Losing my father wasn’t the hardest part of going home… to.
Being there means there’s no chance of avoiding Zac or hiding my broken heart. Then I discover all the things my friends never told me. Zac having a kid with my former best female friend seems like the biggest. But I’m wrong.
Sticking to my plan of taking care of Dad’s estate and leaving this town behind me is going to be harder than I thought. They forgot about me. Can I forgive that or all the secrets they’ve kept hidden?
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LAST GOOD THING was a wonderful, second chances, NA read about Laney and Zac, who grew up as neighbors in a somewhat rundown suburban town in Michigan. Laney and Zac were best friends, until Laney moved her senior year of high school. She’d always felt more for him, but they hadn’t crossed the line from friends to a couple.
When Laney moved, Zac, along with her other hometown friends, ghosted her. She never knew why. When she is forced back to her old neighborhood after a family tragedy, Laney must confront the people of her past and deal with her lingering feelings for Zac. Zac and Laney respark a friendship, but can she trust him to move their relationship even further?
I loved LAST GOOD THING, and can’t wait for book 2 of the series! Heather Young-Nichols writes relatable, young characters, who act their age, which is refreshing for the NA genre. They aren’t perfect, they do dumb things, and as readers and fans of NA, we learn to appreciate and accept that. This was a wonderful love story about two kids who matured during their time apart, for different reasons, and who find their way back to each other.
I’m having a bit of a disconnect with this book as I’m reading about hot summer weather, but I look out the window at feet of drifted snow and temperatures that will freeze skin in mere minutes. Now, I’m finding that I’m having a great deal of difficulty putting my thoughts about this story into words. It’s a beautiful story of life, loss, love, and second chances, but there’s a point where everything breaks down that made me want to throw heavy objects at breakable things. I pretty much adored Zac through the whole book, and my heart broke for Laney. However, it was during that period where I wanted to throw things that I didn’t much like Laney at all. The story goes on to redeem their misunderstandings, but I can’t help feeling like she wasn’t being fair to anyone during that time. I’m already falling in love with this group of characters and I’m hoping to read much more about them.
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I love love love second-chance romance and Heather delivers. This book pulls at the heart in all the right ways <3
Loved the book, the story was well written and the characters were intriguing. Once I started I could not get enough, from the start till the end I was engrossed I was even on the edge of my seat with twists and turns, lust and passion, strength happiness and funny. The story of erotic of sensation. Do yourself a favor and buy the book you want be disappointed.
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The great plot was well written and the characters were so well developed that as I turned each page the chemistry between the characters kept me totally hooked until the very last page!
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A very good second chance romance with realistic characters who do dumb things and live real lives. A lot of drama with the secrets and striving for forgiveness. Will hold your interest from the very beginning until the HEA.
Sweetly thrilling second chance romantic journey filled with engaging charters that are very easy to relate to and heart racing twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A great read from beginning to end.
I must admit that while I thoroughly loved this story of young Laney, returning to her hometown after having left home following her parents’ divorce, and attending state college away from her hometown, to deal with her recently deceased father’s personal belongings and property, there was one naggling thing that bothered me throughout the story. Laney and Zac, across-the-street neighbors, were best friends until she left their hometown at the end of her 11th grade year of high school. Laney never acknowledged her secret love for Zac, but the fact that Zac, as well as their close friends, completely shut her out of communication upon her departure has been very difficult for her to accept. She returned to East Branch, Ohio, to deal with her late dad’s business, but also to find out why those whom she felt were her friends, totally disregarded and ignored her upon her move. She returns to learn a big surprise about Zac and her good friend, Maddie, as well as some other surprises. But despite her struggles with understanding the ostracizing, she and Zac admit some things, and there is an HEA, although, I was disappointed there was no Epilogue. But perhaps in the 2nd book of the series we may hear more. The one naggling problem I had? How did Zac, who lived right across the street from her one-time home, and her dad, never know of his death? (This is the only reason a 4-star rather than 5-star review!)
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Laney is back to her old hometown to clear out her father’s home after he suddenly died while visiting her. Laney and her mother left just before her senior year of high school yet she never knew why her parents split up. Once she moved away all of her friends stopped talking to her as well. Now she’s back and the first person she runs into is Zach one of her best friends and the guy she always wanted to be with. Not sure if she’s up to confronting him on why he stopped all contact with her Laney moves towards the house when suddenly a little boy comes calling Zach dad. A secret kept from her is revealed and she doesn’t know how to handle it so she pulls away to start working on packing up. Once Zach knows she is back he wants to try and reestablish their friendship even though he wants something more with her. Word gets out about her being back and soon other friends are reaching out to her. But the pain of being without friends after she moved has her hesitating doing anything with them. With sheer persistence Zach manages to break through to Laney and they start being friends again. However every time she thinks there aren’t anymore surprises yet another one pops up. With all the secrets she’s uncovering as she packs up and talks to friends can Laney see herself staying or will it have her leaving sooner than she planned? Can Zach convince her to give him another chance and stay with him?
This is a very emotional story once I started it I couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between them is blazing hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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After her parents split up, Laney leaves East Branch and her friends stop contacting her. Now, four years later, she needs to return after her father’s death, but is afraid to find Zac, Maddie and their other friends again.
When she sets foot in her home, she is welcomed by Zac, her former best friend and crush, and a big surprise that no one had told her about.
As the summer goes on, she starts to pack up at her father’s house and reconnect with her old friends, mainly Zac. But when a new secret, this time from her own father, comes up, she doesn’t know if she can trust everyone again because she couldn’t bear to have her heart broken again.
I loved the story and the characters. I recommend the reading.
Last Good Thing is a second chance romance about Laney who returned to her hometown after four years to deal with her father’s estate. While there she runs into Zac her best friend and the only guy she’s ever loved. This book is filled with heartbreak, secrets, drama, angst, suspense, steam and so much more.
The storyline was good and the characters were interesting enough to keep my attention throughout the entire book!
Laney and Zac have an interesting story trying to overcome things from their past. When Laney comes back after her dad’s death she sees Zac again and meets his son Dylan. This was a good read.
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This book hooked me from the get go I just couldn’t put it down I fell in love with these characters and omg what a story just a perfect for a great reading time.
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I always enjoy a good second chance romance. This was very good about Zac and Laney. Secrets and plot twists. Enjoy!
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So a great story but kinda left me hanging at the end. I would have liked a little more closure but I did enjoy Laney and Zac’s story. The only reason I wished for more, meaning an epilogue or something, was that their story was so emotional! They were best friends for years and things happened that broke that friendship apart for years. I also know that this is book 1 in a series so I’m hoping for more in book 2. Fantastic storyline, well written with wonderful characters that I am looking forward to reading more about.
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Laney was forced to move away from her home town – home of her crush and best friend, Zac, Maddie (her female best friend), and other friends from HS. Years later she has to return to the place she never thought she’d return – and have to face the people she thought were her friends, but who disappeared without a word. She’s lost over the death of her father, the loss of her friendships, and having to face these memories and people from her past. Secrets unfold, true feelings are acknowledged, but can Laney forgive? Will she be able to find happiness? This story caught my attention from the beginning and kept it until the end. There were moments that had me laughing and moments that had me reaching for a tissue. Looking forward to seeing what Heather Young Nichols comes up with next.
This is book one in this fall out series. Laney is forced to return home after 4 years to settle her father;s estate. Zac is living next door when she gets there. The story line has secrets drama suspense and love.
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This is a second chance romance that focuses on secrets and forgiveness. Laney Douglas is forced to return to her hometown after leaving and never wanting to come back. But her father’s death means that she has to settle his estate. She wished he had remarried so it wouldn’t be her responsibility. She would have preferred sneaking into town and leaving without running into people, but things are never that easy. As she walked to the front door, she hears a familiar voice from next door and turns to see her former best friend and the guy she had always wanted, Zac Walsh. As he asked her questions about her dad’s death, Zac’s almost-4-year-old son, Dylan, ran up to him saying he was hungry. Dylan went back to his house, and Zac stood there looking guilty. Doing the math, she figured out that her friend, Maddie Preston, had been pregnant at the time Laney had left town. Neither of them had told her. Nor had they kept in touch with her.
A knock at her door, Laney found Zac telling her she needed to come to Mac’s with him to meet the gang. They heard she was back and were eager to see her again. She refused, but Zac came inside and said if she didn’t come, they would all show up on her porch. Then he told her he didn’t intend to let her get away again. When he grabbed her wrist, her feelings for him all came back, whether she wanted them to or not!
Is Laney ready to forgive all the things she wasn’t told or the way her friends stopped talking to her? Or is she ready to forgive, ask for answers to her questions, and move on with her life? Will she give Zac a second chance to explain and maybe allow a relationship with her now, or have the secrets destroyed that possibility?
This was such a good book as the author takes us slowly through the missed opportunities and misdirection of Zac and Laney’s early years. She was so convincing that Zac was just a best friend that no one knew how much more was in her heart. Will she finally tell him? Will she perhaps find that he felt the same?
Book one in a new series called The Fallout Series a well written story and I want to read the next book. This is Laney Douglas and Zac Walsh’s story of a second chance and her fin ding out things about her Dad and why her friends no longer called her after her Mother moved them away. I enjoyed reading this story, and want to read the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.