She isn’t the girl Luka Hale loved.Gia Jilani killed the child she’d been, right along with the memory of his smile and the sting of his sweet kiss.But sometimes, against her will, Luka comes back to her— his smile, his laugh, the crooked twist of his lips just before he kissed her. He’s a phantom that won’t ever fade. He’s a reminder of what happens if you love too deeply.Now Gia returns to the … deeply.
Now Gia returns to the place where the past and the present converge. Where pain and pleasure threaten to consume her. Where she is forced to face a past that has never really left her and the memories that still haunt her and likely always will.
This is a Saints and Sinners prequel novel set in the Thin Love timeline
SAINTS AND SINNERS SERIES ORDER
Last Love of Luka Hale
Roughing the Kicker
Offsides (September 2019)
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Eden Butler has out done herself with this great read. How she took something so heart breaking and made it a beautiful, traffic tale. Having already read Kona’s story, we know what happens, but to read it…. makes it more real. Sadder even. They’re love was short, but most definitely real and raw. Must read
Love everything about this story. It was so great to learn more about Luka and Gia during their college years and re-live some of the time of Thin Love. So many emotions are felt through this series. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for Gia.
This is a short, sweet and emotional story, an insight into Luka Hale and his college football life. First off, if you don’t fall instantly in love with him, I don’t know what to tell you. He’s dreamy in so many ways, and a bit wounded where you just want to hug him nonstop. Gia is fierce, a woman on a mission to do so many amazing things. And I just loved them together. But I’m warning you now, you will cry, and it won’t be pretty (and again, if you don’t, I just don’t know what to say). But overall, you are going to love this
This book will take you on an incredible journey of love and pain. Getting more of this amazing couple is more than a girl can ask for. I love how the emotions just take over and you can’t help but sob at how broken this story is. Love is never easy or it wouldn’t be worth fighting for. Eden blew me away and I can’t read her next book.
As one who has wanted a bit more of Luka Hale after reading Thin Love, I couldn’t be happier at how Eden Butler wrote this novella. Sure it’s bittersweet, knowing Luka’s future but his true love in Gia was as profound as any lifelong romance. Their flirty banter and struggles to have their love affair stay a secret from her uncle, Luka’s coach, is truly lovely despite all the crazy. Theirs was the real deal, no question about it. You could just feel it with every turn of the page. Something these Hale brothers take very seriously with the women who steal their hearts.
And with Gia now a grown woman with a powerful job in her beloved football world, I am beyond curious as to how her life will now take a most unusual turn with one of the newer players seemingly having a shared past with the love of her life.
Really well done, Last Love of Luka Hale is a perfect little prequel to the next chapter in the Saints and Sinners series. 4 solid stars!
I loved, loved, LOVED this book!! I’m so glad Eden Butler wrote The Last Love Of Luka Hale as it was nice to revisit the Thin Love world and to read the beautiful, bittersweet love story between Luka and Gia. It’s a wonderful introduction to Gia’s full length story and I can’t WAIT to read it!!
Last Love Of Luka Hale was one of true love, entanglements and forever. Luka and Gia may not be new to some and for those of us we knew this would be a story of not only love but loss. Their story warmed my heart and broke it all at the same time. It gave me answers but at the same time left me with questions. The smiles were large but the tears were plenty. A story of a young man and woman with the world at their feet who didn’t expect to find an endless love but found sometimes you just can’t avoid it. This prequel to the Saints and Sinners series leads us to the final book in the series and one that I feel will be breathtaking. Last Love Of Luka Hale is an emotional story that will affect you in the most profound way.
Finally we get a glimpse of Gia’s life, loves this story. How could we not, with the whole forbidden love kinda thing. I always pictured Gia to be very pretty with those sad eyes, and now we all know why. Loved the pre story before we get into the full on Gia love story.
My heart is split open
I have no words and then I have so many words. Luka and Gia split my heart open and had me openly sobbing. An amazing love story. This story will be with me for a long time.
Gia is off limits due to being the coach’s niece. Luka is a player who is attracted to Gia. They have a secret relationship and fall in love. This story explores their love and ending.
Let me see if I can describe what you’re about to read LOL …..
The title to this story says a thousand words if you’re an Eden fan and/or at least have read Thin Love. If you haven’t read it and plan to then STOP and go read it because, reasons …
I both loved and hated this story. I loved it because it gave me a better look at Luka Hale and who he was and I hated it for the same reasons … If you’ve read Thin Love then I know you feel me with this, if you haven’t, STOP … lol
I’m invested in this world and all its books now. I’m so damn grateful I picked this story to early review for the blog because it brought Thin Love and its world into my orbit! I have a serious #binge ahead of me and I just cannot wait!
Copy provided for blog tour
LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE is the first instalment and novella in Eden Butler’s contemporary, adult SAINTS AND SINNERS erotic, romance series. This is college sweethearts Luka Hale, and Gia Jilani’s storyline. The Saints and Sinners is a spin off from the author’s Thin Love Series. LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE runs parallel to and crosses over with the premise of THIN LOVE, and should not be read as a stand alone. It is recommended the reader read THIN LOVE before venturing into Last Love of Luka Hale.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Gia and Luka) using present day and memories from the past LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE focuses on the short-lived, forbidden romance of college football star Luka Hale, and ‘water girl’ Gia Jilani. Luka Hale doesn’t do relationship but meeting the coach’s niece, Gia Jiliani, stirred something deep within our storyline hero. Trying to keep their relationship a secret, Gia and Luka venture forth hiding behind locked doors as their romance develops into something more.
LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE is the prequel novella that introduces Gia Jilani, sports agent to the stars, and the only woman Luka Hale had ever loved. The premise is lighthearted but sad; the romance is hot and heavy; the characters are sassy and sexy. A quick look at Kona Hale’s twin brother, LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE is a bitter sweet story of first love and loss.
I’m becoming a massive fan of Eden’s, this is the only second solo book of hers I have read and it is absolutely amazing, but after reading Thin Love I had no doubt in my mind that I would love this one too. I loved Luka and Gia in Thin Love and seeing them again in this book. These two were intense, when I first read them in Thin Love, I knew they were something special and I was not proven wrong. Their love is something that will consume, leave you wanting and needing more and wanting to beg the author for more and they did just that. This love story has left me bent out of shape. First, the characters capture my heart. Luka is sweet, loving and hot as hell, Gia is strong-willed, outspoken and will never shy away from her own feelings. I admire that in her because it is something I lack but look for in a main lead female character. The author couldn’t have written a better couple. You both them together and it is like the world alines and you can’t help but cheer these two on. I am in complete awe. Eden Bulter, you’ve just gotten yourself a new major fan!
5 Stars!