ARC received for an honest review

It is truth universally acknowledged that the Queen is the most important and powerful piece on the chess board.

And it is a truth that Kennedy Ryan is a queen when it comes to writing strong, emotionally driven stories with strong, take charge women.

And Kimba is the Queen of this story.

The reader can see Kimba and Ezra's friendship and love blooming from a young age, however life will get in the way of their forever. My heart was wrenched out of my chest, and Ms Ryan slowly but surely put it back together piece by piece.

It is no always an easy coming together, but my heart was filled with hope . Hope the would find their way back to each other. Hope they finally got their HEA. And I didn't even want to hope for one thing in case it jinxed it.

This is a wonderful slow burn that had me needing to get to the next page to find out what happened next, at the same time as I wanted to savour every last moment we had together.

I am looking forward to what Ms Kennedy gives us next.