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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Bittersweet Promises by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥

As someone new to the Montgomery Family universe, this was a fantastic introduction to the new generation and the people who have paved the way for them.

Brooke Alder and Leif Montgomery were no strangers. They had an intense fling in Paris that left them heartbroken. A decade and a half later, their paths crossed again, but they have changed so much since their time in France.

Brooke is more than just trying to acclimate to her new town. She also has her own hands full with a young son and a rising career as a research professor. It does not help that a rival dead set on her position is breathing down her neck.

Leif is trying to establish his own legacy apart from the rest of the Montgomery family, young and old. He has struggled with finding a connection like he had with Brooke in Paris, but he knows it is unlikely for him to rebuild the bridge. 

It is not hard to see why so many have fallen in love with the charming Montgomery clan. They are so down-to-earth and supportive (and realistic with their own set of conflicts). My favorite part of the read -- aside from the great chemistry between Leif and Brooke, which I will touch more on in a bit -- is how the family embraces Brooke and her son Luke. That arc just felt so organic and seamless.

Now for Leif and Brooke: I really enjoyed peeling the layers of complexity to their connection. They were more than just a fling that fizzled out, and I love that we slowly get to that amidst their own personal dramas. Carrie Ann Ryan does a great job of weaving all of these intricate and complex details and storylines into a well-paced, engaging read.

This is the first of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series, which is the third series set in this book universe. Ryan provides you with enough details and background to understand the elaborate family tree if you are a newbie like me, so this can be read as a standalone. 

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Carrie Ann Ryan and Give Me Book PR for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

New York Times Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan returns with the next generation of Montgomerys and a second chance romance bound in memory and heat.

Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him.

But life had other plans, and he didn’t find that kind of love—or see Brooke’s face—for years.

Until he visits his cousin’s house and sees who’s moved in next door.

They’ve both changed: she’s a struggling single mom, he’s running from a past he’s trying to hide while opening up a new tattoo shop. Yet the moment he sees her again, he knows she’s the one for him.

And with one look, Brooke knows that she can’t fight the desire that pulled them together before, despite the skeletons in both their closets.

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MEET CARRIE ANN RYAN

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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