Connor O'Rourke has loved Jessica Dunn since he was a kid and even after his injury that left him scared, he never held it against her.

Jessica Dunn has spent her entire life taking care of her younger brother and her reputation for "doing whatever" she has to do precedes her. It's difficult to move forward with anger and resentment, how long can she keep the walls up?

Despite all the hardships, gossip, family tragedies and pain Connor only wants Jessica. What will he have to do to win her heart? Why does he keep pursuing her.

A second-chance story about forgiveness and hope. I only wish that Connor didn't have so much rejection. How much can a man take?

I enjoyed this book. It pulled you right in and kept you turning the pages. This book was well written and I had no issues following the story. It tied into the other books in the series well.

This book follows Connor O'Rourke and Jessica Dunn. Connor has had a very long history with Jessica Dunn which began when her brother's dog attacked Connor and the dog had to be put down which made Jessica's brother despise Connor. When Connor decides he wants to marry Jessica she rejects him flat out! What Connor didn't know what is would take a whole lot of patience and understanding to win the affection of Jessica and her brother Davy who was born from an alcoholic. Which created all sorts of problems.

This book goes everywhere we get to listen to the joking between Colleen and Connor. Watch as Jessica learns to trust people and find a way to let her brother prove his independence and let Connor love her. Even if it means admitting to herself that she loves him in her own way.

Such a great series to go and see what everyone is up to and whose having a baby now. I really enjoyed catching up with the Hollands as well as the O'Rourke family!

I've been waiting for a while for this book and I was so excited to see that it was Connor's story! I loved seeing him in the other books and I love when any author can give secondary characters their own love stories. But I did not like Jessica and Connor's relationship at all and therefore, I didn't like this book very much. First, no I don't know what it's like to have a brother with special needs and her devotion to him was my favorite part about this book. Second, maybe I'm just not being compassionate enough but I didn't care about Jessica and Connor's relationship. It was too much of a push and pull for me. Frankly, I wanted Connor to end up with someone else.

One aspect of this book I didn't get was Jessica instance that her reputation around their hometown would not end in her favor. My thing is, having lived in a smallish town, why would living in this town change anything? Plus, if no one cared about her reputation, why did it bother her so much? There was just not enough character growth with Jessica at the end because she still kept her ideas and prejudices (which was a double standard but I'm not going into that) and I was just done with her.

loved this story of the romance of Jessica and Connor. I felt so badly for him in the beginning of the book when she rejected his marriage proposal. I liked watching how their relationship changed and developed over the course of the book. The familiar setting and secondary characters were wonderful, and I was kept interested from beginning to end. Another great installment to this fantastic series!