AUTHOR: Tiffany Patterson

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Friends to lovers…

Monique and Diego have been close friends since they were young but they never took that to a romantic relationship. After college she moved away and even with distance between them they remained close. Now that she’s no longer with her loser fiance and ready to move back home, Diego sees a chance to right a wrong and make Monique his.

She is dealing with some harsh truths that were once family secrets. It effects not only how she sees herself but also her relationship with her family. Diego is dealing with his own kind of family drama in the form of his birth father leaving him money in his will and his brothers think it should be theirs. He’s also dealing with reigning in that temper that got him into trouble when they were in college after he fiercely and violently protected her.

Diego is finding his place in the family business working as an architect and putting his stamp on their home town. Monique is using her voice to speak up for artists who can’t always speak up for themselves as she works to start and build her dream art gallery.

Throughout their journey Diego wants to prove to her just how right they are together. Monique has her doubts because she feels like her type 1 diabetes makes her a burden. We can blame the looser ex for those thoughts.

Their journey is so heartwarming. We get to see snippets of their past together along with how they are now. Plenty of romance and spice, family and love, with a bit a danger mixed in. Great read.

AUDIOBOOK SPECIFIC: This was recorded in a dual narration style. My only critique is that I loved their own unique voices so much that I wish it had been recorded in a duet style. I couldn’t help missing the other’s voice as we switched between their chapters. On the plus side I now want to look up other books with these narrators.