It was their first encounter that landed them in newfound territory.Up and coming wedding planner Bri St. James is in the height of her career. As the CEO of Building Bridges LLC, Bri is driven by determination for success, and each day makes for new opportunities abound. However, while planning the wedding of one of Chicago’s hottest couples, Bri’s focus is shifted when the strum of a nocturnal … nocturnal voice captures her attention. Being an empath has empowered her sense of compassion for others, so she’s not only drawn to him because of his broken heart but also from a fierce attraction that sparks her interest and tap dances on a groove on her heart. Getting involved with someone who’s not open to love may prove to be the most difficult road Bri has ever journeyed, but she’s unable to stop herself from falling into an irresistible tango of love.
World-renowned photographer Raphael Valentine hasn’t been in the public eye since the tragic death of his fiancée four years prior. To date, his time is spent helping his charity of choice—educating the community about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. For him, love is a thing of the past until meeting Bri St. James at his brother’s rehearsal dinner made Raphael question what he’d always believed to be true. There was no explanation for the riot of pulsing sensations that ripped through his core when his eyes met hers. The unquenchable heat that followed stirred his soul, sending his heart on a quest he himself hadn’t agreed to venture on. As a friendship between the two flourishes, and they’re cloaked in a dynamic surge of desire, Raphael is met with the ultimate challenge: surrender to a second chance at love or abandon his happily ever after for a lifetime.
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Finding love the second time after loss. This brother brings the emotions front and center.
Bri had me doubting about falling for a man that had lived and list while being the first woman he might connect too. If you are lucky enough to find a man like this with these kinds of feelings don’t let go.
These Valentine Men are no joke, when they love they love hard. Rafael Valentine is a broken man, who isn’t living he is just existing until he meets Bri St.James, a wedding planner , a good listener and soon to be his missing piece.
I love the fact that even though these are romance story the author is still teaching and showing us awareness to various topics going on in the world. Great job I really enjoyed their story.
I was able to suspend my disbelief until one scene in particular.
I was willing to accept that Raphael was perfect with one flaw. He had a situation from his past that he was having difficulty with reaching a level of closure. Other than that, he was PERFECT! Hey, it’s a romance after all is said and done.
Kind, thoughtful, tall, physically fit, gorgeous, talented, bilingual or trilingual, honest, full of integrity, etc. I am glad to see a black man portrayed in such a positive light. It happens so rarely.
I don’t know how old Bree was supposed to be, but she seemed to be very naive. Even in her dealings with Philip. I also thought it was interesting for her to be a successful business woman, but she kept not dealing with the Philip issue.
I’m not sure what the point of the charity event was in relation to the story other than to emphasize Raphael’s physicality and his attempts to boost Bree’s self esteem, or maybe cement the connection they had?
What was with the secrecy about Bree’s brother? She seemed to be the only person upset about the situation. I understand that they were close, but her family didn’t seem to take issue with it.
But, this last thing did it for me. I was born and raised in Chicago. That entire scene with the below zero temperatures, winds blowing, snow falling was so ridiculous it became the straw that broke the camel’s back. That situation in February, in Chicago, in an open area, at an elevation, along with the trip to St. Louis, was so over the top it was implausible. Maybe in the spring (still often cold as hell), definitely in the summer of fall, but a Chicago winter in full force, NO. I guess if I hadn’t lived through so many good, bad, and horrible winters here, I could have accepted it. If I had never experienced winter in Chicago, it could be a plausible situation. If it had been been described as an extremely mild winter, I could have accepted that. But the conditions as stated just offended me that I should accept that as is. Taking escapism a bit too far for me.
I apologize for the rant, and probably in the scheme of things, it’s unimportant, but for me, it was an extremely obvious stretch of the imagination.
I enjoyed the male narrator Jakobi Diem, but he is a favorite of mine. I don’t think he comes in until around chapter 3. I am used to listening to him with Mari, or Adenrele Ojo, who are both very good. This is my first time hearing Wesleigh Siobhan. She is good as well. She sounds very young. I think that is why I got the impression that Bree was young and immature.
I listened to the audio book first, and read the ebook via KU at a later time. I picked up more detail the second time around. Not sure if it was because it was the second time, or if there is a difference in the way information is processed between reading and listening. I would recommend you read or listen to the book and judge for yourself.