I glance down, collecting the scatters of truth. “You two looked like a dream I never wanted to have.”

This story was better than I could have imagined. Our author, Harloe Rae, did a phenomenal job keeping us on our toes at every turn. The character development was a little on the rougher side…our leading man and heroine fall in love rather quickly, and it’s a little unbelievable at times. I was VERY pleased with our REAL hero in this story, Ollie. 

I know I mentioned before about not liking children in books…but I’m starting to wonder if I just haven’t read the right books! Ollie was the perfect edition to Brance and Braelyn’s story. He’s the best stick of dynamite I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading about. He is Brance’s son from his previous marriage (the one that turned him into a complete asshole).  Ollie’s desire to find his father a new wife and in turn, get himself a mom, is quite remarkable.  This 5 year old is more cunning and manipulative (in the best way) than any 5 year old I’ve ever met. It makes him so much more enjoyable to read about. 

As mentioned previously, Brance is a complete dickhead. It’s sort of understandable after learning about his ex and how he gained full custody of Ollie, but that’s a whole other political issue that I’m not interested in talking about on my blog LOL. Anyway, Ollie meets Braelyn inside her candy shop and it’s pretty much love at first sight for the little boy. He immediately knows that he wants his father to marry her.

Braelyn lost her boyfriend (almost husband) in a fatal car crash.  She has PTSD, anxiety, depression, and a entire slew of other issues including panic attacks.  The first time she meets Brance, when he brings Ollie into the candy shop to visit, he bullies her so badly that she ends up having a panic attack. Eventually, neither Brance nor Braelyn can stop thinking about the other. They quickly fall madly in love with each other, Braelyn falls and it helps her heal, Brance falls and it helps him let go. 

A standing ovation for our author, if you will! 🙂 Wonderful job, Rae. Thank you for sharing this beautiful journey with us.

“You’re my sunlight and rainbows after a lifetime of storms. Don’t leave me in the dark.”