Wallflowers: One Heart Remains

Nate Jacobs has wanted Poppy Gentry since the first time he saw her, but he believes that he cannot be with her because of the sins of his father. His father was an abuser and while he has no desire to ever hit a woman, he is worried it is in his blood.

Poppy believes she is a broken woman, her past has a secret she has never shared and now that her Father has suddenly reappeared in her life and she finds out a few other secrets about her life she knows she would never be good enough for Nate. However, when Nate finds Poppy has gotten herself in danger, the alpha male in him decides he needs to protect her in every way and keep her safely by his side.

This was a lot of fun, it wrapped up the series nicely and I hope more books come although the three books really center on 6 characters that are matched up. I liked Poppy’s story, had a lot of surprise turns in her story. Nate is probably the most alpha male of the characters in this series. He is intense but you just fall for him. Great series.

Only one Wallflower remains.

Poppy hasn’t had an ideal childhood. She grew up believing her father left her and her mother because the idea of children wasn’t for him. She has trauma from her childhood stemming from her mother’s men (however, only one man is the problem) coming and going, and from a first love who broke her trust. But she doesn’t let her friends in on her trauma and just hides behind her books and smiles. However, Poppy secrets are about to be exposed when her father walks back into the picture, determined to make up for his wrongdoings.

Although Nate has his own demons to fight, he’s determined to help Poppy fight hers and make sure she has a happy life and does nothing but smiles. The attraction they both feel for each other isn’t something either planned to do anything about, but when it comes to the Wallflowers they are irresistible and have an uncanny knack for getting into dangerous situations that they need protection from.

**Disclaimer: I highly recommend reading this series in order.**

Poppy is breathing, she’s alive, but she isn’t truly living. Oh, she has her facade perfected, letting people see what she wants them to, but that mask can only hold for so long.

Nate knows monsters exists, a lesson he learned the hard way as a child when those who should protect you hurt you the most. He wants to fight Poppy’s demons for her, but how do you help someone else heal when you haven’t yourself?

Nate and Poppy are constantly drawn to one another, even with the walls they’ve built around themselves and their hearts, without trying, both Nate and Poppy are taking the other’s down piece by piece.

But Nate is worried his DNA is too strong, that the monster that helped create him, gave too much of himself at the same time. As Nate and Poppy navigate their respective pasts, the feelings between them growing stronger and therefore harder to deny, each must decide if they can move forward and accept the future they could have together.

One-click now and follow along as two people, obviously meant to be together, fight the ghosts of their pasts to have the love of a lifetime. This entire series is just all the feels wrapped up into three incredible stories revolving around women that find friendships that will overcome everything with people who truly understand them, and the men that will love them, moving heaven and earth simply to see their soulmate’s smile. This book features Nate and Poppy, both shadows of who they truly are, the stains of their childhoods weighing them down, feeling as if they’re tainted. I am in awe of the strength of both, suffer for what each endured, and rejoiced in the love they found. This series will be a staple on my go-to-rereads list.- By Elizabeth

Fun fun fun!!! This story of Poppy & Nate was a joy to read! There’s adventure & friendship & family ties as well as the steamy goodness of our main couple handing over their hearts. There’s also a very serious – and timely – story line woven in, and the healing that goes on in the story is heartwarming!

I highly recommend reading this series all together, as it all happens w/in a very short time frame and is all connected. ALSO! The tease at the end for the next book, is FABULOUSLY done! That story line is weaved so nicely into this story… Great job building anticipation by the author!

There’s a lot I would like to gush about, but I think it would be spoiler-y, and I’d rather not hide part of the review on that off chance. So, I’ll just say – I recommend this series & I absolutely ADORE this installment of it! Thumbs WAY up! : )

These books are some of my favorite and ones that I always recommend to people. One Heart Remains really helped answer some questions that the other books left. We really get to know Poppy and Nate. They were great characters in the other books but always seemed to be a little more in the background but since this is their book, we get to be in their heads.

This story to me is a little darker, and I mean that it the fact that the subject matter that these characters are dealing with is heavier than the others. Nate and Poppy didn’t have good childhoods and carry a lot of emotional baggage with them. Their baggage has held them back their whole lives but it was amazing to see them break free from it.

This story and these characters hit my heart hard and still have not left it. They fought so hard to be together and to fight their own demons plus help the other fight theirs. I think these are my favorite two characters from the Wallflowers.

I am excited for Bernice and Uncle Joe’s story!!!

“Just like her counterparts, Poppy seemed to be made up of equal parts strength and beauty.”

Wallflowers: One Heart Remains is my favorite book yet! The author does not disappoint you with Poppys story. It just seems I can NOT get enough of these crazy fun Wallflowers. I devoured these pages like a women possed! One Heart Remains packed all the feels that my heart needed! It was a emotional roller coaster ride I did not want to get off of. Poppy, Calla, and Sienna are honestly friendship goals. They are a breath of fresh air, and always taking you on a amazing journey. Now let’s talk Poppy and Nate. Man are they absolutely explosive! Their chemistry was smoking HOT and absolutely perfect together. I did not see so many things coming in this book. It was full of surprises, heartache, and angst! I honestly can NOT recommend this series enough!

“Fiery attitude. Hisses at anyone who dares come too close. Skin so soft I want to run my hands all over your body until you’re moanin’ my name . . . You’re my Kitten.”

Poppy was a whirlwind of emotion. She was seriously one of those heroines you could not help but love. She has always been my faborite Wallflower and her story only cemented that more. Even though Poppy was haunted by the insecurities of her past, she always remained strong. My heart ached for the little girl haunted by demons from her past. While the rest of me admired the strong willed, independent women her character became.

“Hope that maybe a miracle, in the form of a brooding male with eyes the color of dark, hickory coffee, might be my saving grace.”

Nate is hands down one of the most caveman alpha hero’s I have read. And. I. LOVED. Every. Second. Of. It! Nate demanded your attention, all while slowly dominating your heart. He had me melting into a puddle of swoons so many times with his charming ways. My heart ached for Nate so many times. He too was haunted by the demons of his past. And a vulnerable Nate hits you right in the feels.

“Wallflowers it seemed, both the women and the flowers, were as resilient as they were beautiful.”

*4&1/2 STARS*
Well earned for another great installment to the Wallflowers series. If you have not started these books you are missing out.

CP Smith is an absolute genius when it comes to writing. She will suck you in from page one and leave you begging for more. In this third book of the Wallflowers series we learn the fate of Nate and Poppy.

Poppy’s past isn’t pretty. She has got to be the strongest character I’ve ever read. Even with her past trying to haunt her future she is able to stand tall. For the first time in her life she is not alone. Poppy has the Wallflower’s and now Nate.

The Wallflowers will always stick together and always have eachothers back. Whether its heartache, bum kicking or drinking mojitos where one is you’ll find all three. Calla, Sienna and Poppy are a force to be reckoned with and I’d hate to be on the receiving end of their wrath. Where this trio is mishaps and mayhem are close by.

Nate’s past broke my heart. Between him and Poppy let’s just say a lot of Kleenex was needed. Nate is the ultimate protector. When he claimed Poppy I felt it all the way to my toes. The possessiveness is passionate and endearing. Nate is the ultimate Alpha Male and the ultimate book boyfriend.

This series is amazing and I dare everyone to read it. This author writes HEA better than any author I’ve read. I recommend all of her books.

This story is part three of the Wallflowers series. It can be read as a standalone, but recommend reading the series in order for optimal enjoyment.
I love being immersed into the lives of the wallflowers! The author does an incredible job creating these three loveable, quirky characters. After living lives filled with tragic events they find their way to each other and form an unbreakable connection, a bond, a family……..the wallflowers.
“We’re called wallflowers because they’re determined. They fight against nature and grow even when the odds say they won’t. They burrow under solid concrete, break through brittle bricks to free themselves from the confines of the past. They seek the light. The freedom to be who they were meant to be: wild and free.”
This story allows us to live vicariously through these characters sharing a comradery of friendship with a strength unlike we’ve ever seen. One Heart Remains is Poppy’s story. We learn about her past and are with her when surprising discoveries are made. She will need the strength of others to survive.
“The wallflowers were as high spirited as one of the colts on the ranch. They sucked the air out of a room with their very presences, living each second as if it were their last, which meant catastrophe would always be waiting around the corner to tempt them. To steal their light.”
Nate is truly the strong and silent type. YUM! He’s had his eye on Poppy for a while.
“A woman he could cherish. Protect. One who would curl around him in the dark until nothing else existed but them, not even the dark memories or the loneliness that had plagued his life. But no matter how much he wanted it, he couldn’t reach out and grab hold because of who he was.”
What Nate wants, he sees in Poppy, but his past makes him unworthy. Will he be able to step up to the plate and be the shoulder Poppy needs?
“Nate’s presence took my breath away. He exuded power-his dark eyes promising he could take on anything that came at him and win- and I wanted more than anything to burrow myself in his arms and have him block out the pain.”
Will his arms be the ones she climbs into?
I’m a big fan of C.P. Smith! The author has a marvelous way of creating an enthralling and entertaining story. There were so many layers and plots to this story, I was captivated. I loved the sarcasm and the constant one-liners between the characters that kept me laughing. The musical references built in were a nice touch, giving the reader an additional connection to the characters.
All in all, this is truly a sensational story!!! It showcases strong comradery between the friends and the depth you’ll go to for love.
“True love slays dragons the size of Atlanta and heals wounds deeper than the ocean. You only have to open your heart to it.”
This is a must read story!!!!!!!!!
My fair and honest review is voluntary.

OMFG I’M SO BLOWN AWAY…..
C.P Smith has done it yet again. The woman should be known and spread into the world like Kristen Ashley is. She definitely belongs on the same shelf. This book solidifies what I have always thought, Teeny is a wizard with words.

As you all know by now it’s Poppy’s and Nate’s book. We all also know the Wallflowers and how they attract trouble like it’s a magnet.
This book is no different there are plenty twists and turns….
But what really stands out is the dialogue and thoughts. It’s fucking brilliant. So real and relatable. The punch lines are perfect. Smith gives us the best scenes and dialogue always but this book was beautifully written. Beautifully Driffent. Her best work yet.

Nate is the Hero this year. This man has toppled every hero that was written this year. Smith once again shows she knows her audience by giving us this magnificent man. I Flove Him. I want to Marry him when I grow up. He is what men should be made off. Nate would do just about anything to show Poppy how far she can trust him. How deep that trust is and what lengths he will go to protect her from anyone including himself…

I adored how Poppy didn’t let her chance of Happiness slip through her fingers.
Poppy is a real Hero. She has been through so much shit in life and that didnt kill her spirit. She fought dragons and demons to have her HEA. She almost didn’t need a Prince charming bit she got one anyway. Even if she didn’t think she needed one I was so thrilled she got her own hot caveman….

These two together are chemistry on steroids. Watching Nate fend off any evil that threatens her was Hot and Fucking swoony.
Their sexy time is something you don’t want to miss cos fuck me side ways these two were on Fire.
From the First page to the Prologue. From the side characters, past characters to new charaters all grip you and don’t let escape.

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would.
Grab it, Devour it and then SCREAM and tell the world how amazing it is…
Enjoy!!!!

Poppy and Nate were a fabulous end to the Wallflowers stories. Poppy is severely traumatized (not broken, though she thinks she is) from events in her childhood. Nate is also a survivor of abuse and trauma and feels that he’s not worth Poppy’s love. The snark and sarcasm these two toss out, along with the bedazzling of Gertie, make for a beautiful end to how the Wallflowers found their HEAs.

Even with drama, suspense, and danger in the air, Poppy, Nate, and their friends manage to stick together like the chosen family they are to find the answers to their problems. Poppy discovers that having family closer than she’d imagined, a father who always loved her, and the love of a good man can help heal her wounds…along with some good therapy. Nate, meanwhile, discovers that love can heal him and that the love of a good woman is sweeter than just about anything else in life and decides to stop trying to hide his heart from the woman he’s loved since their first meeting. I also especially enjoyed the tie-in to Aurora Rose Reynolds’s Until world and can’t wait to see Bernice and Joe again next year.

I truly appreciate the realness that CP Smith brought to this story. She gave us the dark, the ugly, the love that can let the light in, and the truth that talking to a professional can all work together in harmony to make a person whole again. She managed to keep the story relatively light (meaning no super-dark, but there could be triggers for some survivors) while showing how deep a man’s love can truly run for a woman and what lengths he’ll go to in order to help her heal herself. Overall, she wowed me again with her ability to spin a story that I was loathe to put down, yet sad to finish at the same time. Well played, CP. Well played.