BOOKWORM REVIEW: At First Meet by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥

Two broken people finding love where they least expect it.

Lake Montgomery is a fierce and independent woman. A partner in Montgomery Ink Legacy, a tech genius, a successful businesswoman, and a seasoned philanthropist, she is the ultimate boss. Unfortunately, this boss is looking for a date after a big event requires a plus-one for her awards ceremony.

Cue Nick Gatlin. Nick is the best friend of Lake's cousin and business partner. He is also a thorn in Lake's side. When he offers to be Lake's date at the retreat, could the banter between these two turn into something more?

I love this couple. Their flirty bickering makes me smirk, and I am always down for a little one-bed-trope action. I love the arc of two people with a lot of emotional baggage finding closure and love. There is a lot of angst wonderfully blended with humor and romance.

I have to say that Lake stole the show for me. Her confidence and strength are inspiring, and she just owned every page she is in.

This book can be read as a standalone, but it does bring in a lot of past and current characters in the elaborate Montgomery Family book universe.

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

ABOUT THE BOOK

NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues the Montgomery Ink Legacy series with an emotional, friends-to-lovers romance where second chances begin with a promise.

I fell in love with the wrong man and learned the hard way to ask for help.
I don’t plan on falling again and have no intention of trying.
But when I get invited to a high-powered CEO retreat, I know I can’t say no.
And I can’t go alone.

When my frenemy, Nick, invites himself as my escort, I should walk away.
But there’s no stopping the connection we’ve both ignored for far too long.

Only Nick’s past is far darker than he lets the world know, and the shell he encased himself in is stronger than my own. And when the pain from my past comes back with a force, I’m afraid that walking away will be the only choice—even if it breaks us both.

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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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