This book was a lovely classic "small town girl makes it big but comes home to her love" kind of book. While I thought the beginning of this story was terribly cliché, I absolutely loved Dover's writing and the inner thoughts of our lovely protagonist genuinely brought me in and invested me in the reunion of our lovebirds. While I did think this book was rather short, with the conflict being resolved shockingly fast, I knew it was more of a novella when I began reading so I suppose that's on me. Overall, this is something I definitely enjoyed and would recommend to someone looking for a quick read.

3.5 stars!

Love, Again is a second chance romance.

Aubrey left her home town and the love of her life to chase her dreams. A health scare has her reevaluating her life choices and longing to live her without regrets.
Her bucket list leads back home and to the one who got away.

I liked Aubrey and Cole. They were so clearly meant for each other.
This story was sweet and low on angst which is fine if that’s what you’re into.
I tend to like more angst, so I felt it was a little lacking.
Overall, it was an enjoyable read.

Aubrey is a young successful film director in Hollywood when she receives a false positive diagnosis of illness that causes her to re-evaluate everything in her life. She decides to take a long vacation to reboot and during the trip she travels to her hometown to take care of business with the man she almost married. Cole never moved on after Aubrey left him a month before their wedding. When they see each other again there is anger and hurt feelings, but the old spark is still there. They soon pick up where they left off and decide to travel together to reconnect. When they come back there are decisions to make. Will Aubrey return to her life in Hollywood or make her home in Oklahoma? Will Cole follow Aubrey or continue with his dream of being the fire chief. Everything all works out when Aubrey finds out she is pregnant, they marry and Aubrey decides to make a movie in her home town. I enjoyed the story and wanted them to get back together, but I would have liked more conflict. Once they were together halfway through the book it got a little boring.

Aubrey Reynolds is a very successful Hollywood director. She receives a false positive result on a routine blood test and ends up regretting not spending more time on things that do matter in life. Aubrey decides to step back from her job and make a bucket list. On her adventure she ends up reuniting with her first love, Cole, back in her hometown of Oklahoma.
Cole Haywood is a small-town firefighter who was left brokenhearted when Aubrey moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. He never stopped loving her and is very surprised 10 years later she suddenly comes back into his life. Cole and Aubrey reconnect and realize they truly still love each other.
L.P. Dover did a wonderful job with this second chance romance. I loved that they finally get their happily ever after. I’m also hoping we will hear more from her secondary characters, Emilia and Bennett, as well.

Very special thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Avid Reader – ☆☆☆
M/F Second Chance Romance

Aubrey is a fun, successful movie producer who loves her life. But when facing her own mortality, she finds that despite all of her success, she has a major regret. In order for her to achieve her dream, she had to leave behind the love of her life. So, while on her quest for adventure, she finds herself back in her hometown to see if she can explain and achieve some closure with her first and only love, Cole.

Cole is a down-to-earth fireman who loves his family and his job. His one regret is that he never got to marry the love of his life, Aubrey. Even though he knows that she needed to leave in order to be as successful as she is, he still is angry with her for leaving and not allowing him to come with.

This is a sweet, second-chance romance where the characters have old history that leads them through to a new lease on life. They go on an adventure to reconnect and find their love again. It was a sweet story, but I actually was more interested in Cole's brother and Aubrey's friend's romance. I hope they get their own story.


Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4 stars

I really enjoy secondchance romances and this one did not disappoint. Aubrey and Cole had to find their way past the hurts of the past to be able to enjoy the present.

I enjoyed the way their characters interacted with each other and you could feel the emotions rolling off the page.


Mary – ☆☆☆☆☆
Aubrey Reynolds is living her dream, she is an award-winning, Hollywood director but when she gets bad news from her doctor, her world gets turned upside down. When she learns the results were wrong, she still decides to do some things she has always wanted to do, like go to a zoo in Washington, eat the chocolate chip cookies at the Minnesota State Fair, eat Pickle soup in St. Louis, and the one thing she can't stop thinking about is going back home to make thing right with the only man she ever loved.

Cole Haywood was her best friend, boyfriend, and the man she was about to marry before she left him to follow her dreams. While Cole has lived in the same small town his whole life, worked on the family farm and worked at the local fire station since he was able. He can't believe that she is back after all these years. Can he forgive her and they move on?

Will they be able to make a relationship together work or is the pain too deep? If they can't repair the damage, can they remain friends? Can they travel together and be able to forgive each other?

Will there be a chance for them to finally have a future?

I love a second-chance romance and this one is great. L.P. Dover has a way of bringing these two people back together with their friends and families that made the story even better to me. If you haven't read this author before, this one is a good start.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars

I really enjoy L.P. Dover's stories, and always choose to read them, because the storylines are good – and this is no different. However, I do have to admit that sometimes the amount of telling rather than revealing can annoy me. There is a lot of scene setting, which I often feel could have been revealed within the story. As I say, overall I enjoy the stories, but sometimes have to get over the world building phase knowing it will be worth it once things get going. I say this in case you start and feel as I do. My advice is to continue, and you should not be disappointed.

I enjoyed the fact that the successful director who left town was the female lead, and that the male lead had stayed at home to help out at his family's ranch. She was therefore wealthier, more likely to continue to be so, and in a usual storyline, these facts would have most definitely been reversed.

Aubrey's brush with the possibility of death was the perfect way to give her the chance of setting her affairs in order, in the broadest sense, and sets her on a journey. This starts as one of exploring long desired locations, but soon changes to affairs of the heart, sending her back to her hometown. As she and Cole remember their past, they finally get to talk about what happened, and why... and more importantly, what might happen next.

After the dramatic start (the lesson being never, ever get a diagnosis over the phone!), the story wends its way through a sweet childhood and sorts out what really are one's priorities in life. I might point out that this is true for Cole as well as Aubrey!

Love this cover, enjoyed this story. Second chance❤️

New to me author, she lit me on fire with these characters. Definitely one to give a chance on!!

Wow!
Just... wow!
I absolutely loved this story! I loved it so much a read it in a day. It has been on my kindle for months and I’m not sure why I didn’t read it.
This is my first book by this author and I intend to read more.

This story is all about second chances.
Aubrey and Cole were high school sweethearts who were about to get married until a month before there wedding, she called it off and left for Hollywood. 10 years later she gets a wrong medical reading about only having months to live and she sets out to do a bucket list. One thing leads to another and she’s back where she grew up hoping to get Cole’s forgiveness.

I HIGHLY recommend this one!!!

I was given an arc in exchange for my honest review.
Aubrey Reynolds has it all. A great career as a director with awards, money,and friends. However it all comes to a halt when she is diagnosed with cancer, but the doctor made a mistake she doesn’t have it.
Aubrey is given a second chance and she is going to live it at its fullest. But there is one thing that she must do and that is begging forgiveness from the one man that she broke heart.

Cole Haywood never expect to see Aubrey again. After 10 years ago Aubrey broke his heart and now he doesn’t know if he can forgive her.

If you the reader believe in second chances it’s a must read!

I thought this was a refreshing read for fans of a second-chance, contemporary romance. For me, it was a quick and enjoyable read. I found it refreshing because there wasn't a lot of angst between the two main characters. While I usually enjoy an angsty story, every once in a while it's a breath of fresh air to encounter characters with decent communication skills and emotional intelligence.. For most of the story, the main characters were pretty clear with each other and themselves about what they wanted.

LOVE, AGAIN by L.P. Doer is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, erotic, romance story line focusing on thirty-two years olds, fire fighter Cole Haywood, and award winning Hollywood director Aubrey Reynolds.

Told from dual first person points of view (Cole and Aubrey) LOVE, AGAIN follows the rekindling romance between childhood sweethearts and former lovers, thirty-two years olds, fire fighter Cole Haywood, and award winning Hollywood director Aubrey Reynolds. Ten years earlier, one month before their scheduled wedding, Aubrey Reynolds walked away from the man that she loved in the hope of finding herself and a new path in life. Fast forward to present day wherein a medical mistakes sends our heroine on a bucket list trip of what ifs and whys including a return to her hometown of Dusty Valley, Oklahoma where she lost her heart, and the man that she loved. Enter fire fighter Cole Haywood. What ensues is the second chance romance and relationship between Cole and Aubrey, and the potential fall-out as Aubrey struggles with returning to Hollywood, and the possibility of leaving the man she has always loved.

Cole Haywood had never stopped loving the woman who broke his heart but fame, fortune and life pulled Aubrey Reynolds out of his life. Bitter and broken hearted, Cole never expected to come face to face with his past, a past he struggles to forgive and forget. Aubrey Reynolds knows she screwed up the day she walked out of Cole Haywood’s life. Never regretting the fame and success of Hollywood, Aubrey battles to make amends, walking away from the thing that she loved.

The relationship between Aubrey and Cole is one of second chances; a rekindling romance and love between two people whose lives went in opposite directions but a love that never waivered in spite of the different paths, and varying degrees of fame and success. With Aubrey’s return to Dust Valley, Oklahoma, Cole is hoping for a second chance. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Aubrey’s best friend and actress Emilia Hart ; Cole’s brother Bennett Haywood, as well as a number of residents of Dust Valley, Oklahoma, and the many people our heroine meets on her journey of discovery. I am hoping the author has plans for Bennett and Emilia’s story.

LOVE, AGAIN is a story of family, friendship, forgiveness and second chances. The premise is sweet, engaging and uplifting; the romance is captivating and seductive; the characters are colorful, energetic and fun. The conflict is limited to the reconciliation between our leading couple. LOVE, AGAIN is a wonderful and heart warming story for the romantic in all of us.

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Who doesn't want to feel like you are the most important person to someone else? This book was a good book, but it was also predictable. You knew where it was going, so there really wasn't a lot of excitement, but, if you are wanted a quick read, this is the book for you!

Good second chance love story! Aubrey and Cole were involved many years ago. Heroine returns to her hometown to get her man! This book had some scene setting that was a bit too much. Overall, the book was a good weekend read.


I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my open and honest review.

I am a fan of L.P. Dover’s work. Love Again was exactly what I was hoping it would be.

I can’t imagine being told I wasn’t going to live long. Aubrey gets news she has a disease that is going to kill her. That makes her take a look at her life and decide she needs to change things. She is going to live her life to the fullest and do things she has always wanted to do being a successful director in Hollywood isn’t the only thing she wants in life.

She has one person on her mind she can’t seem to stop thinking of, Cole. She decides its time to go home. Cole is a firefighter and works on his dad’s farm.

Cole and Aubrey’s story was sweet and just what I needed.

Title: Love,Again
Author: L.P. Cover
Reviewer: Lorraine Leatham - Rainey Day Book Reviews
Rating: ⭐⭐

I really wanted to fall in love with this book, unfortunately I was not able to immerse myself in it. I found it didn't really keep my attention when it really wasn't a very long story.

Aubrey and Cole had been together 10 years ago. Aubrey makes a bucket list after hearing upsetting news that she has weeks to live so she decides that it is time to make amends with Cole, to right the wrongs of her past, and and get the man she still loves after all these years.

To me it seemed like both of the main characters were willing to ignore the hurt, and the reasons that they split up in the first place, and move into an instant relationship after seeing one another again after 24 hours. It was just too easy for me. I wanted them to hash everything out rather than being so accepting.

I received a copy via NetGalley all statements are my own.

This was a cute second chance romance. Aubrey and Cole grew up together, literally. Their mothers were best friends who became pregnant around the same time. Aubrey and Cole enjoyed all the special firsts together. And they were set to get married. But Aubrey always had a dream that she wanted to direct movies. It was something her and her mother used to talk about. And her mother made her promise, before she passed away, to follow her dreams. So right before her wedding, Aubrey left Cole to move to Hollywood. Ten years passed, but Aubrey never could forget Cole. Then something happened to Aubrey that changed her life. And she found a new path in life to follow. This story flowed smoothly and the secondary characters were a great addition to the book. And the epilogue was great.

Aubrey and Cole a second chance at love !!
Aubrey is living her dream in the Hollywood world as a successful director when a sudden diagnosis puts her world in a new light .
Cole has always loved Aubrey . He wanted her to fly and fulfill her dreams but he has always hoped that he would have been part of the plan. Now she is back and they have so many wrongs to right .
This is a beautiful journey of two people that have hopefully once again found one another and remember the true reason they fell so hard the first time !!
~~Michele McMullen ~~

i'm really glad that I chose this book. The author tells a great story filled with love, regret, and second chances. The story starts with Aubrey, an award winning director, getting bad news that changes her whole perspective on life. She decides to go on a bucket list adventure. One of her stops takes her back to Cole, the man she left behind to pursue her dreams. I won't give too much away for fear of ruining it.
The best part of this story was that it kept flowing. There were no cataclysmal events keeping people apart. The descriptions of the town painted a picture in my mind. The characters were believable. The supporting characters were woven into the story well. The book had a guaranteed HEA. The epilogue gave a look into the future and completed the story. L.P. Dover made we want to invest in these characters.
This is the first book I have read by the author. It won't be my last.

I loved this book! It’s all about second chances when Aubrey and Cole get back together. It is well-written, and the characters are well defined. The story has a fast pace and is a real page turner. I loved the adventures in the story and the connection that these two have after numerous years apart. L. P. Dover does an excellent job holding the reader’s attention. I can’t wait to read more from this author!

This emotional story pulled me in from the first page. It is a story about heartbreak, forgiveness and second chances. When Aubrey is misdiagnosed as having a life threatening illness she reevaluates her life and decides to make some changes. She is a renowned Hollywood director who has sacrificed everything for success. After ten years, she decides to return to the small town she grew up in and Cole, the boy she left behind.

Cole was devastated when Aubrey left him ten years ago and he has never recovered or found anyone he cared about as much as Aubrey. Aubrey returns to ask for forgiveness but Cole is still angry with her.

I enjoyed this delightful story about Cole and Aubrey. I was cheering for them and hoping they would work everything out and end up together. Cole and Aubrey are down to earth and easy to connect with and they have a lot of chemistry. There is also a secondary story about Bennett and Emilia and I was also rooting for them. This sweet story tugged on my heartstrings.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable second chance romance. Aubrey and Cole are the classic small town it couple. Friends forever, each other’s first love and planning their forever together. When life throws a curveball they are separated. The second life changing event sends Aubrey back to that same small town to make amends. Cole and Aubrey's story was a true second chance romance.