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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Attention… we have a band of brothers and they are an alpha overload! Loved you Once is the first book in the Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brother’s series. I hope that you are ready for them because they have certainly arrived.
We are introduced to this diverse group of brothers that may share a father but that is where the ties end. They have been out of touch with one another for 12 years since the loss of their youngest sibling. The death of their titan of a father has now thrown them back together. Hayes the physician of the family is the first on the scene and has done his best to alert everyone. They are now front and center for the reading of the will but that is just the beginning !
They have each become successful on their own accord and have their own means to continue on with their lives but they soon discover the terms of the will may be more than they could walk away from right now . We come to know each one of these brothers and their total badass personalities but we have one person that this dysfunctional family was not expecting at their reunion….Blair.
Blair and Hayes had found true love at a young age but Hayes took it upon himself to leave as he never believed he was deserving of Blair or her devotion. He has never gotten over the loved that they shared and he now hopes that he can win her back ! I hope that you are ready to get to know this phenomenal group of men because they are ready to share their world !
~~Michele McMullen~
As always, Ms. Burgoa has me swooning with her new series, The Bakers Creek Billionaire Brothers. Book one Loved You Once is a second chance romances and I am a sucker for those! Living my own second chance love story, I love reading about them, and Hayes and Blaire’s story was the best second chance romance I have read in a long time.
The author showed us how these two went from being completely in love with each other to being strangers. Fast forward 12 years and these two reunite and are expected to live together. A disaster waiting to happen and at first, these two fight the obvious connection they still have for one another. They are both scared of breaking each others hearts, but the connection is strong and it is there and they can’t help but gravitate towards each other. But will their past actions come back in to play and ruin what second chance they have?
This was exactly what I needed to read. I hadn’t known it but the moment I started reading I was completely spellbound by these two and the love between them. I was rooting for them from the start and it was something special watching their love blossom once more.
I am intrigued, to say the least about the rest of the brothers. They all have different mothers but the same father who has passed away. These brothers don’t know each other well, and they are all so different and now they have to work together. I need to know more!
Can’t wait to see what is to come!
5 Stars!
What a great second chance romance, and a solid start to a new series.
Loved You Once is the first book in the Baker’s Creek series, set in Baker’s Creek, Oregon. It’s a slow-burn second-chance romance that includes a lot of family drama, emotion, forgiveness and healing. It has loads of witty banter, rekindling relationships, and a little heartache along the way to a happily-ever-after.
Hayes and Blaire are the stars of this volume, and I have a feeling the rest of the Aldrich brothers are going to keep us on a wild ride in the future. These half-brothers are not close, and did not exactly have the best father figure. Hayes and Blaire college sweethearts, brought back together a dozen years later after the death of Hayes’ father.
Once Hayes sees Blaire again, he realizes that he should have never let her go. He’s willing to do what he needs to do to earn her trust, get her back, and prove that he’s in this for the right reasons.
Blaire is a strong independent woman that has survived a lot in the last 12 years. Hayes was her first love, and her late husband’s brother.
Claudia Burgoa has a truly enjoyable writing style. She not only fully develops her plot, but she also make sure her characters have depth and dimension that so often gets overlooked. It’s the quality of her writing, and the investment that she makes in her books and her characters, that keeps me coming back.
The audio, narrated by Stella Hunter and Connor Crais, is just perfect. These are two of my favorite narrators in the industry, and they do a great job with emotional, funny and angsty, and this novel had a bit of all three. It was such a great listen!
4.5 Stars
This is a heartwarming & captivating second chance romance. It’s a great start of new series. We meet the Billionaire Aldridge brothers. Hayes, Carter , Henry, Vance , Pierce, Bill & Beacon . Hayes & Carter have the same mother. The brothers share a strange bond . They all meet after their father dies . Hayes was Blaire’s first love but they break up and she ends up marrying Carter . And now Hayes & Blaire meet again after 12 years, she is a widow and fate has given them second chance. It’s an endearing and engaging story. I can’t wait to read the next story in the story. Claudia has done spectacular job with this series. It’s unputdownable and a total pageturner. A must read.
Wow! I think this is one of the best second chance romances stories that I’ve ever read.
There is serious history between Blaire & Hayes and his entire family. His father’s death brings them all back together after 12 years with stipulations from his will that they will all be hard-pressed to uphold.
The author shows us that everyone makes mistakes and we are all human and should try to forgive past mistakes in order to show that we can rise above where we come from.
Great story and I can’t wait to go back to Baker’s Creek for more.
I don’t think I’ve read a book with so many alphas!
I love all their different personalities and to know they’re brothers is even more amazing! I’m looking so forward to this series.
Hayes once had the love of his life in his world and he let it slip away after overthinking his life and the life he was avoiding.
For having such a big family it’s turned into having no one.
Until one faithful moment will turn everything upside down and give Hayes the opportunity he thought was never in the cards. Getting the love of his life back and his family! But before then there are huge obstacles that must be taken and sacrificed.
I’m in love with every single character. A beautifully written, swoony, angst filled slow burn that will keep you flipping pages. I’m so excited for more!! If you love second chances (and lots of laughs) you will adore Hayes and Blaire. Their story is undeniably five stars!!
This is the first book in The Baker’s Creek Billionaires series, about the 6 Aldridge Brothers.
Hayes and Blaire were college sweethearts who broke up when she married his younger brother, and they haven’t seen each other in years.
But when Blaire receives the message that she has to stay in Baker’s Creek for eighteen months to receive William Aldridge’s inheritance, she thinks it can’t be that complicated. Little did she know that she would have to face Hayes. The chemistry between them is palpable.
Hayes is able to admit that he has lived a not so good life after losing Blaire, and she is able to hold her own when facing Hayes again.
I loved the story and the characters, as well as all the Aldridge brothers. I’m already looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
I highly recommend the reading.
loved you once is a great second chance read.
I love the story between Blaire and Hayes. and the Aldridge brothers have a bad relationship but they are trying to make it work Can’t wait to read the next books in the serie
Loved You Once was a fantastic beginning to the Bakers Creek series. Hayes Aldridge and his five brothers have just lost their father. The will states that they must all live together for 18 months before they receive anything. The problem with this is that none of them really like each other. All six brothers have alpha tendencies and issues from the way they were raised. Blaire is Hayes former girlfriend, the only woman he has ever loved. He ruined their relationship twelve years ago, but now he wants another chance. Blaire is an amazing woman who has overcome a rough childhood and is doing wonderful things in the world. I loved her! I really enjoyed watching this story play out. Hayes was really a pretty good guy, he just mad a big mistake with Blaire when he was younger. I can’t wait to see all of the Aldridge brothers find love. I think this is going to be a really fun series. I’m so excited!
Loved You Once is the first book in a new series from Claudia Burgoa, following seven brothers who all have the same father but different mothers. Their father dies, leaving one final manipulative “F*** you” from the grave – they must all uproot their lives and move to the small Oregon town founded by his family and run the businesses there, all living together in the derelict family home for 18 months, or else all the properties owned by the family will be closed off and sold to predetermined developers, which will basically ruin the town, closing almost all the small businesses and bankrupting most of the families living there.
Hayes is second oldest of the brothers, but first born to their father’s actual wife. Blair was his college girlfriend and only love, but after he broke her heart she married his now deceased younger brother. She is required to take her late husband’s place in the deal.
This book is the story of Hayes and Blair, and it was really a sweet story. They were deeply in love back in college, and even though their feelings didn’t change, there is a lot of hurt and heartbreak and fear in the way. Also, they are both two different people now. They have done a lot in their years apart and have to reconcile who they are now with who they were then. It is their complete, standalone story. However, the book also sets up a lot of potential future books and I cannot wait to read more to see what happens over the 18 month term.
The Aldridge family is one hella big and complicated family with 6 brother who are born via their unfaithful father who has now passed away. This book is not only about one of the brothers Hayes and his second chance at love with Blair who has known the family for years and been through a lot with them especially Carter but also the rest of the brothers who were once close then blew apart after what happened to Carter. You get plenty of laughs, idiotic and at times terribly alpha men lol , sassy women, anger, love and a leap of faith. I inhaled this book in one sitting and can not wait for the next one so we get to know the rest of the brothers better and see where Blair and Hayes are at long with the towns social media! lol
Loved you once is an emotional and touching story with characters that are carrying scares from the past. Hayes and Blaire were in love until everything changed. Now, twelve years later, they met again and have a chance to reconcile and move past their mistakes. Hayes and Blaire still care about each other but first, they need to forgive each other. This is a poignant second chance romance filled with interesting characters that had made hoping everything would work out in the end.
What a great start to a series. Hayes comes from a complicated family (to say the least) and is one of many estranged brothers who are suddenly thrust together by the passing of their dad. Hayes had the love of his life in Blaire twelve years ago and now finds himself fighting to regain what he has been missing. I loved the independence and free nature of Blaire’s character. I loved the setting of uprooting everyone into a small town and discovering all the dynamics and interactions between everyone. This story really left my heart full and I need to know so much more about all of the brothers.
Relationships can be complex.
Take Blaire and Hayes for example. They were together twelve years ago, but she married his brother ten years ago. She’s over come an immense amount. I liked her.
Now, she’s back in town. For the money.
Hayes has grown up a lot in the years she’s been gone. He seems to have matured and wants to own up to his failings and make amends.
Can they make it work this time around?
The first in a series featuring the Aldridge brothers.
Recommend.
Wow! Just wow!
Claudia has done it again. She has introduced me to another amazing series and twisted up my emotions. She broke my heart and put it all together again while giving me angst, laughing out loud moments and steam.
Hayes is one of my dream men. Sexy. Nerdy and being a doctor is just a plus. He is so swoony there is no way Blaire wasn’t going to totally fall for him [again].
I can’t say much more than the fact that I loved this story so much and can’t wait to hear more about the Aldridge men, though I may have found my favorite here. 😉
Hayes is a doctor who what a new start. He didn’t know his father rule after death. So here he is with all his brothers and Blaire together because of his father Will. Hayes and Blaire have not seen each other in 12 years and the chemistry is still strong.Blaire is making him work for it. Hayes explains that he loved her before and he loves her now. They get closer as they work to fill his father Will. Hayes an his brother has to live in Baker’s Creek. for 18 months. While they are there they can mend things, they can learn about each other.
Second chances, stardust, dessert for dinner, and family…
Hayes is feeling increasingly dissatisfied with his life. He has work. His meddling mother, who he loves, but he is tired of her quest to fix him up and give her grandbabies.
And he knows the emptiness he feels will only be satisfied by one woman. His late brother’s widow…and his one true love.
Then he finds himself receiving a call requesting his presence at his father’s deathbed and so begins a bumpy ride with all the Aldridge brothers and their late sperm donor’s manipulative will.
Hayes & his first; and only; love, Blaire, reconnect for the first time in years. He is determined to show her he’s changed. He has to convince Blaire and his brothers that he’s changed.
He and his brothers are sadly disconnected. Some have better connection than others but Hayes has cut himself off from everyone after his brother (full brother) died.
He has been so worried about being like their father that he has unwittingly been like dear old dad…minus the random mistresses and kids all over the country.
Blaire is just amazing. Her life could have made her scared of the world or bitter, but instead she’s strong, adventurous, caring, generous, open, forgiving, capable, and accepting.
I absolutely floved their second chance love story!! I also loved the set up for the other brothers! We have Henry, Pierce, Miller, Vance, and Beacon. Look forward to the rest of their stories as well as the expanding bookiverse as we learn more about Baker’s Creek.
Excellent read by Claudia. Seven brothers whose last will a testament from their father is for them to live together for eighteen months. They handsome arrogant and sinful. What a beginning of a beautiful series. Along with some kick back women along the way. Can’t wait for the next book.
New series by Claudia Burgoa and it’s the first one of the series. It’s the start of another fantastic family series. I loved meeting all the brothers and the ladies.
Hayes is a nerdy hot doctor who loves science. He hopes to gain a second chance at love with his first love Blaire. Blaire is a do gooder (I know there is a different word for it I just can’t think of it) is the best as I can describe her. She travels to far off places to care for others.
Blaire, Hayes, and his brothers are put into a situation that seems hard to accomplish at but but maybe they can just pull it off.
To find out what this situation is check out the newest addition to Claudia Burgoa’s library of books.