USA Today Bestselling author Claudia Burgoa presents a heartwarming, sexy romance about second chances and starting over. After a week off the grid, I finally get reception and the first voicemail I hear stuns me.“You’re summoned to Baker’s Creek by the late William Tower Aldridge.”Twelve Years. It’s been twelve years since the last time I heard from the Aldridge family. That one voicemail … Aldridge family.
That one voicemail changes everything—I need the money the late William offers.
In exchange, I have to live eighteen months in Baker’s Creek.
I’ve survived cancer, the jungle, and the plague.
This should be easy compared to all that, right?
Or so I think until…I see him.
Confident, charismatic, bitter, sexy as hell, Doctor Hayes Benjamin Aldrige.
My first love, my first kiss—my late husband’s brother.
He hates me.
He still hasn’t forgiven me for walking out on him, and I can’t blame him. It’s been over ten years, and I still have feelings for him.
But I faked it once and I can fake it twice.
I can survive eighteen months and that’ll be the last time I see the Aldridge brothers.
Isn’t it?
The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers series is a romantic comedy saga packed with the perfect mix of angst, tears, and laughs. If you like strong heroines & alpha males, steamy romances and witty love stories, this series is for you!
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Could have been a good story but toooooo much F-word! Author needs to know that NOT everyone talks like that. I was going to stop reading after the first chapter but I was curious to see what happened to this weird crazy family with the really awful dad. Could have been a good second chance story. I love second chance stories but the F- word took away from what could of been pretty good. It is a standalone with an HEA which helped. But definitely not my favorite book!!
I really enjoyed this. Be prepared to shed a few tears!
01/31/2021 “Loved You Once” (nook) is a wonderful story that pulled at my heart strings. The little snippets from the past helped explain what had happened. Hayes was Blaire’s first love. In spite of breaking her heart, she still loves him. And he realized that 12 years ago he messed up big time. I look forward to reading more of the stories in the series.
Fun read! I liked the characters and a good story!!!
The Aldridge Family Saga – Book 1 – Hayes and Blaire
Each of William Aldridges son’s … all from different mothers … has reasons to hate their father and hate each other. As book 1 this is particularly long as it sets up not only Hayes and Blaire’s story but also each of the other brother’s relationships with each other and Blaire. Oh, it is a tangled web. These billionaires, each with a different source of their billions from their mother’s sides, have good cause to hate each other.
With the focus on Hayes and Blaire, this story has chapters in italics that are the portions about their first time loving each other 12 years prior, along with when his sole brother by the same mother were alive and in college together. It shows their depth of love and how he totally ruined it and both their lives.
While this sometimes seemed long and extremely detailed, I totally enjoyed it. I ended up caring about Hayes and Blaire’s love story …. and Leyla & Pearces … and Henry & Sofia’s (which there is an end note indicating it will be the next book.
Wonderful book! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!
I really enjoyed Hayes and Blaire’s story and their second chance at a forever. This new series is about six billionaire brothers who all shared a father but all have different mothers. They had very little time together growing up and less as adults. I’m looking forward to each of the Aldridge brothers’ books as they build this new family.
“I absolutely loved it with all my heart!!! Loved You Once is a great new series of the amazing Claudia!! This isn’t my first book of her. I’ve love all the previous books I read from her and this wasn’t the exception. It will take you on a journey full of emotion. A second chance romance, small town billionaire romance told in dual POV which I loved. Hayes and Blaire’s story was such a wonderful ride. The romance between them was somehow different from what I usually read and what I expected and I liked it more for that. A funny journey of second chance with wonderful different personalities and obstacles to work together. Looking forward for this series!”
Hayes’ empty but successful life as a renown orthopedic surgeon in the Bay is about to change thanks to a phone call informing him his father is on his death bed. This is the seriously wealthy, but completely unbearable father that none of his many children has fond feelings for. But when Hayes heads back to Baker’s Creek, it’s not really his estranged father on his mind, no, it’s the girl who got away, his sister-in-law. But Blaire was his first. Before she married Carter, his brother. The brother he loved and lost when Carter passed all those years ago. Dang!
What can I say about this one? First thing that comes to mind is that I adore Blaire. She’s got a huge heart, a huge capacity for forgiveness, and she gives all of herself to people who need her, even to the extent of putting herself dead last. Hayes on the other hand, I did not like. Yes, he was in a bad position when he lost his brother, but what he did to Blaire after is pretty unforgivable and he’s lucky she’s far more forgiving than he deserved. If it had been me in her place, he’d still be my former brother-in-law and the ex whom I would speak to only when absolutely necessary.
Still, I liked this story and the rest of the Aldridge brothers and the women who will bring them to their knees. I can already tell they are gonna be verrrry interesting!
Blair and Hayes was totally in love until one day Hayes pushes her away. Years later they see each other again after tragedy, is this a second chance or is their chance in the past?
Now this book was completely out of my wheelhouse because I don’t normally go for the divorcee and doctor type romances but I do love this author’s work and this book was another great addition to her catalog of stories if you are looking for a book with a lot of angst, emotional baggage/turmoil, and heart warming moments than this is your story
Loved You Once is a great start of the Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers series. Here we are introduced to the Aldridge brothers, who are forced together after the death of their not so pleasant father. This book is Hayes and Blaire’s second chance story. I loved reading and following them as they discovered forgiveness and to love again. I look forward to reading the next book in this series by Claudia Burgoa.
What a great start to a new series! This story hit me with all the feels. It was emotional. It had humor. It had steam. It was full of heart and I loved every minute of reading it. I was pulled into this new world and all of these amazing characters from the very beginning and was lost in reading the entire time.
Claudia Burgoa writes some of my favorite swoony romances and I always love her heroes. Each one has their own spot on my book boyfriend list. Hayes is no different. He is so charming and sexy. He is alpha and yet vulnerable and I loved every side of him.
I am officially in love with these brothers. They are each complex and different and so much fun to read about and I definitely can’t wait to read each of their books. I am beyond excited to see what Claudia will have in store for us next and what is next for this series, because I will be first in line to read it.
Wow, wow, wow!! This family and this book!!! And these characters. I couldn’t put this book down needing to know what was coming next. I personally can’t wait for more! I fell into this book just like I fall into all of Ms. Burgoa’s stories. And I can’t wait for more from this crazy crew!
Such a great book absolutely loved it I couldn’t put it down
A new series, new brothers, new setting!!!
We are introduced to the Aldridge brothers. They’re brooding, angry, hurt, but they so need each other. They’re all different and all out of sorts with each other. Born with the same father, but not really the greatest dad. These brothers have so much anger and issues with each other. But, they are summoned to a place they never ever wanted to go back to. This story is about Hayes and Blaire. First love, first everything until it wasn’t anything. Work has been Hayes priority over 12 years, but Blaire was never erased from his mind. But being back in Baker’s Creek makes him rethink his life and he wants his happy ever after with Blaire. Will Blaire want a life with him again?
I am really looking forward to the next books. There was just enough teasing to make you want more of the Aldridge boys.
Terrific start to a promising series! Loved You Once is a great second chance romance with more chemistry than you can shake a stick at. It’s also a brilliant introduction to the Alderidge brothers, and with a cast of characters like this, there’s no way I’m missing out on any part of this series. Claudia Burgoa always mixes just the right amount of angst with fabulous wit and humor, but she’s really outdone herself with this one. Normally, I shy away from the sibling’s ex because of the ick factor – just my personal opinion of the trope, but more often than not, it doesn’t work for me. This one has none of that, and it’s done differently than most of the ones I’ve read in its shared romance trope, plus the characters are too good together not to want more of them. Blaire and Hayes are likable both together and separately, and Hayes pulls out all the stops to win Blaire back, which just endears him that much more. I’m a sucker for second chance romances anyway, and the small town angle makes it that much better. Then you add in the family dynamic between these brothers, and I was quickly fully invested in not just this couple but the whole family. Witty banter, all the feels romance, engaging characters, and a fast-paced story, this one has it all, and I can’t wait for whatever comes next in this series. Claudia Burgoa has started the Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers out with a bang, and if this first book is any indication, it’s going to be a terrific ride.
I love these brothers and can’t wait to read all their stories in this new series! Loved You Once is a second chance romance for sexy nerd, Dr. Hayes Aldridge and his first love, Blaire. As this is the first book in The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers series, we learn a bit about the history of the brother’s childhood and why they are all now estranged. But the story focuses on the romance between Hayes and Blaire with a dash of the brother’s relationships with each other.
I am so looking forward to reading all the Aldridge brother’s stories in this series!
Thanks to the author for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Amazing start of The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers series! It featured great main characters, although the brothers often stole the spotlight! It’s a second chance romance, emotional, sweet and hot! It also had its comical moments and quite the banter. Hayes and Blaire are about to face each other after some quite turbulent times in their lives. They were together…until they weren’t and she married Hayes’ brother who has since passed away. The story line was unlike anything I’ve seen before.
The chemistry and tension between these two was so palpable! Understandably so! The storyline was more slow-burn, it progressed very naturally. I will be honest though and say that at times, it dragged on for me. There were some parts that I got totally invested in and some I just had to get through. Overall, it was a solid four-star read! Can’t wait for what Claudia has in store for us with the other brothers!
Loved You Once is a wonderful second chance romance! We meet Hayes Aldridge a Billionaire Orthopedic Doctor who learns that that his estranged father William is dying. By the time he gets to his father, he has passed away. His father was not much of a dad. Hayes has 1 brother named Carter who is deceased and 5 step brothers with five different mothers. The Stepbrothers are not close. Blaire Wilson was the girl Hayes fell in love with when they were in college. She had been his brother Carter’s best friend and met Hayes through him. Things were going great for Hayes and Blaire until they didn’t. Blaire had a pregnancy scare that spooked Hayes, he was accepted to Johns Hopkins for medical School., and broke up with Blaire to free her. Blaire was broken hearted, and then Carter became critically ill. Blaire has been very ill when she was a teen. When Carter became ill his parents kept trying to force him into different treatments. He was not going to survive, and didn’t want to spend the time he had left in treatment, so he and Blaire married so that he could choose not to have any more treatment. Hayes was out of her life , so she married her friend to help him end his life on his terms. Fast forward 12 years. William was still playing puppet master. All the Aldridge brothers and Blaire were in William’s will that had to be followed to the letter. They had to relocate to Baker’s Creek Oregon, and live there for 18 months. If they did not, the town would be decimated. People would lose their homes and jobs. This Will would disrupt everyone’s life, and puts Blaire back in Hayes life! This book was wonderful! It introduces us to new characters that I can’t wait to delve into! We get to witness Hayes and Blaire and the Aldridge brothers navigate being in each other’s lives or lose everything.