We got a little hint at this story in Santino’s book, which makes sense because Santino was the only one who kind of knew the secret that Zander was keeping. At least until Zander gave in and told his two fellow new teammates, both also from America. So, I also read an early copy of this, and so the references I read were different than what are in the final copy. And unfortunately, some of the notes I took that I wanted to talk about in my review were over those references, so I’ll have to leave out those because I don’t think they’re in the fixed published version.

There was so much I loved in this one though that connected me back to the beginning of the Harris brothers series. First of all, the website that Zander used to do some research on his new teammates and coach’s family, harrishoandproud dot com. lol I have my Harris Ho and Proud shirt! Maybe I’ll get it out and wear it again soon! I also loved how the author pulled in the tire place both from her own writing experiences as well as from her Wait With Me series, based on that whole experience.

But it wasn’t just the Harris brothers, this always brought back the London Lovers series, because Daphney is Hayden’s little sister. Now reading about her made me want to go back and read all those books again so I can look for hints of her.

Now, Zander is totally going to be my favorite after Camden in world of Amy Daws leading men. He can be my newest book boyfriend. His sense of humor, his silly way of being crude at times, all of it was so much fun. I also loved how Daphney dealt with him. Their connection was fun and perfect at times, well most of the time I guess, all of the time actually. Their big climactic scene that took them apart at the end totally had me in tears. But after, when the train started to get back on the track towards the HEA I was waiting for, I’m pretty sure I had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading.

I love the Harris family. They remind me a lot in how my family is. We don’t see “step” or “half” relations. If you marry into our family, or start dating someone, you are immediately folded in and become important and included. I think that’s one thing I love so much about the Harris family. Even with the Harris shakedown to the men trying to date their relatives, when they find out there is new family or friends, or framily as Daphney’s friend Phoebe called it, they are loyal.

What a wonderful book, loved it so much!

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.