Sometimes all you need is a second chance. . . . “L. P. Dover knows how to create the men who make us swoon, the book boyfriends we all want.”—New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin Aubrey Reynolds is a small-town girl who’s made it big. A successful Hollywood director, Aubrey doesn’t have time to linger on what could have been. But when a routine blood test comes back with a false … when a routine blood test comes back with a false positive, she decides to take some time off to do the things she’s always wanted to do: taste the famous chocolate chip cookies at the Minnesota State Fair, hike the Grand Teton National Park, scuba dive in the Caribbean.
But after Aubrey admits to herself what she’s really missing, she heads back home to Dusty Valley, Oklahoma . . . and the man she left behind.
Cole Haywood is a small-town fireman and that’s just fine with him.
Sure, when the love of his life left their hometown to chase her dreams he was heartbroken and—he’ll admit—damn mad.
But Cole would have never forgiven himself if he had held Aubrey back from success.
So the last thing he expects after all these years is to walk into his favorite bar one night and find the girl he’s always loved—there—looking for him.
Maybe now’s the time to make his dreams come true.
Look for more of New York Times bestselling author L. P. Dover’s captivating novels:
The Breakaway series: HARD STICK • BLOCKED • PLAYMAKER
The Second Chances: CATCHING SUMMER • DEFENDING HAYDEN • INTENDED FOR BRISTOL
This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
Advance praise for Love, Again
“Aubrey and Cole are sure to steal your heart. Love, Again is one of my new favorites!”—New York Times bestselling author Krista Lakes
“A remarkable love story—I highly recommend Love, Again.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Sanders
“Looking for a classic love story? Love, Again is that and more!”—USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry
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I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
Aubrey Reynolds is a small-town girl who’s mad it big. A successful Hollywood director. Aubrey doesn’t have time to liner on what could have been. But when a routine blood test comes back with a false positive, she decides to take some time off to do the things she’s always wanted to do. After though she admits to herself what she’s really missing she heads back home to Dusty Valley, Oklahoma and the man she left behind. Cole Haywood is a small town fireman and that’s just fine with him. Sure when the love of his life left their hometown to chase her dream he was heartbroken and mad. But Cole would have never forgiven himself if he had held Aubrey back from success. SO the last thing he expects after all these years is to walk into his favorite bar one night and find the girl he has always loved-there-looking for him. Maybe now is the time to make his dreams come true.
I love second chance romances. Your gonna fall so in love with Cole!!! Talk about a smokin hot man!!! Years ago Aubrey gave up everything that she held near and dear to chase her dreams and she has success. When she receives news from her doctor she decides it time to have some adventures for herself. She did after all give it all up including the love of her life to go chasing her dreams. However in her travels she realizes the one thing she is really missing is Cole. The time has come to go back home and to get what she really wants. This book is good and really fun to read.
I so badly wanted to love this book. Friends to lovers and second chance are my favorite books but this one just didn’t capitalize on those connections for me. I didn’t feel the love between these two, even though I was told, a lot, that it was there. I need a little bit of conflict in books like this otherwise, I’m skimming to just get to the end.
I loved Emilia and Bennett. I also really did like Aubrey and Cole. I was just never drawn into them like I’ve been for other characters in books by this author.
Loved this book! What I liked best was the easy walk to the past that allowed Aubrey and Cole to rekindle their love without a path mired in hatred, problems, and misunderstandings. It is this was more real.
The ultimate goal in life is HEA and this book accomplished that in spades. The characters were totally believable, both strong and that encourages a second chance at HEA. Put a huge smile on my face
This book was gifted to me by the publisher in return for an honest review.
Aubrey followed her dream and is now a successful Hollywood director, and when she gets bad news from her doctor, she does some soul searching and wants to correct her past regrets. Cole was heartbroken when Aubrey left him behind, and now she is back in town will he forgive her? This is a beautifully written story which is heart-warming, emotional, humorous, fun and an all round entertaining read. I was captivated throughout this addictive page turner, and I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I recommend for all.
4.5 stars Excellent contemporary second chance romance. Aubrey had dreams of becoming a movie director from an early age. Her mother strongly supported this dream to the point of having Aubrey promise to leave her small Oklahoma town to do it. Well she did about a month before her wedding and was gone a decade. Cole was close to Aubrey and planned a future together until she left not wanting him to go. The author did a wonderful job developing the characters and storyline so the reader gets drawn in. I received a complementary copy via Net Galley and chose to write a review. I look forward to reading future books by this author.
This story is about second chances. Bree and Cole get a second chance to capture a relationship that had been torn apart 10 years ago. It took the threat of death to get her to this point. It also shines a light on her best friend Amelia and Cole’s brother Bennett. They develop a relationship from spending time in proximity with each other. Forgiveness is also another theme as Cole’s family and the people of the town were very forgiving of what Bree considered her abandonment of them. The story is poignant and sweet. The author captures the essence and goodness of the characters as she brings them to life for the reader. It is an easy to read book with an overarching sense of peace and joy. Both couples find happiness and a life perfect for them.
This was the first book by this author that I have read. This is a story about second chance love with the theme that you need to live life to its fullest. Which is all true. I liked the premise of the book. I liked the characters. However, there was just a certain “something” missing from the book. Not something exactly that I could put my finger on. Some of the dialogue felt forced to me and I felt like everything came together too quickly. Some little things that I personally didn’t care for. However, that is my personal preference so someone else may enjoy how fast things progressed.
Like I said, the plot of the story was good and the journey was a solid concept. The delivery was just too rushed for me.
This is a second chance romance that makes me want to believe in true love again! One of the sweetest I’ve read in a long time, it shows how it’s never too late to go back and make a different choice or right wrongs done.
Aubrey has achieved her dreams, becoming a famous movie director, but to do so, she had to leave behind her first love. This has haunted her for 10 years, until a near tragedy causes her to reevaluate her life choices. She decides to go on a trip, crossing off items on her bucket list, things she’s always wanted to do, but never had the time. She spends a lot of time on her trip thinking about the decisions she’s made in her life, and what she wishes she’d done differently.
Cole is a small town firefighter, who was left behind. He has his own regrets, and decisions he wishes he could change. Life rarely hands you second chances, and when it does, you better make sure you take advantage of it.
This book was a sweet story about regrets, forgiveness, and second chances at happiness. I loved the absolute perfectness of Aubrey and Cole’s connection, and how they just seemed to fit. It was a beautiful story, sure to lighten anyone’s day!
I previously read L.P. Dover’s ‘Breakaway’ series and really enjoyed it. She is amazingly talented to create amazing characters that you will adore. I was really heartbroken when the ‘Breakaway’ series come to an end. When I saw ‘Love, Again’, I didn’t think twice to request. ‘Love, Again’ is a captivating, emotional and sweet second chance story, which you won’t be able to put it down.
Aubrey Reynolds is from a small town called Dusty Valley in Oklahoma, in order to follow her dreams she left everyone, including her heart, behind and moved to Hollywood ten years ago. Now she is a famous Hollywood director. When her blood tests come false positive for a rare disease and thought she doesn’t have long to live, she gets a reality check. Even though there are a lot of people, who envies Aubrey’s glamorous life, she realizes she has no one to share good and/or bad in her life, only feeling she has is loneliness. After this experience, she decides to take time off and start a bucket list. While checking things off from her bucket list, she gets a lot of time to think about past and realizes that what she misses the most is in Dust Valley, so she decides to go back and try to ask forgiveness off the man she left behind.
Cole Haywood is the assistant chief at the Dust Valley fire station. 10 years ago his fiancée left him to chase her dreams and shatter his heart in the process. Even though, Cole tried to move on, he was never able to get over Aubrey. After ten years what he doesn’t expect is to see the love of his life standing right in front of him. He is still mad at her but he is madder himself for letting her go. Now that she is back, he is afraid to open his heart because he knows, her life is in California and he cannot handle being left behind once again.
‘Love, Again’ is one of the best second chance romances I ever read. I really enjoyed this sweet, heartwarming, swoony story. I couldn’t stop reading it once I started and read this book in one sitting 🙂 Also, I loved the secondary characters Emilia and Bennett. Even though, you know how it will end up I would love to read their story as well.
Would I recommend this book: Yes.
Would I re-read this book: Yes.
Would I read future books by this author: Yes.
Love, Again was a beautiful second chance romance. I loved it alot. I loved Cole and Aubrey. Cole was so swoony and sexy. Aubrey was sweet. They had amazing chemistry and were just perfect together. I also loved Bennett and Emilia.
Sometimes I think I’m a glutton for punishment. Sometimes I know I’m just one for giving second (and third, and fourth) chances. As much as I enjoyed the chemistry of this author’s characters in her Breakaway series, there were a lot of things that drove me crazy with her writing. After the last in that series I really thought I’d leave her behind. Then this title popped up as available on Net Galley and I loved the description. I hemmed and hawed, but ended up giving in since I really had wanted to give this author a chance with something other than a hockey romance. (I read one other standalone by her that I wasn’t crazy about, but not enough to make a true judgement.)
I’m happy to report there were no timeline issues in this story. Yay! That has been one of my major issues with her stories in the past. While I still think there was plenty more research she could do with her back story on her characters, it wasn’t as glaringly obvious in this story and I was able to suspend my disbelief for much of the tale. These are all positive things. I lamented that I hadn’t seen much growth in her as an author when I got to the last book in the Breakaway series. Well, I now see that growth in her writing in many ways.
Both Aubrey and Cole are loveable characters. They have a definite spark. Not as much heat and chemistry as I’m used to with her love interests, but there was an undeniable connection. More than anything, their love and this story are sweet. In a good way.
If you regularly read my reviews you know I hate to give spoilers and therefore I often have to be vague in my thoughts. That’s going to be hard for the next part, but I’m hoping I don’t ruin anything. As much as I’m ecstatic that Cole and Aubrey didn’t have the stubborn standoff of not being open and honest yet getting upset that the other was holding back, I also felt the story was somewhat resolved by halfway through. The rest of the book there were little things here and there, but all the real conflict came more from each character having an inner struggle. Not that I want every story I read to be predictable and follow the exact same pattern, but there is a basic outline to how a story flows for a reason…it makes sense. The flow of this story threw me off and left me feeling a bit empty.
Overall all, I think this author has learned a lot since the first stories I read by her. She has a decent size library of work so there are obviously fans of her other work, too. I can’t say for sure if I’ll give her another go, but this time she didn’t totally scare me away. Baby steps.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**
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I’m used to reading hot and heavy second chance romance. And don’t get me wrong this one is all that but it has the sweet factor that had me loving the MC’s so much.
Cole and Aubrey spent 10years apart but that helped them to grow and discover that the only place that brings them happiness is in each others arms. This story was full of funny banter, a little bit of a heartbreak and a whole lot of love that will make you believe that second chances really do exist.
***Review copy request and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
I was riveted by Cole and Aubrey’s story from the very beginning.
This is more than a second chance romance. It’s a whirlwind of emotion. You’ll soon find out that love can’t be denied for these two.
The last line of the story had me smiling. Definitely 5 stars!
I enjoyed reading this second chance love story between Cole and Aubery. The characters were wonderful and they had good chemistry. The pages flowed freely and it had a good storyline.
Thanks NetGalley and Loveswept for advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are of my own.
Let me just start off by saying how much I loved this story. The book starts off with Aubrey receiving alarming news, quickly discovered to be a false alarm, yet it still causes her to realize that she wants more out of her life. Sure, she has the dream career she’s always wanted, but is she actually happy with her life?
She sets off on a bucket list adventure and along the way she finds herself back in her hometown, looking to make amends with the one person she knows she never should have let go, her first love, Cole.
Right off the bat you can feel the guilt and regret Aubrey feels about leaving Cole to fulfill her dreams in Hollywood. And you can feel the tension and chemistry between the two characters.
This is a story about second chances, and how the things that you thought were lost, are really right there waiting to be found again.
I loved every part of Aubrey and Cole’s story. I especially loved that they got their happy ever after. I really loved the ending and I cried tears of joy reading it. Thank you for writing this wonderful book!!
This was one beautiful book. The cameos and shout out of some amazing people and events in the book world was phenomenal. Second chances are what dreams are made of. It gives hope to the wary. One story for thenages and the big screen, in more ways than one.
This was my first L.P. Dover book and will not be my last.
Wow! This one got my attention at the very beginning. Everything fell into place in a 2nd chance romance. The storyline was great and in reality, what should be most important in life. I gave it 4 stars because I really did like the concept, I didn’t care for the dual POVs in this book, as I felt bounced around a bit. I still wanted to see how it ended and with a happy sigh.
Received ARC thru NetGalley and expressing my own thoughts voluntarily
This is one beautifully written book and I loved reading every word. Towards the end, Ms. Dover had me crying, so I know it touched my emotions in a good way. It was easy to visualize what was happening and I really felt a part of the story. This was my first book to read by this author, but it is definitely not going to be my last. I received an ARC of this book and I am freely giving my truthful and honest review of it.
What really starts the story is the fact that Aubrey gets a call from her doctor who eventually tells her that she is suffering from a fatal blood cancer, but a short time later the doctor finds out that due to a filing error that he actually gave Aubrey the wrong results. It makes one wonder what they would do in that situation (at least it made me wonder). Aubrey realizes that this is her wake up call and that she doesn’t want to die with a lot of regrets, the biggest one being that of not being with the man she loves. So she starts on a bucket list and fulfilling the items on said list.
Fate, finally nudges her enough that she returns to her hometown with the idea of just “checking on” her former love, but not actually talking to him incase he has moved on with or without someone else. The story of Aubrey and Cole pulled me in and didn’t let me go not even with the last words on the last page. I am definitely adding this book to my permanent library to be revisited again and again.
This was a second-chance, heartwarming read — a good reminder that living life in the present can bring happiness and joy. I would have given this a higher rating if there would have been a bit more struggle to get to their HEA. The book starts out with a bang but then sort of fizzles out. There is absolutely no angst or anxiety in the plot–everything seems to fall into place which is actually refreshing! Ashamed to say that I like a little bit of conflict! That being said, it was an entertaining and enjoyable read. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.
LOVE! This is one of the sweetest books I have read in a long time! I absolutely love Aubrey and Cole! Their story of forgiveness and letting go of the past was heartwarming. I love that there was very little angst in this book. The side characters were amazing as well – I hope some of them get their own book! FIVE HUGE STARS!!