Tyler was introduced, or at least we really got to know him, in the last two parts of the Roommate Duets by Kennedy Fox, starring Liam and Maddie, beginning with Always Mine. And after how much he did to help them out of their hard times I just knew I wanted his story too. Tyler has just got out of jail, and is going back to his hometown, the town he had to get out of when he was younger, even though it meant leaving the one girl he’d ever really loved, Gemma, behind. Gemma is also besties with his sister Everleigh, and she has moved on. She is now engaged to the perfect man. One who treats her well, buys her nice stuff and wants to get married and have children. But when Tyler gets back to town, Gemma finds herself wondering if she is really over him. Especially when things with her fiancee, Robert, start to seem not as great, to pale in comparison to what she remembered having and feeling with Tyler. Of course Tyler’s past can’t quite be gone, and while there are ways that it seems to be showing up and possibly throwing a monkey wrench into his trying to get back to a normal life, what happens at the end of this book, the cliffhanger I know to expect in the first book of these duets, definitely was NOT what I thought was happening. I love how the authors can always surprise me in that way, and now I’m just ready for the second book to come out so I can find out where it goes next.

Review first appeared on Lisa Loves Literature.