She never realized until she lost him that he was the only man she’d ever love.Katy and Steven were the loves of each other’s lives until a tragedy and the fallout of Steven’s injuries drove the couple apart.They share a son, but Katy and Steven have moved on with their lives, dating other people, and neither has seen the other in five long years. But when Steven comes knocking on Katy’s parents’ … knocking on Katy’s parents’ door after learning she’s back in town, Katy is forced to face her estranged husband and the love that broke her heart, and his intentions regarding their all-but-over marriage are soon made very clear.
The only problem is that as simple as it would be for them to walk away, seeing just what it means to move on and start a new life may not be as easy as they once thought.
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Reading order:
THE OUTSIDER SERIES (The Friessen Legacy)
The Forgotten Child
A Baby And a Wedding (Short Story FREE)
Fallen Hero
The Search (Short Story FREE)
The Awakening
Secrets
Runaway
Overdue (Short Story FREE)
The Unexpected Storm
The Wedding
The Friessens: A New Beginning
The Deadline (Andy and Laura)
The Price to Love (Neil and Candy)
A Different Kind of Love (Brad and Emily)
A Vow of Love, A Friessen Family Christmas
The Friessens
The Reunion
The Bloodline (Andy & Laura)
The Promise (Diana & Jed)
The Business Plan (Neil & Candy)
The Decision (Brad & Emily)
First Love (Katy)
Family First
Leave the Light On
In the Moment
In the Family: A Friessen Family Christmas
In the Silence
In the Stars
In the Charm
Unexpected Consequences
It Was Always You
The First Time I Saw You
Welcome to My Arms
I’ll Always Love You
A Reason to Breathe
You Are My Everything
more
Emotionally touching story of acknowledgement and realization of true love!
This was a fairly quick read that updated Steven & Katy’s relationship. I love these little mini visits with the Friessens so you can keep in touch with the whole family. Very sweet update.
Katy and her husband Steven have been apart for years now. She had a breakdown after Steven’s terrible accident. Looking after him, building him up, trying to keep positive, and look after their baby Fletcher all got too much for her. Her parents took Fletcher to look after him while she went away to take care of herself and get well again. Now she is back and wanting to take Fletcher home with her. And therein lies the problem. Her parents think Fletcher will be better off with them. Steven wants full custody of him and is also engaged to Katy’s best friend from high school. Can these two get back together or is it definitely over? What a wonderful story.
Steven and Katy will blow you away with their empowering story. When Steven is injured, it places an emotional hardship on him and Katy. Katy is on her own trying to handle everything and when Steven asks her to leave she does. Her emotional state leaves her in place where she is unable to take care of her child and leaving him with her parents is her only choice until she can get herself together. Fast forward and she is back to take hold of her life and retain her place with her child. What she didn’t expect was the fallout not only from her parents but Steven as well. Get ready for a story that will touch you hearts and have you pulling for Steven and Katy to come together and rekindle what they had and still feel if they only look inside of themselves. I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.
Audiobook review:
Overall 5
Performance 4
Story 5
A great addition to the series, more Katy & Steven
It Was Always You is another story in The Friessens saga that focuses on Katy and Steven. Their story began in First Love, on of the first books I read by Ms. Eckhart. They are also the main couple in Family First and Leave the Light On. You don’t really need to have read those books to enjoy It Was Always You but I would recommend it if you like reading series in order.
Steven and Katy were so young and in love in First Love but then things got difficult for them after Steven was severely injured. They’ve been apart for sometime now and need to finally settle things between them.
Steven wants Katy to sign the divorce papers he’s had for more than a year. Katy wants to take their son (who has been staying with her parents) back to live with her where she’s started a new career. Needless to say, things don’t go too well.
This story is a bit longer than some of the others I’ve read in this series and it has a lot of depth to it. Once I started listening to it, I couldn’t stop and finished it in one day.
This is the first book I’ve listened to by Lili Dubuque and I really enjoyed her voice. One small thing kept me from giving her 5 stars (I’m pretty picky about audiobooks). There were several places where the inflection in her voice was off for the text that was being read. It’s hard to explain in this review and it wasn’t enough of a problem to keep me from loving this story. I wouldn’t mind listening to additional books narrated by her.
I am really looking forward to more audiobooks in this series.
I received a free Audible code from the author but this review was voluntary and not influenced by the free gift.