Annabelle Montgomery married her childhood best friend as his last dying request and even though she never loved him in that way she has no desire to ever go through that kind of pain again. She has buried herself in her family business, Montgomery Builders, as the lead architect and keeps her life simple.
Jacob Queen has hated for Annabelle for years ever since she made herself to look like the distraught widow after his brother's death. When he moves home to be closer to his sick mother he has no idea that he has managed to buy the house right next door to Annabelle.
As fate keeps landing them in each other's paths they can't deny their attraction to one another but can they keep things without emotion and when one begins to fall will they lose everything?
This is another great book in the series and I really enjoyed it!
I really liked Annabelle and understood why she really had no desire for another relationship yet I also felt bad as she did gibe up a lot to marry Jonah before he passed away. I loved her dedication to her family but lately she was extremely stressed out at work due to the pressure her father was putting on her and her siblings. I also loved that she continued to have Sunday dinner's with Jonah's parents and how close she was to them.
At the beginning of the book I liked that Jacob moved home to be closer to his parents but I didn't like how much he hated Annabelle and was judging her on things that happened in the past. Yet Jacob also never knew the true story and continued to judge her based on his own regrets. Jacob was a lawyer and I liked that he moved up his practice with some of his employees yet he was also struggling with being overworked and very tense and grumpy.
Slowly Annabelle and Jacob formed a truce as they were forced to spend time together and were very attracted to each other. Yet I also knew when they decided to go with a "friends-with-benefits" thing that everything was going to go sideways at some point. As soon as Jacob and Annabelle went out for dinner with Paige and Colton I could see things turning and I wasn't surprised with who had the doubts.
I found it weird that Jacob's ex, Susan, all of a sudden wanted to get back together with him and I wondered how far she would go. That being said, Annabelle seemed to have her own suitor but he seemed to relax one she got together with Jacob.
I was very proud of Annabelle and her siblings for doing what they did and how they did it together.
Towards the end I was both surprised and not for what happened. I kind of knew something was going to happen but I was still surprised on how everything went down.
The end made me happy when Jacob finally saw the light and realized what he really wanted and needed in life.
The very end of the book made me so sad although I am definitely looking forward to the next book!
4.5 Stars
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