Thanks to the publisher for an ARC to read and give my honest opinion!

The night Erin's father was killed and her brother Tommys best friend leaves them to go to college is the night her life started to go irrecoverably wrong. Now years later she is watching her brother lie in a hospital bed she's not sure she can retain her sanity with another loss. Her brothers best friend arrives back in their life and sparks fly.

What did I like? The chemistry between Ward and Erin is just amazing. Loved watching these two go toe to toe and Erin deserved a HEA. The situation that made Ward leave home didn't come out until the bitter end but the stage was set for Erin to get some real happiness well deserved too.

Would I buy this? An L.A. Casey masterpiece? Heck yea. Loved it and read in one sitting and a very loanable book for someone looking for an outstanding read!

Thoughts for the author? I already have another book lined up to read of hers so just enjoying being able to read for a lovely writer. I remember her first one and it was a pretty awesome book. Five huge stars of entertainment!

Oh man. Her Lifeline is beautiful, amazing,, heart wrenching and everything else in between. This isn’t your typical “I love my brother’s best friend” romance. There is so much depth.

Her Lifeline was a little too much like Until Harry, only without the chemistry and with forced emotions that did not unfold organically for me. I found myself skimming quite a bit during the second half.

***4 "My Whisky!!!" stars***

There aren't many books from L.A. Casey that i haven't read and I'm always having such a great time... This book wasn't an exception, with the only difference that this certain book wasn't so funny as the rest of them... It was more deep...
This story was about family, love, loss and how you can fight back to light from the darkness when you are heartbroken, as much as our heroes were...

"Some secrets aren't meant to be kept..."

Eleven years prior, tradegy had hit unexpectendly Erin's family...
She was just eleven years old and her world crumbled down, not only by the loss of her father, but also from Ward's flight... She felt betrayed by him and she told him to never come back...

Eleven years after, Erin is not in the best place... She is busting her ass in two different jobs and she has to deal with her mother and her issues... When her father died, her mother stayed behind, but in a way, she was dead too and Erin had mostly to deal with her... Her only safe heaven was her older brother, Thomas!!!!
And then everything are changing for once again when Tommas gets badly injured in a car accident!!! And then her world is collapsing for once again...
And upon that, Ward is barelling back into their lives and she can not stand it, since she is hating him with every cell on her body... Or doesn't she????

"I didn't want to appear weak in his presence. The last time I was vulnerable around him, he'd broken my heart, and i refused to give him -or anyone else for that matter- the power to ever do it again."

Well, Ward had his own issues when he was a kid... Issues that couldn't share with anyone but his best friend, Thomas. Together, they had plans... And then, Thomas's dad died, and he couldn't change his plans, even if Thomas did!!!
So, he left them all behind and he didn't look back, even though the guilts were eating him inside... But still... He stayed away and he became something big, but maybe the succession wasn't all at his own!!!!

But now, Tommie is badly hurt and he is determined to fix everything and be by the side of the family that once he left behind.... But Erin is fighting him off and she is making it really hard for him... but, he is determined to stay by their side!!!
But it doesn't help one bit that he is drown to his best friend's sister who is hating his guts!!!

"I was nervous, and that surprised me because I rarely got nervous, if ever. Erin got to me though, and I didn't know how to handle the knowledge of that, let alone how to handle her."

Well, this was a lovely story with its ups and downs...
Our heroes were all of them hurt by one thing or another... All of them were breaking my heart...
Erin had to deal with lots of ugly shits and her brother's accident was the worst.... Ward's return wasn't something good for her, because she was hating him and he wasn't trusting him anymore... I totally understood her reasons why she was acting like this, but in a way, she was irrational and hotheaded without reason...
Ward, from the other hand, had also made many mistakes... It wasn't right the way that he abandon the siblings when they were needing him the most and then, he made something that wasn't right.... But then, i understood why he was acting like that and my heart was hurting for his behalf for the reasons he flew away from his life...
Well, i won't say more about those two, but as you can already understand, they will become something more eventually, but the road to reach this point is full of bumps and ugly secrets...
Will they survive the truth???

"Somehow, Ward did what I'd never thought possible.
He'd worked his way back into my life... and I wanted him to stay in it."

"I'm never leavin' you."

I also want to add, that i liked very much Thommas and his lovely son, Aiden...
Their fate was so unfair...
Tommas was a wonderful person in every aspect and i loved the relationship that he was having with Erin... If i had a brother, i wish he was like that...
The aunts were awesome and very kind and for last, i left Erin's mother...
I can understand her pain over her loss, but i accuse her for her choices after her husband's death!!!

***ARC kindly provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***

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Outstanding, Dynamic, Riveting, Captivating, Emotional - are all adjectives that this book contains and much more. I just read the last word no more than 5 minutes ago and I am truly coming off a book high that has me spinning. I want to live each day with Erin and Ward still. I want to know about everything. Why does it have to end?

L.A. Casey, you’ve done it again to me. The first book I’ve ever read from this author was “Until Harry” and I think I might have to reread that one again because I adored it so much. It was that book that definitely put L.A Casey on my “To Read Always” list. I haven’t touched a book since October which means it’s been 5 months, that’s not normal for me though neither has my life been. I needed an escape and needed my books back stat and I chose this one, “Her Lifeline”.

I’m just so glad I did.

“Reading was my one and only escape into different worlds where I didn’t have to think about my mum, my dad or anything that was real to me.”

From the first couple of pages, the author captured your attention immediately and as an avid reader that I am, I was all in. There are quite a few story lines in this book that all come around full circle but not without a hitch. It’s more than your “second chance” novel because you just can’t look at it that way due to the way it was written. My heart became involved almost immediately and at times my over protective dog had to come over to me and make sure I was okay.

I loved that it took place “across the pond”. I tried to read it with my own take on the different accents and I made myself laugh a few times. As an author, I also think that it was very courageous to take on a story from another country that is quite different than the U.S. - I’ve never been to Scotland but I know and have heard people and their accents. I love it.

Erin and Ward are incredibly strong characters in this book. The amount of challenges they both encounter and overcome is astounding. They’re lives are both full of some serious issues that are quite deep in emotion. I found myself “ugly crying” a couple of times but don’t let that scare you. This book is one to pick up and not put down until the end. You will feel that you’ve made the right choice in choosing this novel because of the fine writing that comes with it.

“He was uber-successful, and gorgeous to boot –and I was sure a lot of other people thought that of him, too. Maybe he did need a bodyguard, after all.”

Thank You L.A. Casey for another incredible book. Please keep writing, you have that gift.

My heart is full!

*this review is affiliated with The Book Bistro

Could not put this down
It was an emotional roller coaster ride that touched on every emotion possible

5 stars
Wow this book had me laughing and crying. Genuinely, I don't think I have ever cried while reading a book before.
The Scottish dialogues were confusing, however the storyline was so powerful I didn't care.
The chemistry between Erin and Ward is amazing! I loved how passionate they were to Tommy (Erin's brother and Ward's best friend). I loved how they challenged each other, how they fought but also how loyal they we're. Words can't describe how much I loved this book. I will definitely re-read!

Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! What a hot read this was! This was by far the best book I have read by this author, and I love all her books! It was wonderfully angsty and naughty too, just what I’ve come to expect and love from Ms. Casey. Straight to my favorites shelf! Well done!

Oh my gosh, this novel took me on an emotional rollercoaster. But it was so good and ultimately so worth it. I loved it even though it made my heart hurt at times. I loved the characters. This novel sucked me in from the very first page to the very last. I love a novel that can make me smile, laugh out loud, cry and leave me with a smile on my face. This novel did it all for me. Even though at times I felt my heart breaking I loved it and in the end, it left me with a smile on my face.

A step away from the funny, good-humored, sexed up, mafia entwined, drama-filled, yet upbeat and full of brotherly ribbing tales of the Slater Brothers series, Her Lifeline shows L.A. Casey’s take on a much more subdued, melancholic, heart-wrenching journey of love, tragic loss, healing, and life. Erin lost her father, her mother and her first love the day her father died. Now, eleven years later, as history seems to repeat itself, Erin has to deal with the reality of her big brother’s induced coma, after a car crash; the return of his long lost best friend, who was once family but who abandoned them when her dad died; and her drunk mother who blames her for it all. Surviving this won’t be easy and she’ll more than need help. Help Ward will insist on giving her no matter what. Eleven years ago, Ward and Tommy had big plans to move to London and launch their App. Something Ward did on his own after Tommy refused to leave his family’s side. Ward went and made it big. Now a wealthy man, he wants to make amends and heal the bonds he broke. If only Erin would give him a chance. Because back then he needed to leave. And now, she needs him to stay. A story filled with love, family, sorrow, a chance at forgiveness and a future with a HEA. I always love Lee’s stories and Her Lifeline was not different...

I needed to gather my thoughts for this one. I’ve been a big fan of L.A. Casey from the moment I met The Slater Brothers. In that series the brothers’ stories deliver comedy and suspense as well as emotional love connections.

What she delivered in Her Lifeline practically blew me away. Not only was this a great story, but it touched on subject that cause the characters to eventually live their truths. Unimaginable loss, variations of abuse and the different ways a person copes.

The emotional journey that Erin and Ward took me on with their story had me filled with so many emotions. It’s been so long since I’ve had to buckle up and brace myself for a rollercoaster ride, but this book did that.

I’m in awe of how this story was written and how much I felt connected to the characters. I’d also like to thank the Outlander TV series - for without having heard their Scottish dialect - I wouldn’t have been able to properly pronounce those words in my head. That was just one more aspect of this story that made it all so real for me, as the reader.

I didn't immediately fall in love with this book. It took a while into the book before I started to connect to the characters and the storyline, but once I did, I absolutely loved it. I thought Erin and Ward's love story was sweet how they were able to slowly come together in the wake of family tragedy when Erin's brother Tommy is nearly killed in a terrible crash. Ward comes back into the picture after being gone for many years (leaving at age 19).

I honestly didn't really like Ward in the beginning just because of how he left in the past. He became a millionaire after launching an app that was supposed to be Ward and Tommy's idea, but Ward didn't give any credit to him so this leads Erin to hate him when she previously had had a crush on him when they were younger. As the story progressed I did start to enjoy his character right along with Erin and I started rooting for Ward to get a HEA with Erin who also deserved a HEA after all that she'd been through in her life - both before Ward left and after he left.

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Wow this book packed some emotional punches. You will be sucked in from page 1. The characters are gripping and the way LA Casey has written their stories. The pain and anguish is all so raw and beautifully emotional.

Having a side of my family come from Scotland, I felt like I was back with family with the Scottish dialect. I could honestly hear the accents in my head reading this.

This is the tale of 3 friends, Erin and her older brother Tommy and his best friend Ward. They are so close until one heartbreaking night when Erin and Tommy lose their father. What should bring them closer in their grief ends up tearing them apart when Tommy stays behind whilst Ward goes off to University.

11 years later they are reunited but its not under happy circumstances when Tommy is in an accident. All the years of anger and pain end up coming full force against Ward when he returns to support Erin. Despite the anger he is steadfast in being their for Erin. Being her strength whether she wants him there or not. He walked away once before and he can't do it again.

LA Casey has written this book so well. The pain and emotion really does seep off the pages, I had to read through tears a few times. The flow of this story is flawless and really embeds itself in your soul.

Well done LA Casey for a great MUST read

Her Lifeline packs a punch and it hits you with it right from the beginning. The story centers around Erin and Ward. As the story starts out, Erin is eleven and has a crush on her older brother's best friend, Ward. Erin's father is killed and this singular event is pivotal in the decision they each make and how they go on to live their lives. Tommy decides to stay home instead of leaving for college with Ward. He knows his mother and sister will need him and he has a son that he wants to be around for. Ward leaves and seemingly never looks back.

The story picks up eleven years later when Tommy has been seriously injured in a car accident. Ward, who was informed by his brother that Tommy was injured, shows up at the hospital. Erin has developed a strong hatred for him over the years, for a variety of reasons, and absolutely does not want him there. Over time, Ward wears her down and helps her to see he's not the person she thought he was. There were numerous underlying stories that played to why Ward left, didn't disclose information about Tommy's participation with their "idea" that made him all the money, and so forth. I would encourage you to continue reading when you think you want to stop because Ward is an unredeemable jerk. Realize there is a reason for everything he did and in time, the author explains it all.

This story definitely tugged at my heartstrings. There is so much tragedy in Erin's life but she is able to move past it and focus on the beauty.

"I was going to live happily with my family, and cause ripples in the pond that was my life. My reflection would always be changing, and I was perfectly okay with that." -- Her Lifeline by L.A. Casey

A copy was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Her Lifeline was on okay read for me. Numerous times I had to go back and reread the sentences, I had a problem with the scottish wording. This is a brother's best friend, who was part of he family until he turned into the enemy. It was an emotional story, that I even shed some tears. The characters Ward and Erin felt forced at times, I didn't feel their connection. I have read previous books from this author and liked them, this one just fell flat for me.

I’m generally a big fan of L.A Casey but unfortunately this book fell short all round for me.
The actual plot line and story was interesting and great potential but I just could’t connect with the characters and I Just didn’t get any connection from them as a couple. There were times as well, that it just felt all too rushed. That said, the ending was really good and it did evoke real emotion from me. My major issue was the Scottish dialogue. It was difficult to follow and understand and it really interrupted the reading flow.

Her Lifeline
By: L.A. Casey

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In the end I did like the story. However, I personally found the writing of the Scottish dialect was a Huge distraction and took away my reading enjoyment. I had to use the internet quite a few times to figure out what someone was saying. The characters were well thought out and very believable.

Authors Blurb: Erin has had a crush on her brother’s best friend Ward for as long as she can remember. But eleven years ago he disappeared from their lives—breaking Erin’s trust, and her heart.
When the person they both love most—Erin’s brother Tommy—is nearly killed in a terrible crash, she and Ward are thrown back together for the first time. Their lives couldn’t be further apart. Erin still lives at home, working two jobs and dealing with a series of family disasters. Ward, now a multibillionaire entrepreneur and a household name, seems determined to make amends—but it may just be too little too late. And while Erin can’t deny feeling a spark at the sight of Ward, is it a spark of love or burning resentment?
At odds with one another but forced to share their heartache, have Erin and Ward really drifted apart forever, or have they finally found the anchor they both so desperately need?

Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book. It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

Thanks Netgally for letting me read and review.📚💕

Erin is eleven years old and ran home from school to avoid the name calling and laughter of her classmates. Girls hear mom thought were erin’s friends were actually cruel bullies who made hres stomach sick from the time until she left. She never told anyone but her brother Tommy. Erin’s mother Amelia told her she had a gift from her Tommy’s best friend Ward, he always called her Doll as he said she looked like a porcelain doll. He had told her he was getting her a gift for Valentines day. Ward was nineteen like her brother. There was a card as well as a teddy bear from ward. Tommy and Ward were into computers which bored Erin. They wanted to be computer programmers. Tommy was not just Erin’s brother but her best friend. Erin was a loner. Ward also gave Erin a yellow Rose as he did her mother. Erin went and put the rose in a book to preserve it like her grandmother had taught her. Her father said he was going to McDonalds and get them dinner. Than a while later the police came to their door to tell them her father had been in a car accident and didn’t make it. The also needed her mom or her brother to go and identify the body and her mother went. Than Ward said he was still going to college in England where he and Tommy both had been accepted. Tommy said he wasn’t going he had to stay and help her family with his father gone. Than both Erin and Tommy told Ward t go and never come back. Than he left when they needed Ward most. Present Day- Erin’s mother- Amelia - had been clinically depressed since the night her husband died and her medicine of choice was alcohol. When Amelia got sick to her stomach Erin had to clean her up and the mess she had made. Her mother basically vomits every day and Erin had to clean up after her. At fifteen Tommy had got his seventeen year girlfriend Lucy pregnant and she had his son Aidan. Lucy was controlling and manipulative. But Tommy loved Aidan and so did Erin. From the moment Aidan was born Lucy used Aidan asa weapon against Tommy. Lucy now only allowed Tommy to see Aidan six hours on Friday. Ward was founder, owner and chief shareholder of his company.. Ward’s personal assistant was Hope who was in her sixties but he was like a mom to Ward. She had Ward and his company’s best interests. Ward was engaged but hope asked him when he was going to find a god girl. His fiance was blackmailing Ward and that was the only reason he was now with her. When Ward wanted the pleasure of a woman’s company he used a high end escort service that promised total privacy. He still required any woman he slept with to sign a confidentiality agreement so they couldn’t threaten him about going to. the press. It was public knowledge Ward was engaged and it would cause a lot of chaos in the press if it was exposed he was unfaithful and would be damaging to Ward’s brand. Ward wishes he could escape from his fiance Tara. He had already tried. They hadn’t been intimate in over a year every since she threatened to drop the bombshell that would ruin his carefully built image if it was made public. As Ward had started Friendzone and had said he did it all by himself instead of admitting Tommy . was the co- founder of Friendzone and Tara knew it. Tommy and Ward had been best friend since pre-school. Ward was now a billionaire. Reading was Erin’s one and only escape. It had been pouring and Erin called Tommy to pick her up after work to get home. Tommy’s car had been hit and Tommy was in critical shape with a bad head injury as well as two broken legs and other injuries. Erin started walking and seen a car accident and then she found out Tommy was the one in the accident and she ran to him and things didn’t look very good. Ward’s brother Jesse called him and told him what happen and Ward said he was on his way and would be there as soon as he could. Ward was coming home. Tommy was in surgery when Erin lost it but now she won’t talk to Jesse who had been a good friend to Erin and Tommy since Ward left. . . Erin and her mother are just staring at the wall crying. Ward told Jesse to keep an eye on them until he got there. Once Ward was there Erin told Ward to immediately leave but he wouldn't and everyone else seemed to want him there. Erin fainted the first time she seen Tommy through the window as no one but staff could go in Tommy’s room. Erin warned Ward if he hurt antone in her family or cared about she would come after him.
I loved this book, this intense romantic read, I loved Erin and Ward together . I literally cried with what ended up happening to Tommy. I felt so heartbroken - all she went through. I was glad Ward finally faced all his demons. There was some pretty intense moments in this book. This covered a lot of things the biggest being physical and sexual abuse and by a step parent. As well as guilt. I loved the ending and was happy Amelia was working on changing and being sober. I must say I definitely have a new favorite book. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this of this book and I highly recommend.it.

I loved Frozen and Until Harry, so when I read the blurb of her Lifeline, I jumped.

But sadly, it didn’t work for me.


It was as sad as Until Harry, so that wasn’t the problem.

I just didn’t enjoy the writing.
Partly because of the dialect, partly because of the characters, and maybe because of the consistency.

I wanted to skip some pages several times, so this is definitely a very bad sign for a reader.

I didn’t buy the sudden love Ward felt for Erin, it all felt too rushed

There were several plots (and heavy ones) that deserved a lot more of consistency, as the characters, and that a shame because the whole story had a lot of potential.

I love my romance angsty, but this one just didn’t work for me, and I didn’t expected it since I’m a fan of this author…

I've been having a hard time choosing between 2-Stars and 3-Stars. While there were things I did genuinely like about the book, there were quite a few things I didn't like.

First, the writing of the Scottish dialect was a MAJOR distraction and hindered my reading enjoyment. I had to use Google a few times to figure out what someone was saying.

Every time I read "dinnae" I thought it was "dinner".
"Haud yer weesht." <- Hold you're shit? Maybe? I don't know.
"Cannae" = Can't
"isnae" = Isn't
"Please dinnae fash yersel with me" = *Shrugs* No Idea
"What's fur ye'll not go by ye?" = GOOGLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS ONE!!

Her Lifeline is supposed to be an emotional read, but I had a hard time connecting to the emotional scenes. I felt like the heroine was very immature and obnoxious. She YELLED a lot and would jump from one extreme (like yelling) to another extreme (crying).
When we first met the heroine at the beginning of the story, she was eleven. When the story jumps to the present time, the heroine is twenty-two. She acted the EXACT same at eleven-years-old as she did at twenty-two. Loud and obnoxious with some added sass. (She was a Scottish version of Broghan for The Slater Brothers)
It just didn't work for me.

The hero Ward was a coward and weak - I didn't feel like his character was redeemed by the end. He had eleven years to heal and make things right and he didn't. I understand he had some past trauma from childhood and it was sad. But to me, he was weak for letting that be the copout for his lies and life he led.

While I did enjoy the concept of the story and the storyline, it was intriguing and different. I just couldn't like the main characters nor the dialect.
Although I did like the secondary ones - Aiden, Jesse and Tommy.