I am SO excited that Eve Dangerfield has returned to writing, and I legit squealed when I saw her message offering me an ARC copy of Return All, whichI am SO excited that Eve Dangerfield has returned to writing, and I legit squealed when I saw her message offering me an ARC copy of Return All, which releases on December 14th. Y'all...when I tell you that I DEVOURED this in two sittings (I only stopped during the first sitting because it was 2am and I had work in the morning, so had to force myself to have a bit of restraint lol).
Eve has this amazing ability to take tropes and kinks that I'm usually hesitant about or not into, and make me love them! Second chance romances are a trope I usually avoid, so I'll admit to being a bit nervous going into this one, despite the allure of a big tattooed hero and some guaranteed daddy kink. However, I was SO sucked into this couple and both their past and present timelines that I have to rethink my "no second chance romances for me" mentality.
Mara was a quiet, quirky, and nerdy teen, and Derek was the grumpy, large football player covered in tattoos. They were a very unlikely couple, but their meet cute was so so adorable, and their relationship set the pages on fire...until Derek left for uni and to pursue his football career, and things fell apart. Now, a decade later, Mara has come into a shit ton of money (and you don't learn about how until the same time the hero does, which added a bit of a mystery element to the story) and is using it to help others, while Derek is a big-shot pro football player. Neither one of them has forgotten, or gotten over, the other, and when they reunite...do the sparks ever fly! Seriously, no one writes a kinky and ridiculously steamy smut scene like Miss Dangerfield!
The reason I docked this book a star was because of present-day Derek. Both of them had made mistakes as teens, but his arrogance in the present-day timeline became too much at times, especially in regards to another relationship Mara had YEARS ago when Derek wasn't around. I adored how the side characters metaphorically smacked him upside the head for being an arse (Bethany was a-ma-zing in the heart-to-heart scene) but once he realized his mistakes, I really wanted him to grovel more. I wanted him to scrape and bow and truly REALIZE what an ass he had been, and be scared that maybe it was too late. He wasn't taken down enough pegs for me personally (what can I say, I like to see a man suffer a bit more when he's fucked up lol).
But other than that, I absolutely adored this novel, and definitely recommend if you're a fan of angsty second chances, steeeeamy smut (with some very present daddy kink), and some fantastic side characters (I'd sacrifice my pinky finger for Chase to get his own book and Eve to write a steamy MM romance, I'm just sayin).
**A huge thank you to the author for sending me an eARC in exchange for an honest review**...more
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