
A home is where love resides.It’s a feeling, more than just a physical place.It’s an environment that offers security, truth and happiness. It’s the heart of a family.Sam Evans and Ashley Brookes both know what it’s like to lose their homes… their families.When a stranger from Sam’s past makes an unwelcome and unexpected appearance shattering everything he’s always believed about his life, the emotionally inept doctor can’t deal with the knowledge.Left confused and brokenhearted, Ashley struggles to cope, and ends up leaning on an old crush for support. When Sam finally gets his act together, he knows he has a lot of fixing and apologizing to do. Aware he’s going to lose Ashley, the only woman he’s ever loved is not something he’s willing to let happen.The only way he can get her back is to man-up and show Ashley exactly what she means to him.To show her that the only home for his heart is with her.** This book is NOT a standalone. The series NEEDS be read in order to fully understand the story. **
** This book is recommended for people over 18 years due to strong language and sexual content. **
5 out of 5 stars ~ Review by Kristin
Dr. Sam Evans and Ashley Brookes are friends of Grace Rivers and Dr. Cole Tierney. They are the godparents to their son, Cooper. They are undeniably attracted to each other.
Ashley Brookes has been left by everyone that was supposed to stay. Her parents left her and then her grandmother died. The only people that have stuck around are the Rivers family. She is terrified to give her heart to anyone because there is only so much left to give.
Dr. Sam Evans knows heartbreak. His parents died when he was younger and the Tierney family legally and emotionally adopted him. He had his family and didn’t need anyone else.
What happens when he find out that we thought we knew never was the truth? Can Ashley and Sam overcome their individual pasts in order to have their happily ever after together?
This was an amazing book! My heart absolutely broke for both Sam and Ashley. I also LOVED seeing Grace and Cole again!

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Velvet Reed is the pen name of an avid book lover turned writer.Born and raised in Sydney, Australia; she is a city girl at heart but loves the laid back lifestyle of living in country New South Wales. Married to her first and only love, she is a devoted mother of three who juggles her very active children and their many extracurricular activities, working in the middle of the night and writing.Velvet’s love of reading was realized after the death of her amazing father. She used the escape into the fictional world to help her through her grief and post-natal depression, not releasing the great impact so many talented authors would have on her life.