BOOKWORM REVIEW: Second to None by K.A. Linde

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥

Teenage crush. Best friend's brother. Co-worker. 

Maddox Nelson was all of these and more to Josephine "Josie" Reynolds. Most importantly, he was her first and only love. No matter what she did to try and forget him -- including getting married and divorced twice to other folks -- he seemed to be embedded in her every being.

Now she has come back to her hometown of Savannah to film a movie, and her life just got even more complicated when Maddox joined the production.

Maddox and Josie's relationship has a robust history full of longing, disappointments, complications, and love. It spans a long time, which K.A. Linde beautifully conveys through flashbacks. Through this, Linde also weaves solid character development for each main character as they tackle their own insecurities about themselves and as a couple. 

There is a lot of angst, but it is balanced nicely with spice and romance. There is no lack of chemistry between Josie and Maddox for sure. 

This can be read as a standalone, but there are references to other books in this universe. Because each relationship has its own set of complications, figuring out who's who as a newbie to this world can be overwhelming.

The story also touches on the characters for the next installment, Ash and Amelia. Ash's mercurial personality is definitely intriguing, and I cannot wait to read their story.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to K.A. Linde and Wildfire Marketing Solutions for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

First love can't come second.

A stand-alone second chance grumpy sunshine romance about Josie & Maddox by USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde...

Maddox Nelson is the only boy I’ve ever loved.

And the only one to break my heart.

I thought I was over that long ago. After drowning the heartbreak in two failed marriages, I should want safe and easy, and Maddox is nothing but complicated.

Now that I’m back home in Savannah, I can’t deny the pull toward him. He’s the grumpy to my sunshine, the introvert to my extrovert, the uncompromising to my go-with-the-flow. But years of friendship, love, and tangled lust binds us together in the city where it all began.

When heat flies between us, he makes it clear that we already had our chance. Both of us should move on.

Except I’m no longer okay with that idea.

I’ll prove to him that I come second to none.

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MEET K.A. LINDE

K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Master's degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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