Flynn Stewart, an award-winning screenwriter, seems to have the perfect Hollywood life. Until his dark past comes crashing back when he learns his long-lost sister has passed away–and he has a six-month-old niece named Ruby. Flynn vows to give the little girl who now means everything to him a better childhood than he or his sister ever had. So when he finds out that Ruby’s nanny is trying to … sell their story to the press, he takes his niece as far from Hollywood as he can.
One of seven siblings in Bar Harbor, Cassie Sullivan has always been grateful for the love and support of her tight-knit family. Because of them, she had the courage to create a successful candy confection business. So when a friend of her cousin needs a place to stay with his baby for a few weeks, she’s happy to offer him her cabin in the woods. But from the first moment she meets Flynn and Ruby, her heart is lost to the gorgeous man and his adorable little girl.
Flynn has never met anyone as cheerful and open as Cassie. Instantly drawn to her, he finds himself telling her things about his past that he’s never spoken of to anyone–things that make him certain he could never be worthy of her. Only, Cassie isn’t about to let the pair who have stolen her heart go without a fight–using all the light, love, and laughter she can give them. Will the nightmares from Flynn’s past continue to haunt him and and steal away the joy of a future with Cassie? Or will Cassie’s love, and the support of her big family, be powerful enough to help him face his long-buried demons and conquer them at last?
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Absolutely Amazing. Loved how Flynn’s life transformed after Ruby and Cassie came into his life. I loved watching how he started to find the courage and strength he needed to face his past. One my favorite from the Sullivan series
“Your Love is Mine” (Maine Sullivans Book 1, The Sullivans Book 19) by Bella Andre is a fantastic read. I loved Cassie and Flynn’s story. This is a great addition to the Sullivans series, and a great start to the Maine Sullivans series. This book is packed with romance, passion, humor, overcoming the past, close family, interesting characters, and more. I can’t wait to see what happens next with all of these wonderful characters. Highly recommend to all fans of romance, entertaining and interesting characters, close family, and series.
Adored this truly heartwarming, emotional and engaging journey filled with longing, heartbreak, forgiveness and understanding that has a firm hold on all my heart strings…. It was a highly entertaining and sweetly thrilling read. Loving the Sullivans of Maine!
This book introduces us to the Sullivan family that live in Bar Harbor, Maine. Cassie, who is an outstanding candy maker owns a cabin in the woods. When her actor cousin Smith asked her if his friend Flynn can stay their for awhile with his new daughter, she opens her home and of course her heart.
Flynn had a rough child hood. He ran away to Hollywood when he was 17. He tried to convince his sister to move with him. Flynn had become a very successful writer. Flynn gets a call from one of his sisters “friend” that said, your sister died, she has a 6 month old, the baby is now your responsibility. He goes and picks up Ruby. Becomes her adopted father. He ends up in Maine because his nanny tried to sell his story. The saying goes, everyone tries to make a buck in Hollywood, doesn’t matter who suffers.
Flynn and Cassie fall for each other. HARD! She trusts him 100%. Her family, not so much. Her brother went as far as having his cousin Rafe, who is a private investigator, investigate him. Thankfully, nothing was found that gave his true background.
Eventually Flynn opens up to Cassie. Tells her his story. She knows she loves him no matter where he came from. She knows the person he is now, is the person she loves. I LOVE stories that have HEA. I love Bella Andre’s stories. I can’t wait for the next book in this series.
5 PERFECT STARS!! What a sweet perfect story!! I loved Flynn, Cassie and Ruby, they touched my heart in so many ways. Their story hit all my emotion buttons and kept me turning pages. Bella Andre can write characters like no other author, you can relate to them like family. If you love perfect romance books, here you go.
Another dose of Sullivan greatness! This huge family is so much fun to read about. Cassie and Flynn were no exception. Cassie is a rare form of female. Most women would have taken Flynn’s words as rejection, but not Cassie. They made her more determined. And when you add in Ruby, the cuteness factor goes sky high! 4 solid
Cassie Sullivan’s book starts the third set of Sullivan stories. They live in Maine with their parents Ethan and Beth.
Flynn Stewart is a screenwriting friend of Smith’s who needs a place to stay after he discovers his nanny has sold the story of how he came to get his niece Ruby. Smith told Flynn about the cabin his cousin Cassie has in Maine.
I liked the book very much. Cassie is a very positive person and sees the good in everything. She gets Flynn to see that he’s not the product of what happened when he was a child. What also made it good was Flynn’s slow transformation to someone who changed from trying to hide himself to someone who was willing to share his background with the Sullivan family.
I would definitely recommend this to family and friends. I give it 5 stars.
Another wonderful Sullivan family to fall in love with!!! I have been with this author from the beginning of the Sullivan’s and I am never disappointed. This is the Sullivan family of Maine and the first introduction to Ethan and Beth Sullivan and their five children. The first story belongs to Cassie Sullivan.
Cassie’s famous cousin, Smith Sullivan, has a friend who needs to escape the craziness of Hollywood for a while. He has adopted his deceased sisters baby and the paparazzi are just too much. So Smith offers him the use of Cassie’s cabin in the Maine woods.
When Flynn first arrives at the cabin in the woods, he is full of tension and dark thoughts. Cassie immediately becomes a beacon of light in his dark life. But can he spoil her goodness with his secrets and his past?
Just like she always does, Bella gives us a strong woman who loves her man and isn’t giving up! Cassie falls for Flynn and Ruby and she will hold on no matter what.
Love this entire series, every single story is it’s own unique HEA.
Cassie loves her little cabin the woods and so it seems does the rest of her family. She recently hosted her cousin Smith and wife Valentina for the honeymoon so when she gets a call from Smith she jumps in to hostess mode. Smith is sending his friend to Maine to hide out from the piranhas of Hollywood. She is all too ready to help someone in need, especially when she hears a small child is in need as well.
Flynn is running away from everything he knows. Once he receives word that his sister died leaving her daughter an orphan, he jumps on a plane to take custody of her quickly. Once Hollywood finds out though they try their best to figure out the connection between them. Flynn’s sister is not even known to the general public, as well as his actual name, he changed it when he got to Hollywood to try and put his past behind him. His greatest regret is not saving his sister when he had the chance.
Flynn is trying his best at being a good dad to his niece but this is all foreign to him. He has no clue really what to do and ever since his last nanny tried to sell his story to the tabloids, there aren’t many people he feels like he can trust to help out. But something about Cassie draws him to her like a moth to a flame. Their friendship quickly turns into something more even though he knows he isn’t good enough for Cassie.
Cassie knows Flynn is hiding his full truth from her and she is ok with that. She knows in her heart of hearts that he will tell her everything when he is ready. Even as her family meddles and investigates his past, she knows he can be trusted. When he does finally come clean to her, her heart aches for his past pain. She knows the man he is, no matter what his birth name is.
As with all the previous Sullivan family books this one gives all the right feels. If there was a way to snap my fingers and join a fictional family, this would be the one. Each branch has such wonderful connections and relationships making us feel like part of the story. I read an advance reader copy without expectation for review, any opinions expressed are my own. 4 ½ stars for Cassie and Flynn are my new favorite, well until the next Sullivan book that is.
Ok, I received this book for my honest review. It was a cute little romance. The characters was loveable. If you’re looking for a quick read and sweet romance this book is for you.
I received this ARC for an honest review. I have been a fan of Bella Andre for many years, and she has never disappointed me. This story is spin off of the Sullivans’ books. This series is about the Maine Sullivan’s. I enjoyed this book. This book is about Flynn and Cassie. Flynn is a screen writer. He specializes in horror films. He adopted his niece,Ruby, after his sister died of an overdose. The media was driven to get the scoop behind the adoption, so he decided to get away. His friend Smith Sullivan arraigned for him to rent Cassie’s cabin for a few weeks. When they first met, Flynn was standoffish and rude. Cassie is an candy artist. Flynn was having a terrible night with Ruby. She kept crying and screaming. In a near panic, Flynn called Cassie for help. This the start of Flynn’s and Cassie’s relationship. He started to trust Cassie. When he met Cassie’s mom at the restaurant, she fell in love with Ruby. I’m not going to give any more away. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.
Your love is mine is a beautiful and captivating read. Flynn managed to start his life again in LA, after a horrible childhood. But a call from his past has him facing all his fears once again and the guardian to his sisters six month old daughter, Ruby. Wanting to take Ruby away from prying eyes in Hollywood, Flynn heads to a cabin in Bar Harbor, owned by Cassie Sullivan.
Cassie is one of 7 siblings, and has her own successful candy confection business. When her cousin Smiths friend needs a place to stay, she happily offers her cabin. But on first sight she falls for the handsome and grumpy man and his adorable daughter.
I loved that Cassie is a determined woman, and she is willing to fight for Flynn, even with him. The introduction of characters who will have their own books in the future is seamlessly incorporated in this story and doesn’t take way from the main characters. With such a beautiful and emotional start to the series, I can’t wait to read the rest.
All the feels! Bella Andre writes from the heart. She can delve deep into the psyche of damaged people, understand their issues, and have them come through to the other side if not healed, at least healing.
Flynn has had crap handed to him since he was born. He left home at 17 to reinvent himself, and now as a top Hollywood screenwriter, did a darn good job. His regrets include not being able to save his younger sister once he left. Now, after she is dead, he finds out he is the guardian of her 6 month old daughter. Wanting to shield his niece Ruby from the Hollywood hype, he rents a cabin in the woods of Maine to try to bond with the child and get his languishing screenplay back on track!
Cassie should be named Pollyanna. Everything is wonderful in her world. She is as sweet as the candy she makes, and just happens to own the cabin where Flynn and Ruby are staying. Cassie is enamored with Ruby, loves her at first sight! She gives Flynn her cell number and leaves the cabin to let them get settled. Unfortunately, or fortunately…Ruby is NOT happy with her new digs and Flynn has to call Cassie for help.
Where do they go from here? Can Flynn get back on track, taking care of an infant and having a deadline for his screenplay? Will Cassie just leave them alone or try with her whole heart to make everything good for Ruby and possibly Flynn as well? Will Flynn find himself worthy of the absolute love that Cassie surrounds herself with and be able to be the man both Cassie and Ruby need and he deserves to find?
With seven Maine Sullivans, I’m so looking forward to the next books in this series and LOVED ‘Your Love Is Mine’.
This book is sure to make your heart melt and then soar. This is a beautiful, emotional story. Flynn is a man with secrets, a painful past, trust issues and a baby niece he needs to protect and take care of. My heart broke for him and I was so happy that fate led him to Cassie. Cassie was a character full of light, goodness and determination. She was truly what Flynn and Ruby not only needed, but deserved. Ruby was precious and stole my heart. A great read full of family, sweetness and poignancy.
Letting go of the past and moving forward is so hard. Cassie so wants to help Flynn not only with Ruby but to heal. He is resistant at first…. Loved her upbeat positive attitude and how he “saw” her. Her family was awesome even her over protective father and one of her brothers – it was actually pretty sweet how much they cared. I have loved the other Sullivan’s and am looking forward to getting to know this side of the family.
OH! MY!! GOODNESS!!! What a phenomenal beginning to the latest branch of the spectacular Sullivan series!!!
I freaking loved Cassie and Flynn, then add in little Ruby, and I was over the moon in love with these three wonderful, real, characters. Then, the emotions that Flynn’s history brought into the story, da..darn, I cried so hard for that little boy. Seeing what a wonderful man he turned into t blew my mind. And now, how the nanny betrayed him and little Ruby… I wanted to slap that er… witch very hard across the face. I was so happy when Flynn started to overcome his mistrust in people, how he began to see thru Cassie, and her family that everyone was not out to get something from him.
I FLOVED this book so much!! I just could not stop turning the pages and reading ever single word, I just did not want or could stop. And then, darn it, I was done reading the fabulous book. However, there was only one tiny problem I had with this book. For me, it ended way to soon, because I was not able to slow down while reading it, so, alas it finished for me way to soon. This is a very good thing. It shows how well Ms. Andre captures her reading audience, well me anyway.
Thank you, Ms. Andre for sharing your freaking fabulous writing abilities with your readers. I for one, greatly appreciate the hours and hours of reading enjoyment I have had while reading your wonderful books.
I was gifted with a copy of this book, and in my humble opinion if you love the romance genre for reading, you can not go wrong with purchasing this book for your reading enjoyment.
Thank you for reading my review.
This was a sweet story. We meet Cassie in the other books of the Sullivan’s. She bakes candies and other creations. Flynn just finds out his sister has dies of over dose but has a baby girl name Ruby. Flynn needs to write his new screen play so he takes Ruby to his friends Smith Sullivan cabin to lay low with having a baby to care for. Cassie takes one looks that Rudy and Flynn and it’s love at first sight. It’s hard to fight there feelings for one another, so Cassie tells Flynn she loves him but does think his good enough for her. Will Cassie change her mind when she learns of Flynn past well who he really is ?
You know you’ve read a wonderful story when you can’t stop smiling afterwards. This is such a great start to another Sullivan family series.
I’m glad I was lucky enough to receive a ebook ARC exchange for an honest review. Cassie,Flynn and Ruby’s story so touching and filled with heartwarming moments.
I cannot wait for more Sullivan love stories down the road!
5/5 stars
Happy Reading, Ashley
Next to J.D. Robb’s In Death, Bella Andre’s Sullivans is my favorite long-running (contemporary) romance series. Both fulfill my specific needs as a reader. The first provides grit, darkness, the harsh realities of life, the importance of the found family. The second gives me sweetness and light, the joy of having close family ties, and the guaranteed happy ever after.
Bella’s latest book Your Love Is Mine introduces the Maine branch of the large Sullivan clan. We caught glimpses of them in previous books but here is where we see them in the spotlight. And what a fine introduction it is with Cassie, Flynn, and adorable baby Ruby falling in love as a family.
I like that even though several characters are introduced, the main focus is the trio. I like that the build-up to the romance between Cassie and Flynn is slow and although there’s a slight push and pull, it came out as natural given both of their upbringing. I also appreciate the family’s role in bringing them together and also in providing a small obstacle to overcome. Lastly, I love the seamless integration of the San Francisco and Seattle branches into the story and the highlight of their Irish heritage.
With her usual outstanding storytelling, Bella produces another winner here. She infused a fresh take into this long series that ensures continued support among its loyalists and a fantastic welcome to the newbies. I, for one, can’t wait for Rory’s story because Zara is a super special name for me.
I have enjoyed all of the Sullivans for different reasons, some more than others. So far, Cassie and Flynn are my favorites. I’m not sure why I like them so much. Cassie is exactly what you expect, open, honest but not a pushover. And who wouldn’t be infatuated with a man so in love with a baby but out his comfort zone. This was an easy read and didn’t want it to end. If the rest of the Maine Sullivan’s are as interesting and entertaining as Cassie and Flynn, their stories can’t come soon enough!