One night brings them together. Another night tears them apart.Grace Miles misses her easy friendship with Asher, but growing up means growing apart. And really, how could he fall for her when they spent their childhood getting muddy in the creek and splitting sticks of gum?But this summer, something feels different. If Grace didn’t know better, she’d think Asher was flirting with her. Those dark … flirting with her. Those dark eyes, hard body, and wicked smile make her insides swirl and her heart dare to hope for things she’s convinced herself she’ll never have.
Falling for your best friend shouldn’t be complicated, but for Asher Bailey, loving Grace is anything but simple. The road to romance isn’t smooth thanks to his pack of wild brothers who are protective of the girl next door, a take-no-sass grandmother, a small town where gossip is a spectator sport, and a feud that spans generations.
But Asher realizes his feelings are too big to ignore. Loving her isn’t the risk. Losing her would be.
And one night, one kiss, changes everything.
Finally admitting their feelings is the beginning of their happily ever after. Until their fairy tale love story is tragically interrupted, and neither of them will ever be the same.
Author’s note: Lifelong soulmates, ridiculous pranks, brother shenanigans, and a feuding town. Protecting You is the Bailey Brothers series origin story. Be there when it begins and fall in love with this wild band of unruly brothers.
The Bailey Brothers is meant to be read in order, and Grace and Asher’s story concludes in book two, Fighting for Us.
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Protecting You delivers a beginning that will no doubt leave you eager to pick up Fighting for Us.This prequel slowly wraps around your heart filling you with all of the good feelings. Then, Kingsley masterfully sends that same heart swirling into anxiety as you realize what is in store for the hero and heroine.
Sweet, young love!
Grace and Asher are the sweetest young couple ever! I loved their bright shiny hopeful optimism. This may be a novella, but it’s full of heart, emotion, and drama. Not to mention delving into Asher’s relationship with his grandmother and brothers. I can’t wait to see what happens next with Asher and Grace!
This was a fantastic start to a new series!
“Grace had lodged herself into my heart a long time ago, and she hadn’t left room for anyone else to get in.”
Asher Bailey and Grace Miles have grown up together as neighbours and the best of friends. As little kids they were practically joined at the hip. As teens, they started to drift. As college-aged adults, they had lost their closeness. However, when Grace is back at home for the summer again, Asher finally starts to acknowledge something he’s been denying for a long time, and he’s on a mission to end the summer with Grace as his girl.
“If I gave him so much as a moment, I’d have to give him all my moments. My heart wouldn’t accept anything less.”
I loved this prologue to Grace and Asher’s story, as well as the introduction to the rowdy Bailey brothers, and a little bit of a background story to their home town. Grace and Asher were so sweet together but so natural and inevitable. I loved their history, I loved their connection, and I loved how certain they were about each other. Pretty swoony and heartwarming. I can’t wait to get my teeth into their main story.
Asher and Grace will suck you in from start to finish. Protecting you is the beginning of Asher Bailey and Grace Miles’s love story. These two have the sweetest friendship that blossoms into so much more. The Bailey Brother’s is going to be one wild ride! There is so much emotion written within these pages…Jam packed with all the feels you will be left speechless.
Well I can say with 100% certainty that I’ve found a new favorite series! Asher has his whole life ahead of him with goals and dreams and the girl he’s loved most of his life by his side…but then a curve ball is thrown and nothing is the same. I’m sitting on pins and needles waiting on Fighting for Us…..and I have no doubt that Grace will be the fighter in this book!
Oh my goodness, what a way to start a new series! This book is a wonderful introduction to The Baileys. We got to see just a small dose of them in The Miles Family series and I have been looking forward to getting to know them better ever since. The heroine in this book is Grace Miles. Again, she made appearances in previous books, but in small bits. Now we get all the backstory on Grace and Asher and why she’s so willing to put her life on hold. Asher is a good guy that has a huge protective side. That can get you into trouble.