This is the fourth book in the Love at Last series and the only one that I have read. I would recommend that readers check out the first three before reading this one as it would help understand the ancillary characters, who play a huge part in this plot, a lot more.

Anya is an independent woman who has a strong distrust for any and all men in her orbit. She doesn't mind a night of fun, but anything more is off the table. Owen was supposed to be a safe hookup--only in two for a couple of weeks--until the worst happens: he gets a full time position at the local fire station and Anya winds up pregnant. What follows is the story of a man desperate to capture the heart of a woman who doesn't believe in love.

I think that I needed a bit more backstory for Anya early on in the book because by the time I learned about what made her tick, I had already established her as an irredeemably cruel character. I found it hard to believe that the people around her would want to continue being her close friend as her negativity and distrust of those around her seemed to permeate every single relationship and interaction.

Again, I think I would have a different perspective on this novel if I had read the previous three in the series first as I believe that would have been helpful to character development.

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Anya
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Anya O’Donnell, and I’d like to declare myself guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.
Guilty of what, you ask?
Well, for starters, I’m guilty of lying to everyone for years; of pretending when I should have been showing them all who I really was, what I really wanted. I’m guilty of pushing away the only person who wanted to stay, convinced that, one day, he’d have left, anyway.
I told him we were a mistake.
I told him I was better off without him.
I told him that I didn’t love him.
And now I miss him. I miss his cups of tea and his stupid cheese crackers. I miss his clothes, strewn about the house. I miss the way he would watch me sleep. I miss his arms, holding me tightly each night, making me feel at home.
But now we’re both alone. And I’m scared.
I’m scared that he believed everything I told him; that he has no intention of coming back.

Owen
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Owen McKenna, and I’m furious.
Why, you ask?
Well, because I decided to follow my heart and not my head. Because I didn’t listen to my friends or to their far-fetched theories. Because I left anyway even when everyone was telling me to stay.
And now she doesn’t want me back. But I want her, desperately.
She’s the woman I’ve been waiting for. She’s incredibly sexy, and can make you laugh, even when you least want to. She’s never let anyone in, apart from me; and when she crumbles into my arms, it makes me feel like the only guy in the world.
But I ruined everything.
I let the L-word slip, and she panicked.
She told me things she didn’t even think I know that. I know her.
I know that she’s scared, that she doesn’t want to take this risk. But I do. I’m ready.
I’m her exception.
I just need to make her see that, too.
This is book 4 of the love at last series
Really enjoyable read I read in one sitting totally recommend
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