Living for Today is the first book in this duet and it is a beautiful story of a young woman who is looking to escape the demons of her past, but what she doesn’t expect to find is someone who can completely change her world.

Seven thousand miles is a gut-wrenching distance, and I can assure you it is absolutely possible to live with your body and your heart in different continents.

Emily and Austin are two broken people, but sometimes two broken people can fix each other. Emily is on vacation in California, visiting friends she had met in New Zealand. She needed to get away from her past, even if just for a few weeks. Austin is spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family and the girl who is friends with his older brother and sister in law. Though, these two didn’t start on the right foot and that led to many do overs.

“I’m Emily Dixon and I judge people for the way they treat me, not the burdens they carry.”
“I’m Austin McKenna and I hope to God you’re real.”

It is so hard not to fall in love with these two and their relationship. Emily is strong, she is independent and she isn’t afraid to be herself. Austin may seem like he has his life together, and he does for the most part, but there is also a part of his life that many don’t know about, a part that seems to be the source of a lot of drama. Reading about these two and their need to be there for one another when they both need it most was beautiful.

This story had me laughing, it had me smiling, it had me crying (so make sure you have your tissues ready) and most of all it had me believing. Austin comes across as an arrogant jerk, but the more you get to know him and the more you see the real him, he will make you swoon, especially over his love for two most important people in his life.

Emily Dixon, the girl from the bottom of the world, had let me in, won my heart, and then walked away. Now, I wanted to call keeps.

Dreaming for Tomorrow is book two in the Seven Thousand Miles Duet.

I loved loved loved getting this story from Austin’s POV. I love him and I love how he is with Em and everything about their relationship with each other. Things aren’t easy for these two and the past has come back to haunt them big time. Despite the bad going on in their lives they still manage to live for today and dream for tomorrow.

I wanted to join Austin and Em on their sightseeing adventures, how can you not want to hang out with them? Austin’s “dude maness” and Em’s feistiness made me want to be best friends with them. I also felt scared for them at one point throughout the story, you’ll understand which part once you read the book and my major dislike over one of the characters *cough cough Dale*. Not only did I fall for Austin and Em, but also Hudson and Em’s love for the boy.

I absolutely LOVED this duet and I am sad it is over. I’m crossing my fingers that we may see more of Austin, Em, Patch, Ben and all their families in the future because I truly loved every single character throughout the duet. I’m so thankful that I had the opportunity to read these books and will definitely continue to read more from this author in the future.

From this moment on, we were living for today, tomorrow, and all the forever after’s we could possibly wish for.