“Where have you been?” comes a shockingly girlish, almost whiny voice that I do not want to accept as mine. “All over and never where I wanted to be, which is wherever you are.”

Kayley Loring has done it again folks. Another child character that I’m completely in love with. Although Tate is not the most important part of this book, he is still instrumental in how our two lovers get together and ultimately achieve their happily ever after. He is a sweet, stubborn boy with a big brain and a smart mouth. Tate is the son of Kat, our leading lady. Kat is a single mother working nights as a waitress and is a photographer/videographer on the side. She went to film school, and her ultimate goal is to take pictures and do film work as a full time job. She meets Nico, a musician, at the restaurant where she works. He ends up coming back almost every night to see her. He’s obsessed with her. She becomes his muse. He sits and drinks coffee and writes lyrics that are inspired by her. She feels the same attraction, the same pull, as he does, but she’s more cautious because of her son. Nico doesn’t find out that Kat has a son until he accidentally runs into them in the grocery store one day. After that, all bets are off. He desperately craves her. One night Kat texts him and they end up at the same bar and share their first, soul-shattering kiss. Nico asks Kat to come on tour with him and be his photographer/videographer. After some discussion, she agrees as long as she can bring Tate, her son, and his grandmother to care for him when she’s working. 

Everything goes pretty smoothly, except for the fact that Kat doesn’t want to get romantically involved with Nico since she’s now technically employed by him. Well THAT notion lasts for about 2 seconds before they are ripping each other’s clothes off. Kat then suggests that they causally see each other while on tour and then end it when it’s over. Nico absolutely hates that idea. He’s already in it. He’s already completely devoted to her, she just can’t see it. She’s so afraid that he will leave her that she’s incapable of opening up her heart to him. The tension continues as their feelings grow; it’s not until the big “I love you” that things finally fall into place. And boy, let me tell you, that profession of love was SPOT ON. I was here for it 100%. You can feel the naivety and innocence pouring out of Nico when he says those words to Kat. He’s never loved anyone before, not in this way, and it’s beautiful to watch him come into that realization. 

This story doesn’t have a huge, catastrophic climax or anything, which I actually found quite refreshing. There are a few issues that Tate has along the way which ultimately end up cutting the tour short for Kat and her family, but it doesn’t destroy anything. It was so nice to read about the makings of a family. A man who never thought he would have a serious girlfriend, let alone a child, decides that he’s found his match in a talent, spunky, single mother. I am obsessed with Kayley Loring and her writing. She is so freaking talented!! I cannot WAIT for another one of her books to release. 5 stars!

“I’m taking you on a real date, Katherine Dempsey.” “How many seconds will this one last?” He raises my hand to his lips to kiss it. “Infinity.”