Broken Dreams bk 2
By Corinne Michaels
[Whitlock Family Series]
Date of book published: 1st December 2023
Author: Corinne Michaels
Format: E-book
My Rating: 8/10 amazing
What could possibly go wrong fake dating the gorgeous single dad in a small town?
The answer, you fall for him.
It started out perfect. Grady Whitlock needed a plus one for his business meetings, and I needed a date for a wedding.
We had a plan. It was a good one.
Until it wasn't.
I was not supposed to have feelings for him. I was not going to let my heart race when his soulful blue eyes stared into mine. No way should I have noticed his smile or the dimple on his right cheek or his strong arms when he held me close. I especially wasn't going to melt when I saw him play with my daughter.
Most of all I was not going to sleep with him.
Nope. None of that was supposed to happen, but it does.
Now I find myself dreaming of him every night. Wishing we were really a couple because the way he kisses me doesn't feel as if it's pretend.
But we've both watched our dreams shatter, and I can't handle another broken heart.
Broken Dreams bk 2 [Whitlock Family Series]
This series follows 3 brothers and their sister which you will see they all fall in love.. Each book follows different couples and can be read as a standalone but you should read the series in order so you can get to know all the characters and how each of them find love
You follow Grady & Addison.. You will find Single Dad/Single Mum Romance, Hero is Ex-military, Fake dating, Hero has a son, Heroine has a daughter, No 3rd act break up but a wee bit of a wobble and more..
Grady is a single dad & Ex-Military Pilot.. He has lost lot with what happened to his wife and after a while he thought it would be good to move back home to sugarloaf with his son to be around family.. He is sweet, kind, caring, easy to talk too and always there to help out.. He meets Addison one day when he drops his son of to day care and they become friends but after a while they start to fake date because he knew she needed help with someone to go with her to the wedding and he also needed help landing clients so they worked out a plan to help each other out since they were friends and also it would get his family to stop pushing his to date.. Once he spends more time with her that he starts to fall more even if he is trying to push his feelings away.. He finds it easy to talk with Addison because they both have lost someone they loved and they both help each other to heal which is sweet to see how he loves her..
Addison runs her own business called Run to me.. She is kind, caring, sweet and loving so she always looks after everyone she cares about.. She is a single mum and lost her husband which made her move to Sugarloaf because she needed a new start and also to start her business for Runaways that need help and its being going really well.. So she has not been with anyone for 3 years and she has a wedding coming up and she thinks it might be time to start dating but so far her dates have been really bad until she meets Grady and that's when everything changes for her because he is perfect for her.. They start fake dating to help each other out because she wants him to go to the wedding and he needs help finding people to invest in his business.. Once they go on road trips and are always around each other they can not help but fall for each other.. She finds it easy to be around Grady and it also helps that they heal from their past together
This book is packed full of:
⦁ Awesome Characters
⦁ Single Dad/Single Mum
⦁ Ex-Military Pilot
⦁ Fake Dating turned into more
⦁ Strangers to Friends to lovers
⦁ One bed Trope
⦁ Road Trip [Both go on two road trips together]
⦁ No 3rd act break up
⦁ Plane pilot [Hero wants to get his own business by flying planes up and running]
⦁ Heroine has her own business called Run to me that help people in a bad place in there life
⦁ Hero is a dirty talker & a Dom
⦁ Hot & Steamy with open-door play [Heroine's hallway near the stairs]
⦁ Spanking, a bit of biting, a bit of hair pulling
⦁ Praise kink [Good girl]
⦁ Hero gets to teach the heroine new things
⦁ Hero & Heroine have awesome banter
⦁ Hero is Dominant & wants to make the heroine Happy
⦁ Content: Both have lost someone they loved, Grief, Talking about the people they lost & trying to work though how to move on, a wee bit of dark themes, Hero's son has nightmares sometimes
⦁ Hero & Heroine have a lot in common with their past
⦁ Hero & heroine feel alive when they are together
⦁ Hero has a nickname for the heroine [Dove]
⦁ Caretaking
⦁ Hero will do anything for his women & family
⦁ Hero helps with the animals at the family farm
⦁ Forced Proximity
⦁ Protective Hero
⦁ Possessive Hero
⦁ Protective Heroine
⦁ Strong Family Relationships
⦁ Strong friendships
⦁ Small Town
You can see they are both made for each other because they both have lost someone that they loved, they both have a 3 year old kid to look after and people in there life that want to see they happy.. Its sweet to see that they become friends before anything else and that their kids like hanging out with each other which is a good sign.. It sweet to see that they both know what its like to lose someone and they help each other to move on together..
Characters i liked:
⦁ Grady [Plane Pilot, Dad to Jett]
⦁ Jett [Grady's Son]
⦁ Addison [Runs a charity, Mum to Elodie]
⦁ Elodie [Daughter to Addison]
⦁ Asher [Cop, Dad to Olivia. Brother to Grady]
⦁ Olivia [Deaf, Daughter to Asher & Sara]
⦁ Phoebe [A ASL doctor]
⦁ Rowan [Run's the Farm, Brother to Grady]
⦁ Brynlee [Sister to Grady]
⦁ Devney Arrowood [Addison's best friend, She knows everyone in town]
⦁ Mateo [Close friends/Like family with Addison, Married to Lily]
⦁ Lily [Close friends/Like family with Addison, Married to] Mateo
⦁ Brenna [Friends with Addison, Married to Jacob]
⦁ Jacob [Friends with Addison, Married to Brenna]
⦁ Brielle [Addison's Ex Sister in-law, Aunt to Elodie]
⦁ Blakely [Close friend & Business partner to Addison, Blakely with Emmett]
⦁ Spencer [Close friends/Like family with Addison]
⦁ Emmett [Close friends/Like family with Addison, Emmet with Blakely]
⦁ Holden [Close friends/Like family with Addison]
⦁ Judy [Grandmother to Elodie, Ex Mother in-law to Addison]
I really like the bond between Grady's son Jett and Addison's Daughter Elodie because you can see how much love being around each other and have become best friends.. I liked the way Addison is protective for Her daughter and also you can see that she is also protective of Grady and his son too..
I really enjoyed the relationship between Grady and Addison because they are sweet together and made for each other.. I really liked how the hero and heroine worked though what happened to they in the past together and found away to be together.. I really liked how they both looked out for each other and was always there for each other when they needed someone to lean on.. I am glad that they got their happy ending and i can't wait to read the rest of the siblings books in the Whitlock family..
Kat X
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