Release blitz ~ book review: The Problem with Second Chances by Piper Rayne

4.25⭐
Series ~ Lake Starlight #1
Publication date ~ May 16, 2023
Page Count ~ 282
POV ~ dual 1st
Featuring ~ soccer, childhood sweethearts, friends to lovers to enemies to lovers, small town, slow burn, second chance, flashbacks, minimal steamage

My review:

Calista & Rylan were childhood sweethearts on the same professional soccer career track, but plans get derailed when Calista gets injured and her dream is over.

Everyone knew they were meant to be, especially the meddling grandma’s. Normally I am not a fan of meddling, but the retirement home ladies were so cute. I actually thought the app Buzz Wheel, where busy bodies could post what’s happening in the town, was a fun element that gave that small town vibe.

There is a great cast of side characters and while this is a standalone I do wish I had read the Greene family series and the Bailey family series first, just so I’d have some background on these two. It does make me want to read them more now after having met some of the family here.

I hate how so much time was wasted for them to figure their stuff out, but I suppose that’s all part of growing into your own person. They often referred to themselves as being on a roller coaster and that’s the perfect description for what went on for 16 years. And that epilogue ~ gah the cutest! Overall, another delightful read from these two fun authors.

I love the set up for the next book in the series The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates.

*Thanks to Piper Rayne and Valentine PR for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

The Problem with Second Chances by Piper Rayne is now live!

For Rylan Greene and me, it was simple. Love only got us so far.

I’ve known him since we were six, long before he became the professional soccer star he is now. We’ve weaved in and out of one another’s lives as rivals, teammates, friends, and lovers. Until three years ago, when my life took a hit and I ran back to my small Alaskan town, Lake Starlight, away from anything or anyone that could hurt me.

He’s never far from my mind, a constant pining ache in my heart, but I’ve convinced myself I’m better off. But now, my best friend announces her engagement and that means Rylan will return home to stand as best man to her fiancé.

He’ll be back in my orbit for three whole weeks… but I can easily keep my distance. Sure, we’ll have to walk arm in arm down the aisle together, he’ll hold me close during the bridal party dance and we’ll stand for pictures next to each other. Nothing I can’t handle.

I’m so naïve though because he’s not in town for more than twenty-four hours before he knocks on my door. I should know by now, that the two of us will never be finished business.

This second chance romance spans sixteen years of a true love match that proves these two will only ever belong to one another.

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Narrated by: Joe Arden & Erin Mallon

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Meet Piper Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

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