Holland Rhodes used to be as close to the Blackburns as family, but left quickly and cut all ties shortly after heading to college. Returning to Kentucky was never her plan, but with the death of her father she finds herself needing to make decisions about the future of his print shop.

Trey Blackburn hid what he and Holland had all those years ago because he wanted to have the time with her to himself. But hiding it hurt more than just their future, and this time he might be able to have what he messed up the first time.

The chemistry still lingers, though so does the hurt. Neither wants to resist, but when they give into the feelings between them, they find themselves walking a similar path to their past: sneaking around, hiding from their families. But this time they are determined to do things differently, to bring things to the open sooner. Especially since Holland plans to go back to her old life as soon as she has her father’s estate in order.

This second chance romance turned out to be filled with more emotion and heartache than I was expecting. For most of the story I was happily skating along waiting for their secret to come out and see how everyone would handle it. But what happened had me shocked alongside the characters. My heart broke for where their journey took them and even though it resolved, I couldn’t have guessed the direction things took for them.

This was the final book in the Bluegrass Empires series and I can’t help wish there was more. I’m not ready for this family to be finished, but also understand that that is just what happens sometimes and this story was a good wrap up for the series.