Now to the troupe we all know and love loathe... if you know me at all you know this is one of my least favorite things in books, so if it worked for me, it will work for anyone lol. Don't let it scare you from reading this epic book! I won't give any spoilers, but ya'll are just going to have to trust me.

She says this means nothing. I say this means everything. She says there are boundaries we shouldn't cross. That my reputation can't take any more hits-and neither can her damaged heart. I say I'm going to steal it anyway. I’m a bull rider and she’s a doctor. I’m fire and she’s ice. She wants to forget about me, and right now I can’t stop thinking about her." powerless? more like speechless. i don't even know how to organize my thoughts but we'll start with a synopsis.The blurb gives Winter’s pregnancy away, so it’s not a spoiler. You should know that accidental/surprise pregnancy is my least favorite romance trope. You should also know, if it’s not clear by now, that I love this book with everything I have. I was a bit frustrated by what led to Sloane heading to the altar with a complete twit like her fiancé. He seems so absolutely clueless that it made me think a bit less of her that she let herself end up there.. but that's all part of the journey. Watching their relationship unfold was everything. It felt like watching old friends, and I missed them when the book was over. But I don't need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running . . . A mouth I can't stop thinking about.

I SKIMMED THE SEX SCENES. 💀 yep. sorry to admit this, but i didn't realise what went where into which part in this book 😭 it was that bad. plus the dirty talk was very ehh. So good. So inspiring honestly. I just want to give Jasper Gervais some xanax and a giant hug and then take him to trauma therapy. Tearjerker right here between two beautifully broken people who are destined to be together. Also what is it with literary men named Jasper being all tortured and hot and sad?? Twilight I am looking at you.okay i first want to say i kind of love seeing book titles actually being mentioned in the book, even if it is so dumb. it just does something to my brain 🤸🏽‍♀️ to Rhett - you managed to make hating milk a whole-ass personality trait, amazing job!! (i hate milk as well, so that's one thing we have in common and the only thing. thank god for small mercies that i don't own a ranch) This story follows professional bull rider Rhett who loses his sponsors after some unwelcome comments became public. Walked in is Summer, his agent’s daughter, who is “taking care of” Rhett and taking his turn in the final months of his tour. An independent doctor who is a bit insecure but also at the same time fiery, and snippy and never let anyone walk over her. I loved her character from the very start and I know she seems cold and reserved but after knowing what she went through and why she was like that I only loved her even more and I'm glad she left that asshole almost bald husband. Also the way she cared and provided everything for her daughter was just commendable. Winter deserves so much better. She also felt a little uncomfortable in everyone's company but theo was the one who understood her and never treated her as just some ice queen. now i feel like me giving this book a 2-star rating is me being incredibly generous cause at most this book was average as hell. like okay i can see why a lot of people have loved this book but sadly i could not be one of those people, im sorry i know i make myself miserable by not enjoying things everyone else does sometimes.

childhood friends to lovers just always hits different. sloane was so admirable, even tho it took her such a long time to see how much her father controlled her life, she stood her ground against him and her shitty ex fiancé 🙌🏽 and the way that she always understood jasper, and the fact that he had never told anyone what had happened besides her 🥺 and when he told her his trauma she cried for him when they were only teens 💔 I’ll be preaching this dedication till the day I die fr. I absolutely adored the character development in this book <33 honestly i think this is my favorite book with this trope. i think it's hard to pull off because while romance has a sense of eventuality to it i.e. the characters will end up together, i think accidental pregnancy can feel a little forced. like of course you're going to try to make this one night stand turned relationship work cause there's a lot at stake. nothing inherently wrong with that, it just feels a little less sexy to have that looming. this book didn't have that feeling for me. The same goes for Jasper, and how he let's his life play out to this point. His anxiety and internal struggles were touching and moved me and seeing how he fit in with the Eaton gang some more in this book was so lovely. They were just the safest, best, and most loving place for him. So beautiful. I was excited for this one bc I read the first two books (didn't like the first one much but loved the second.) and Jasper was always such an enigma and I was curious about his story. Jasper is an NHL goalie and Sloane is a prima ballerina, they have been friends since childhood but Sloane has always been in love with Jasper. She is engaged to another man when things go wrong and Jasper and Sloane have to confront the feelings they have had for each other for years.Sloane and Jasper have been friends for 18 years. She was just a child when they met, and he was sort of adopted into the Eaton family. From the first time she saw him, though, there’s always been something there, but she’s never done anything about it. PS: if a guy doesn't make you laugh (looking at her creep of an ex-hubby), he ain't it. Duh. And Theo Silva makes Winter laugh all the time. Suddenly I don’t really care about deserving you when it’s so damn clear you belong to me and always have."