lovely story of second chance romance.
I loved this story.
Very good book
This was a surprisingly good read. It dealt with amnesia in a way I wasn’t familiar with and the theme was consistent. There wasn’t any “sudden” change in Bella’s loss of memory. It was a good story, although the ending was a bit “fast” – maybe if they had a bit more discussion about understanding each point of view would have been nice, but overall it was well done. Definite HEA
Firefighter Logan thinks it is fate when he meets Arabella again, nine years after their brief, intense relationship ended. Logan then realizes that Bella does not recognize him and does not remember any of their memories together. Bella cannot deny their scorching chemistry and the possibility of a future with Logan. He wants a future with her, but he cannot go there until Bella knows everything they shared Her parents want to protect her from the emotional cost of old memories, so Logan is reluctantly persuaded to let the past lie. When Bella stars to uncover the truth, the revelations shock her. – Logan was a great character. He was kind, charismatic, and down to earth. He was wonderful with Bella. I cannot imagine getting amnesia and not remembering significant events as she did. That would be frustrating to Logan and Bella. He handled it well, and I liked his brother Duncan. I did not like the ending, too abrupt.
What a perfect mix of fun, sarcasm, joy, angst, sensuality, fragility, sexy, tenderness, pain, loss, love, passion, adoration… A story that completely floored me, had me laughing out loud, going ‘aaw’ and swooning, smiling, and crying or more like sobbing, really.
I loved the story, the originality and the uniqueness of it, the tough choices the author did boldly, the fragility of it, yet the strength of the feelings that carried over time and distance, and all loss and troubles.
Firefighter Logan Knight was doing well, his life was in order, he had a job he loves, the brotherhood of the firefighters, his family, and friends. Yet he had an empty space inside of him that still held the one woman he had ever loved, Arabella Tucker. Logan was such a strong character, his loyalty, strength, honesty, openness just a few of his great qualities. He loved with his whole heart and was not afraid to take risks. The choices he made were tough, yet there were obvious reasons for them, reasons I could not blame him for.
Arabella “Bella” Tucker was a survivor with guts and sass and contagious laugh. I can only imagine the pain and confusion she had gone through and continued to do so, with her amnesia. How her situation with the amnesia was affecting others around her, and Logan in special, was heartbreaking. That little shimmer of hope that never goes away, maybe today they will remember…
I want to applaud the author for not taking an easy solution here, but going for the tough one, the one that resembles life, the one that made the protagonist grow, to develop into these amazing people who can make compromises, who can learn to love in hard situations, who can learn to accept the difficult things in life.
This story got all my emotions churning, I don’t remember when have I gotten so emotional while reading a story, if ever, and I mean in a good way. I was so connected to the characters, it was like feeling their angst, loss, pain, joy, love, desires as the story unfolds. The loss is so great, the pain is so tangible, the confusion so real, the past still so raw it was heartbreaking. But there is hope. There are hard choices, compromises, there are difficult conversations, and there is a lot of love, passion, and adoration, making Hot Mess an absolutely fantastic story, that I love, adore, and feel passionate about.
It is going directly to the ‘The Best of 2017’ file.
~ Five Spoons!