ANNIKA
Cheating husband. On-air meltdown. Public humiliation.
Lucky me, I’ve experienced them all.
Oh, and the implosion of my career as an up-and-coming designer and renovation television darling.
But that was then.
Now, I’m in the TV studio, more determined than ever to prove to myself (and the few fans I have left), that I’m back for good. Nothing from my past—no man, no mistake—is going … past—no man, no mistake—is going to knock me down again.
If only fate—and Grayson Hesse—had gotten the memo.
GRAYSON
Woodworker. Stone house restoration guru. And the new host of Hesse and a Hard Place.
This is what I know:
If this show’s a success, I’ll finally be able to give my family the financial stability they need. My chances of success go way up if I have the best designer in the business working by my side. And the best in the business (despite the lingering rumors) is Annika Hale.
She’s the triple threat: brilliant designer, restoration maven, and the woman who stole my heart six years ago…and hasn’t looked back since.
But that was then.
Now… Well, what is it they say? After all, 425 Madison is the perfect place to fall in love.
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I absolutely love Annika and Grayson! This book will not disappoint! I have lived each and every book in this series and this one was no exception! I highly recommend it!
Another book in the 425 Madison Ave series and its fabulous. Grayson and Annika story pulls at your heart strings. Annika definitely has demons to get over… her ex being one of them (definitely hate him lol) but oh boy Grayson id dreamy. An amazing story xx
LOVED. It might be because I’ve been binging HGTV, but I really enjoyed Annika & Grayson. They both have reasons for working hard to make the show a success and I was rooting for both of them. I just love these two figuring out their feelings and how they can be together.
I love this series! This was another great addition to it!
ONE SPECTACULAR ROLLERCOASTER!!!
Sensational! Katy knocks the brakes this baby, spinning all the shenanigans and mayhem, with such acumen, immense passion and unique insight, welding this sparkling jewel together sleek, shiny and tight. A tumultuous wild ride chocked-full of unexpected circumstances and thrilling mishaps, blasts those swirling emotions into play, booting this glittering jewel into a roaring tempest, catapulting it into a tailspin with a mind-blowing culmination. Twined, combined and interwoven, exposing the explosive ups and agonizing downs, grounding in it’s strength and awe inspiring in it’s depth. Satisfaction rocks this jewel, bringing it home with such intensity and precision, riding roughshod and delivering one chart topping piece of perfection, propelling this gem to life spectacularly. Intense attraction and chemistry sizzles, alluring and mesmerizing, binding them to one another perfectly. The characters are complex and authentic with depth and traits that blend and flow, transforming into genuinely charismatic personalities. The scenes are so vividly detailed it gives the illusion you were right there standing in the middle of ground zero with them. Fantastic job Katy, thanks for sharing this little gem with us.
An entertaining interesting second chance romance. This intriguing storyline has twists and drama, romance, and some laugh out loud. This steamy contemporary romance kept me interested page after page. The characters are realistic and well developed with undeniable chemistry. I voluntarily read and reviewed this incredible ARC.
Annika has come a long way from the heart ache and betrayal of her ex husband. She is finally getting her life back in order along with her career which leads her back to Grayson a man she had a one night stand with that she thought was going to be so much more. As these two reconnect he sheds light on what happened all those years ago and has them rekindling the past. As they bond it looks like her ex has some more surprises up his sleeve. Will his antics break up Annika and Grayson? This story draws you in and keeps you glued to the pages. I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.
Ames is an author that will help you find your smile, even as you are working yourself through a box of Kleenex. Grayson and Annika are every day people looking to find their spark again. Life may have pushed them around by the heart, but never quite succeeded in breaking their spirit. Love by Design speaks from the heart with an overwhelming amount of humor and emotion.
ONE INTENSE READ!!! Whoa! Fast and furious is definitely the way to go. Yep, talk about falling hard. I do not even know where to begin. I thought the last book was fantastic. Again, this is an unexpected delight in itself. I know, I can not make up my mind. So choose them all. You can not go wrong here, trust me on that. This is a page-turner, smooth flowing wild ride that will leave you breathless.
“I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.”
Great story and behind the scenes of a TV show Hesse and a Hard Place. Remolding old homes with a design team. Grayson has met Annika in years before he helps to hire her for his new TV show. Annika was on a TV show years before but caught her ex husband cheating with a co worker on back stage and cause a scene on TV and was let go. Annika went into hiding until this show came up. She meets Gray as she called him and they start up slow at first because she is causes of another guy. Love this story . At times it was funny, sad, learning to trust again, and love. Can’t wait to read the next book. Love this series.
Simple and tender
3.5
Good simple romance, well written and rather sweet which gives a new chance to a couple who was separated on a misunderstanding 6 years ago. Their story has a background of TV show which brings some twists and turns, but the whole remains cute and tender . There is a lot of going back with the past at the beginning, and it tends to annoy me.
Annika finds Grayson: they both think that one had ghosted the other 6 years ago and after that, Annika married then divorcedfrom her husband who had cheated on her, live on tv during a show in which she participated.
When she discovers that she is going to work with Grayson, the one who had broken her heart, Annika takes her courage with both hands to face and rebuild her career.
However, the spark between them is not extinguished and it only asks to burn again.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book
Every book in this series can be read as a stand alone, but some characters from other books do pop up. This book is about Annika and Grayson and it touched lots of emotions. Once I started it, I did not want to put it down. I give a lot of kudos to Grayson for all his caring and patience and understanding where Annika is concerned. I loved his quirky family, too. Annika got put through the wringer by her exhusband and it takes her awhile to find her mojo again. I enjoyed the relationship dynamics between Grayson and Annika and seeing how they developed and grew.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Annika and Grayson’s story is swoon and fire! An unputdownable read with a sweet HEA! I love that when we get introduced to these characters, it isn’t the first time they met. We get a glimpse into their history through their thoughts of the past. I love the setting this story is set in, and how Annika and Grayson are brought together and reconnect.
The chemistry between these two had me swiftly turning through the pages. I was rooting for them from their first moment together. Annika and Gray are so well matched, and bring out the best in each other. The writing is so well done. A must read romance!
Do you like second chance romance with the world of design setting the stage? Eek, this story has a unique, sweet spin. It looks at life after humiliation and heartache. The thing making it worse, it was viewed on national television. Eek.
Annika and Greyson are wonderful characters who are reconnecting after a brief relationship. Our heroine has been dealing with rebuilding her life after it imploded. Love how our hero is revealed to be a supporter and defender of Annika. So good.
What a beautiful addition to the 425 Madison Ave Series. I would say this is one of my favs in this collection so far. Definitely worthy of all 4.5 stars. Its a wonderful simple tale of romance with some sexy elements. Wink. Happy Reading Everyone!
425 Madison is the perfect place to fall in love. Katy Ames has written a perfect love story for Annika and Grayson. They met, they hooked up, and then they lost touch due to a miscommunication. A few years later they meet again and the heat they felt initially has not been put out. The sparks, the heat, the attraction is still there and stronger than ever.
I did feel that this book moved a little slower than some of the other in the series and that I knew exactly where Grayson and Annika would end up, but I enjoyed every word on the book. I looked forward to finding moments where I could read another chapter, find out what twists would come next for these two, and when they would finally come together happily.
Katy Ames is an author that I am looking forward to reading more from. I recommend picking up your own copy of Love by Design and finding out for yourself why 425 Madison is the perfect place to fall in love.
This was another solid offering from this series! Annika was a designer and host of a TV show. She finds out that her husband was having an affair on air and had quite the meltdown. Grayson is host of a new design show and Annika is working with him. Annika knows this is her second chance at a career in design and can’t let anything or anyone in her way. Grayson had his work cut out for him to win her over. It was such a pleasure to read!
Thank you for the privilege of reading this book! Well done
Annika and Grayson… loved their story. I was intrigued with their past and how they get to happily ever after.
Both of them grow so much in the book. I loved their connection and draw. Katy Ames does a great job jumping from past to present to understand their history.
It’s another great 425 Madison Ave book I couldn’t put down!
Based around a home reno show, Grayson is the host and pulls strings to get his long lost love interest to co-host the show with him. As with all long list loves, they are usually lost for a reason, and this is the first order of business both wish to get sorted. This book in the 425 Madison Avenue series by Katy Ames was fantastic. The chemistry between Grayson and Annika was off the page. And once they started to sort through their history, that chemistry became explosive. I loved the addition of his family, which were crazy and loveable especially little Little who was wise beyond her years. I especially enjoyed the ending which you will have no trouble hanging on for. Very special and a great feel good moment.
This was an ARC and this was my honest and voluntary review.
This is the fifth book that I’ve read in this series the 425 Madison and I just cant get enough of it, I always look forward to the next in the series. As soon as you start the 425 you will not be able to stop.
This book is Annika and Grayson story and anything can happen on 425 Madison.
Annika has been through the ringer quite a bit over the last couple of years and it has taken a very lot to be able to get back some kind of normality. She lost everything her career, her home and her other half her husband who was cheating on her an who completely humiliated her. She took some time and now she’s back and swears that nothing is going to change that. Annika is really good at her job one of the best and she doesn’t want anything to get in the way of that.
Grayson’s life has also changed and instead of working in woodwork he’s now the new host of Hesse and a Hard Place. He is a very man and he knows what he wants.
This is quite something for both of these two after seeing each other after six years and they both have mixed feelings about what happened back then and now things have moved on and they both are not happy about what happened. Now fate steps in and every thing changes. Will they both change with it?
( NO SPOILERS ).
This author has written this story good and the characters are also written awesomely too.
When they meet back up its obvious that they still have a lot of chemistry between them both and this story also has a few twists in the works. I did feel at times that this story was a little slow going and I did feel like I knew exactly what was going to happen. But this book and author are great and this is another great edition to the 425 series.
I always love books that have epilogues to because I always feel like these add something extra special to the books.
This is another new to me author and im glad that Ive found her and I will look for more of her work in the future.
Thank you to the author and publishers for allowing me to read and early copy of this book.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
This book is expected to be released on 6th April 2020.
I might love HDTV as much as I love the Food Network so I was excited to read Love by Design by Katy Ames, the sixteenth book in the 425 Madison Series. Katy also wrote book number eight, Accidentally in Love, which I was one of my favorites from the first season of 425 Madison. You can’t go wrong with a book about a hot cop. Grab your iced tea and let’s chat about Love by Design by Kate Ames.
Grayson is the new host of a network design show, Hesse and a Hard Place, where his team works to restore old stone houses. He knows woodwork and restoration but he needs the best designer in the business in order for the show to get picked up. Grayson needs the one person who broke his heart six years ago, Annika, but can he risk losing his heart again.
Annika needs a break, not a restful break…that BIG break. You know the one. The one where someone will give her a shot to get her life back. After being called in to interview for the design position on a new TV show, Hesse and a Hard Place, Annika thinks she may have found it. That is until he walks in. The man who walked out after a one-night stand without a single word. The man that no one has been able to live up to, not even her ex-husband. The man she has been trying to forget for six years. The host of the new show – Grayson.
These 425 Madison authors are killing me. I have a new book boyfriend every couple of weeks. I’m starting to feel a little promiscuous. Grayson and Annika have such beautiful chemistry. The trials that they have survived have only made them stronger as individuals and as a couple, they could take on just about anything. They might be my favorite couple in the entire series!
My rating of Love by Design by Katy Ames….5 out of 5 propellors!
i have loved every Madison Avenue book and this one is no exception. Annika and Grayson have to overcome their history in order to work together. i love their chemistry and how they were able to figure out a plan to work together and get their HEA