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I didn't read book #1 in this series but I do own it now and plan to read it soon. I was easily able to jump into this book and didn't feel like I missed anything.

This is a sweet, emotional and low angst book about family that I really enjoyed. Ben who is 24 and his brother Milo who is 11 lost their parents suddenly to a car accident and now Ben is raising Milo. Ben is a fun character and he isn't the most mature 24 year old but he's doing his best to raise his brother. However, he hasn't figured out how to discipline Milo so he's resorting to bribery and Milo is struggling in school. Add to that, Ben can't bring himself to live in the family house so he has moved he and Milo to the guest cottage behind the house. Milo just wants to live in his bedroom again but Ben wants to sale and start fresh somewhere that doesn't make him so sad and give him panic attacks.

Jack is Ben's woodshop teacher and flips houses on the side. Jack is living with his ex-boyfriend and his ex's partner. They are all friends but Jack needs to move out and the house he wants to buy isn't available yet. So when he meets Ben he agrees to help him renovate his house in exchange for him living in the house. Jack and Ben are very attracted to each other but Ben feels the age difference (he's 39) is too much and Ben is in a vulnerable place right now so he vows to keep things friendly but not romantic or sexual.

I really loved both MC's and the very slow burn of a romance between the two. I also loved seeing Milo connect with Jack. Ben is snarky and funny and a bit immature but he really grows throughout this book and having Jack to build him up makes a huge difference. Milo is also a wonderful character and he cracked me up. I thought he was a very realistic pre-teen. The three of them just fit so well together and I loved watching the slow growth of them as a family unit. There is a little bit of drama surrounding Jack's co-worker and his fear of not getting the house he has been dreaming of but not too much.

I'm not always a fan of big age gaps but I really liked this one and thought the relationship worked for both characters and Milo. I adored Jack's "Ben is the best" dialogue and of course some of the snark from both Ben and Milo.

This is definitely low on the steam level as the first kiss doesn't even happen until close to the end but I didn't miss it. The emotional connections between the characters definitely made up for it and when they finally get together the payoff is worth it.

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Made for You is the second book in the Love and Family series. It is a slow burn ‘forbidden’ May/December romance with a sad backstory. No worries— it’s sweet and low angst too. It features Jack who appeared in book 1, Taboo for You. He now gets his HEA.

Ben (24) has been caring for his younger brother, Milo (12), since the death of their parents and many people around them have been expecting him to fail at this task. The forbidden aspect of the story is that Ben falls for Milo’s woodwork teacher. Jack resists starting anything romantic with Ben for much of the story because of the teacher/parent/carer connection. He becomes Ben’s friend first and helps in caring for Milo and renovating their neglected family home.

The story builds at a slow pace. Ben and Jack become close friends and Jack becomes more of a guardian for Milo. There are some lighter, more humorous moments amidst the serious scenes, with plenty of banter and jokes between the three of them.

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Wonderful, touching story.

Made for You is a great story with Anyta Sunday's trademark slow-burn romance. It's the second book in the Love and Family series but can be read as a standalone. Taboo for You is the first book in the series but you won't be lost if you don't read it first. You will, however, be missing a great book so I highly recommend it.

This story is a great New Adult, slow-burn, age-gap romance. The blurb is great and it tells you what you need to know about the story. I love Anyta Sunday's books; nobody does slow-burn romance like she does.

Ben is trying so hard to do all of the right things for his young brother, Milo, after their parents died. At twenty-four years-old he never expected to be a parent but he's doing the best he can. When Ben meets Milo's woodworking teacher, Jack, he can't help but be attracted to this man who has it all together.

Made for You is all kinds of witty, funny and tear-jerky. I couldn't help but feel bad for Ben. He wants to be there for Milo but he also needs to have adult time. He's a huge flirt but Jack is pretty good at resisting him. When they finally get it on it's all kind of hot!

I wish I knew why I sometimes find it so hard to find the right words to review books that I love. It doesn't happen all the time but I'm struggling with this one. I went through way more tissues reading it than what I have been lately. I felt the complete connection between all of the main characters – Jack, Ben and Milo, not just Jack and Ben.

It had been too long for me since I'd read a book by Anyta Sunday and I'm so glad to have my dry spell broken by such a great story.

An advanced copy of this book was provided by A Novel Take PR but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***

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Another wonderful story from Anyta Sunday, I've never read one of her books and not enjoyed it.

This is another slow burning tale of love, which takes a slightly twisting course to the inevitable ending. It is told with love, care and emotion and is thoroughly enjoyable.

The main characters Ben and Jack are adorable, as is Ben's younger brother Milo, who is the main reason for the slow burn.

This is a great read.

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I loved this book. I really liked book one…but I absolutely loved this book (and I have a confession…I’ve already read it twice).

Even though we meet Jack in book one and Sam, Luke and Jeremy make appearances in this book, it can be read as a standalone.

This is a super slow burn (and it couldn’t have happened any other way) with low heat and high feels.

Jack is AH-MA-ZING! I love the way he treats both brothers. He is exactly what Ben needs in a partner. He gives Milo the discipline and stability he’s been lacking without undermining Ben.

Milo and Ben broke my heart (really broke it) and made me laugh (out loud at times). They have a great relationship which is surprising for their age difference but maybe not after their shared tragedy. Jack helps both of them navigate life after the tragedy which further leads to their healing.

The frowned upon flirting between Jack and Ben is endearing. Building a friendship first ensures their long-lasting relationship.

Jack’s confrontation with the principal…admitting how he feels is almost everything. I say almost because the ‘Ben’s the best because . . .’ list is everything.

I cannot wait to see what else this series brings.

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I love this book. I started it and I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. Ben, Jack, and Milo had me smiling so hard my daughter kept asking me what's wrong with you. The book has a great flow and was easy to read. Ben is raising his brother after their parents had. Ben and Milo both have potty mouths and anything liable to come out of it. Jack is a teacher and love to renovate old houses. Ben hires Jack to renovate their house so he can sell it. Ben has a problem with the house an refuses to live in it because it reminds him of their parents. Milo doesn't want the house to be sold and want to move back in it.
Jack is so great with both brothers but he knows because of his job he can't have a relationship with Ben. The book is romantic, some angst, funny, and love that the other MCs from the previous book is in it. I hope you enjoy it much as I did.

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Anyta Sunday is the queen of slow-burn romance!

I absolutely loved this book. Ben, Milo and Jack are all fantastic characters and I loved the relationships between each set of characters.

Ben is such a beautiful character, trying his best to keep everything together for his brother and always putting himself last. He truly deserved a HEA!

This book was just so dreamy and sweet. I read it in one sitting with a soppy grin on my face from start to finish.

An absolute treasure of a book!

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Ben is worried that he's doing everything wrong in raising his little brother after their parents died and Jack is worried that he won't get his dream home. Their friendship is so easy and calming on both men that it seemed like it would end with them never getting together as lovers. The balanced each other out and I liked that about their respective plots. Ben is constantly worried he's doing the wrong thing but Jack is there to assure him that even just trying means he's doing okay.
This book was sweet and the characters were kind to one another. I liked that they brought up the age difference and didn't hand wave it away as something not to worry about. It is a major difference and the two men both had to figure out how to wade in a relationship with someone who had such a vastly different view on life.

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Delightful! I very much enjoyed this May-December romance. Characters were well-developed and likable. First book I've read by A. Sunday, and I would be happy to read more.

Ben is a young adult with a ton of responsibility -- most importantly his 11-yr old younger brother, Milo. Ben is still working on who he is as a person, but with the added dose of parent tossed in.

Jack is an electives teacher at Milo's school who is NOT looking for a romance with a younger man. Unfortunately, once he meets Ben, there's no turning back.

I just loved how their relationship grew over time, not just a rush to bed. Jack's care and consideration for Ben and his relationship with Milo is sweet. Jack's care of Milo is just what they both need.

Made for You is fun, sweet, and feel-good!

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Made For You stars twenty-four year old Ben who is caregiver to his eleven year old brother Milo after their parents died. Ben is trying to be a good parent while still growing into adulthood. He meets Milo's woodworking teacher Jack and they start to become friends.

Jack is thirty-nine and looking to settle down. He has his heart set on his dream home and signs on to help Ben renovate their family home so it can be sold. Over several months they become very close friends. There's a scene in Ben's parent's bedroom that made my heart ache. Despite that, this book was fairly low angst and a delightful slow burn.

This book pretty much has all of my favorite tropes. Friends to lovers, slow burn, age difference, single parent. It's the second in a series but I didn't feel like I missed much by not having read the first. Jack and Ben are a wonderful couple and I loved, loved, loved Milo. I'm giving this four stars only because I felt the characters had more room for growth. However I do recommend it and I'm looking forward to checking out more of this author's work.

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I really loved the family theme of this book. I think the author did very well in connecting Ben and Jack and their love felt real and raw. Their love develops naturally from attraction which I really appreciate, because a lot of times authors tend to make these stories into instant-love, which isn't realistic.

I also like that we got a look at their future. I really like them together and look forward to maybe seeing them in the authors future books.

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This was just charming. Ben's struggle and anxiety over taking care of his younger brother was so realistic, and it moved the plot forward in a way that felt genuine. Jack's growing relationship with Ben and Milo had the perfect balance of sweetness and restraint.

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MADE FOR YOU by Anita Sunday is the first book I've read from this author. Ben and Milo touched by heart, their relationship amazing. I loved the way Ben put Milo first! The way Ben came into their lives and was such a support to them without any judgement. This story had many special moments and I enjoyed every one of them!

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I think at this point I’ve read almost every Anyta Sunday book and I love how well she’s able to write flawed characters with hearts of gold. It can be so tricky to write a book that’s both funny and emotionally compelling but she does it so well and this book is no exception. I loved the unconventional relationship between the brothers just as much if not more than the romantic parts with Jack. I hope there’s more to come!

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Oooh mais qu'est-ce que j'ai aimé ce livre !!

Voilà un petit moment que j'ai lu le premier tome de cette série... Jack y était apparemment présenté, mais je ne m'en souvenais pas vraiment. Étant donné qu'il devait y être probablement très peu développé, je me suis jetée quand même sur la suite, les tomes étant indépendants.

Ben McCormick est un jeune homme de 24 ans qui doit assurer l'éducation de son petit frère Milo, leurs parents étant décédés. Lors d'une réunion parents-professeur, Ben tombe sur Jack Pecker, le professeur de Milo.

J'ai adoré ce livre, cette histoire, ces personnages... Ben est un personnage très drôle. Ses petits flirts envers Jack étaient adorables. Mais c'est un homme qui m'a beaucoup touchée aussi. Sa volonté de bien faire avec Milo, la peur de ne pas être à la hauteur, mais la peur aussi de perdre la précieuse amitié et le soutien énorme de Jack. Certains passages dont un en particulier m'a fait monter les larmes aux yeux, fendu le cœur et je me suis sentie alors si proche de lui...
Jack éprouve de nombreuses choses pour Ben mais il se freine, du fait de sa situation professionnelle, de l'état émotionnel de Ben mais également celui de Milo, probablement un peu aussi la différence d'âge entre lui et Ben...
Milo est un petit garçon adorable, ce petit m'a fait tellement sourire ! Son attachement à sa maison et sa peur d'y partir m'a beaucoup touchée aussi...

J'ai adoré suivre le rapprochement de Jack avec cette famille, famille dont il va faire partie à part entière, l'évolution de sa relation avec Ben, tout doucement. Leur premier baiser, qui m'a surprise sur le coup, m'a mis des papillons dans le ventre, j'étais en apnée et sur un petit nuage. Bref, j'ai tout aimé...

Je parle probablement très mal de ce livre... J'ai adoré chaque page, de la première à la dernière... Je ne pensais pas vivre autant d'émotions différentes en le lisant, à être autant touchée... Je m'attendais à une lecture légère, à bien aimer certes, mais pas à ce point-là. Ce livre fut une véritable surprise. J'ai tellement aimé Jack, Ben et Milo. Rien qu'à repenser à une certaine dernière scène concernant le suivi scolaire de Milo me donne les larmes aux yeux, des larmes de joie. Et puis cet épilogue, qui est juste parfait...
J'aurais aimé ne jamais terminer ce livre en fait... Un livre drôle, émouvant, poignant pour ma part par certains côtés, un livre qui m'a fait un bien fou et qui m'a permis durant quelques heures de m'envelopper dans une bulle de bonheur et de bien-être, et j'en avais tellement besoin... Merci infiniment Madame Sunday !

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I'm going to be honest, I don't remember ANYTHING about Taboo For You, which meant I don't remember Jack either. BUT, it's Anyta Sunday's -- and I love Anyta Sunday. So I took a chance to request for this book. Starting this book, I'm not particularly worried about the 15 years age-gap between Ben and Jack. I'm more more ambivalent about the fact that Jack was Milo's (Ben's younger brother) teacher, and he moves in with the brothers; although, yes, Jack moves into the guest cottage instead of the main house.

BUT, it turns out that it isn't such a big problem. Despite the constant flirting from Ben (he's so adorable when doing so), Jack doesn't physically acts on it. It's pretty slow-burn relationship -- in terms of physical though, because emotionally, THEY ARE SO INVOLVED!!!

I love that the story also includes Milo a lot, and the way that both adult men deals with this eleven years old kid. I may not agree with Ben's style of "parenting" in some parts, but I can't really point fingers either. I mean, I'm not sure I can do a great job too if I'm in Ben's position.

It's a sweet story, that makes me smile quite a lot (OH GOD'S Ben's quips and Milo's mouth!), either happily or achingly (this includes moments of Jack saying Ben's the best *sniff*).

And that ending... precious!

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3.5 stars rounded up!
While I had some problems with this book I really enjoyed reading it and the writing style was flowing really well, so it was very easy and fun to read.

If I loved one thing about this book, it was the family dynamics! Seeing Ben and Milo interact, they truly felt like brothers and I loved how sassy Milo could be. And when Jack got thrown into the mix, I liked it even more. I wanted even more of these family scenes. I also loved seeing the struggles Ben had to deal with, taking care of Milo, dealing with a house he feels like he can't live in anymore, trying to do what is best for Milo and beating himself up when he feels like he failed. While this book didn't deal with a lot of angst, seeing these issues come up from time to time gave this book a sense of reality.

Now, if there was one thing that I didn't really like about this, it was the sexual tension between Ben and Jack. Why? Because this was pitched to me as a slow burn romance, and while on a technical level that might be true, because they don't act on their feelings until very late in the book, Ben and Jack admit they are attracted to each other pretty much from the start. This has been something that's been bothering me in MM romance for a while now, but here it really was the one thing that kept me from enjoying the book to the fullest. I want to read about people falling in love and why, not how they lust after each other because of how hot they find the other person. And there were moments where you could see the great chemistry Ben and Jack had, but it was always pulled back to the physical aspects and that was a little disappointing. But if this doesn't bother you as much as me, I think you'll have a great time with this book.
One other small disappointment for me was, while we are told that Jack rebuilds the main house In the time where he's living with Ben and Milo, we don't get a lot of information on what he actually changes. There are some small snippets here and there, but nothing that made me feel like this family of Ben, Jack and Milo feel at home there. I know the point was kind of that home is where the heart is, but I would have loved to see how Ben comes to terms with this old/new house and what exactly Jack did during his renovation of the house.

Overall, I did really enjoy my time reading this, although I did have my problems with the romance at times. I will definitely read the first book in the series at some point!

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Unfortunately, for the most part this didn't work for me. After reading several glowing reviews, I may have had too high expectations, but I suspect even if it hadn't been for that, this book would have fallen flat for me.

Ben has his hands full trying to raise his younger brother Milo after their parents' death. He's struggling with keeping everything together, so when it turns out Jack, Milo's woodworking teacher, is good at renovating houses and needs a place to stay, Ben is relieved when Jack accepts for several reasons. Not only can Jack help with the house and Milo, there's also a definite spark between Jack and Ben - and while they can't act on it because Jack is Milo's teacher, it becomes more difficult to ignore each day.

The thing is, I kind of loved the idea of the story. I have a thing for found families growing out of "broken" ones. But the way it was realised just never really clicked with me. I didn't feel the attraction between Ben and Jack - I tend to need additional convincing when the age difference is as big as it is here (17 years), and unfortunately I wasn't convinced at all. Ben and Milo also sounded like they were continually high on Fanta, and Jack never seemed like he was a forty year old adult. Neither the characters nor their interactions were convincing to me, and the writing over all lacked subtlety and was a bit too simplistic for my taste. I don't think I've encountered this many simple main clauses strung together in a while. I admit this added to my difficulty with taking this seriously.

I really liked the idea of this, but the execution didn't work for me at all. If you're more forgiving when it comes to writing, and if you can handle comedy better than I can (I always think I like it, bit my sense of humour is seldom satisfied by romantic comedy) you may enjoy this more than I did.

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I will be posting this review tomorrow!

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The descriptive bit: Ben McCormick is only twenty-four years old and already the legal guardian of his younger brother Milo. Their parents were killed and Ben is barely managing to stay afloat as he tries to parent his brother, work at an unsatisfying job and maintain some semblance of a social life. He wants to sell the family home – a home that he can’t face being inside and a home that his little brother loves. The home needs a lot of work done on it – and so does his relationship with his brother.

Enter Jack Pecker (yes, that’s his name), Milo’s teacher and a part-time contractor. He thinks Milo is a great kid and becomes even more curious when he meets Ben on his way to a parent/teacher interview.

Ben and Jack are definitely attracted to one another but fifteen years and the fact that Jack is one of Milo’s teachers keeps them at arm’s length. However, when Jack agrees to renovate the McCormick family home, the amount of time they spend together becomes a problem… for all of them.

My thoughts bit: This is a lovely, heart-warming story about family and finding your way through the curve-balls that life continually lobs.

Ben is overwhelmed with trying to raise an eleven-year-old but his love for his brother keeps him putting one foot in front of the other. What I loved most about the relationship between the brothers was the overwhelming sense of family that Sunday captured. They’re struggling through really heavy stuff, losing their parents, trying to find out how to be a family on their own, potentially moving away from the home that holds all their fondest memories. Ben and Milo are adorable, the way they interact with one another is endearing and humorous without seeming impossible.

Jack is an interesting character. He is living with his ex-partner (and his new lover) as he waits for his dream house to become available. He seems to believe that if he buys and renovates the perfect house it will become the home that he has always wanted. I loved reading about the slow progression of his feelings for Ben and fondest for Milo. It was beautiful to read the way that Jack managed to support Ben as he struggled without taking away his control or taking over.

This is a slow-burn of a love story, peppered with the perfect amount of attraction and sexual tension. I would recommend this book in a heartbeat! It made me tear up, made me laugh and made me sigh happily. Who could ask for more in a romance!?

Also? Adorable cover!

The warnings bit: Please be aware, I’m by no means an expert on what may or may not have the potential to disturb people. I simply list things that I think a reader might want to be aware of. In this book: description of accident, blood (minor).

I received an ARC of Made For You by Anyta Sunday from the author via NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

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I love Sunday’s work. She always seems to get the right amount of romance and problem dealing in each book.
This one was warm-hearted and showed not only a budding romance but how to work with loss, a teenage kid and a guy doing his best.
I enjoyed seeing more of Jack and getting his story and I would be intrigued to know if there will be anymore in this series at all.

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