P.S. It's Always Been You

Lauren Blakely

Plus, I will be donating 10% of all sales (including pre-orders) to Feeding America for the next three months from ALL of my new releases that come out in April, May and June. Feeding America is a U.S Hunger relief organization that is helping US food banks with a response to the Covid-19 impact.

Hunter Armstrong is a man who tries not to have regrets. He lives his life to the fullest just as he was taught to do. He is an adventurer, survivalist, author, and documents his daring stunts on his own show and special. For all intents and purposes, he is living his dream...but when a stunt goes wrong, the one regret he tried to bury keeps coming to the forefront of his mind.

Presley Turner was the girl he loved and left ten years ago to set off on adventures. But now her face is who he keeps seeing and wondering about. Her life has not gone quite like she hoped and she is struggling in her career and love life. But she is smart, talented, sweet, and motivated

When an opportunity arises that would put them in close proximity of working together on a project, Hunter jumps at it while Presley is worried. She is afraid she will not be able to resist this successful, charismatic, charitable Hunter and will get her heart broken again. Especially when he seems to be on the pursuit despite the fact she is putting up resistance.

As they follow a mystery in their project, it stirs up feelings, and the secrets found illustrate how important true love can be.

These two are fun together and just fit. Hunter is that man that can do anything and succeed, but he has a hard time knowing when to stop and just relax. Presley's life has been in a rut, but she is so motivated to succeed that she is always looking ahead to the future and what needs to be done. They have smoking chemistry and fun rapport. They have history, both good and bad. She has the ability to both keep him in check, but also support him. And he always believed in her talent and pushed her towards success. They are both so intelligent and analytical that they can see clues and angles and work together for answers. They make a great team.

But she might be misjudging his determination to have her back in his life. And the temptation, flirting, kisses, and desperation are hard to ignore. But she is not someone who wants to give up on her dreams or make someone give up theirs. So that will leave right back where they were before with choices or sacrifices to be made.

This is a fun, sexy, second-chance love story reignited while unraveling an unexpected mystery. It is also a love story within a love story and there are some fun twists I did not see coming. This is a stand-alone story, but Lauren Blakely fans will see familiar faces.

Presley and Hunter had a secret whirlwind romance years ago, but Hunter's work led him to a secret assignment and he didn’t think a long distance relationship would work with his plans. Over the last few months he has been rethinking his choices, wondering if he will regret that mistake for the rest of his life. Presley has tried to ignore news of Hunter, as she tries to pick up her flailing career. Her dreams have not taken off nearly as fast as Hunter’s, and it is hard for her to see his success knowing he is happy and she is struggling.

Presley’s work is starting to look positive, and her boss wants her to work a new assignment that could line up everything she’s always dreamed of. She is excited for the possibilities until she sees who she will have to work with. Hunter was on board the moment he heard who he would be working with, but Presley is more hesitant. She can’t afford to lose her heart now.

I loved the second chance aspect. Hunter knows what he wants now. His near-death experience has him focused in a way he never was before. But Presley is on guard after the way he left the last time. She isn’t willing to let herself get hurt again.

I also loved the hunt aspect of this story almost as much as watching Presley and Hunter rediscover what they had. Theirs is not the only love story unfolding on the pages, and I loved the story within the story almost as much as I loved the main story. The little clues in the present, the way the discoveries uncovered the story from the past, all the little details had me clinging to every moment.

This is a second chance story with a twist. As Presley and Hunter hunt through the city to find the answers to their questions, they also face the pain in their past and the friendly, flirty ease between them that seemed to slip back into place quickly. It has all the characteristics I’ve come to expect from Lauren and had me pulled into a book faster and more completely than I have been in some time.