Main characters Bexley Black and Ryan Prince were both quite likeable and relatable, which made it easy for me to root for them to find their way back to each other despite the difficult circumstances of their breakup in college. They were so young when they were together the first time, and no matter how much they loved each other, it was clear why things didn't work out between them. When Bexley and Ryan met again by chance ten years later, it gave them an opportunity to understand what had happened from the other's point of view, with the benefit of greater maturity. I
appreciated how honest they were with each other and that they talked through
everything that had happened, making an effort to understand and resolve the old hurts before moving
forward.
Bexley's kids, Cole and Bella, were great additions to the story, and I loved that Ryan fell in love with them just as much as he fell in love with their mom. I also liked Bexley's best friend and former college roommate, Shay, who was always so supportive of her and willing to help with the kids. She wasn't a very good matchmaker (some of the blind dates she set up for Bexley seemed pretty awful!), but she was great fun in other ways. I'd love to see Shay return in a future story.
Bexley's kids, Cole and Bella, were great additions to the story, and I loved that Ryan fell in love with them just as much as he fell in love with their mom. I also liked Bexley's best friend and former college roommate, Shay, who was always so supportive of her and willing to help with the kids. She wasn't a very good matchmaker (some of the blind dates she set up for Bexley seemed pretty awful!), but she was great fun in other ways. I'd love to see Shay return in a future story.
"Only Once" was the first book I've ever read by Ashley Munoz, but it definitely won't be the last. I look forward to whatever she writes next.
*Review copy provided by the author via Wildfire Marketing Solutions. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "Only Once"
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ, ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น?
No, I hadnโt heard that Ryan Prince was staying at the very resort I had just started working at.
If I had, maybe I would have called in sick.
On second thought, maybe I wouldnโt have, because I really needed that paycheck. Being a single mother and having a lapse in child support had made me that desperate.
Still, I would have rather avoided the circus that rolled into Hawk Tail Resort and the man who sauntered in with it.
All these years later and he was still that same gorgeous football player I left behind in college.
Except now he wasnโt gracing the gridiron unless it was for a movie role.
I assumed he wouldnโt even recognize me, not with the actress on his arm and the crowd pressing in around him.
Ryan Prince didnโt just recognize me; the angry tilt of those lips on that too perfect face told me he remembered exactly what I did when I left.
I thought maybe this was a gift, a way to put the past to restโฆbut the look on his face told me he had plans to dig up everything that was unfinished between us.
The summer was about to end, but it felt like my penance for the last decade was about to begin.
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