Title: Two of Hearts (Three of a Kind #2)
Author: Beth Rinyu
Release Date: Jan 18, 2016
Carrie Maynard has come a long way from the awkward teenager who sat in front of the most popular boy in calculus class. She’s now a young, independent woman with a great job, a loving boyfriend, and a close knit family. But something still seems to missing.
Jason Wilder is no longer the cute teenage boy that Carrie crushed on from high school. He is now a hardworking, handsome man and one of Carrie’s very best friends. He is the perfect guy just looking for his perfect girl. Uncertain that he’s actually found her in his girlfriend, Ashley, he goes through the motions, hoping she will fill the void Carrie has left in his heart, ever since the day they met back in high school.
When circumstances change and feelings can no longer be ignored, will Carrie continue to sit on the sidelines, watching someone else live out the future with the boy she loved from so long ago, or will she take the next step with the man that’s always owned her heart?
Sometimes taking a risk for love isn’t always easy.
Sometimes even the strongest of friendships are put to the test.
And….
Sometimes it’s easier to walk away when life takes us down a different path than the one our heart intended.
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Review by: Erin
This story is a continuation of When The Chips Are Down. You have to read book 1 first or you will be completely lost. This story follows Carrie and Jason and their relationship. I loved the first book and so I was pretty sure I would love this one as well. The author’s writing style is amazing and I love that these books are told in multiple POV. This book happens several years after When The Chips Are Down and I am happy that I got to see how the relationship between Melanie and Ben progressed. It also has teasers as to how the third book will go.
Carrie and Jason were destined to be together. They have been friends for years and both were hesitant to start something that might ruin the bond the share. It was beautiful to see how their relationship unfolds. They have a chemistry that most people long to experience.
This story has the full range of emotions. One minute I was laughing and the next I was crying. This book has it all: drama, love, longing, humor, and jealousy. The story flowed seamlessly. A wonderful story for Carrie and Jason.
5 Stars
Review by: Tatia
I love a good, easy read. A story with a little bit of fluff that keeps my attention. That's what I know I can get from BethRinyu and the stories that she writes. Now I'll be honest. I didn't actually read the blurb until after I said I wanted to read it, and for that, I'm glad. If I had read it before and saw that it said something about a stepbrother, I wouldn't have wanted to read it. Those types of stories have never appealed to me. I'm glad for all of it. I really enjoyed this story. It wasn't what I would typically think is the norm for a stepbrother romance. I liked the fact that they knew each other and were friends before their parents got married.
Jason is a cop. He enjoys his job. Has great friends and a great family. His best friend also happens to be his step-sister, Carrie. They're the closest of friends. They know everything about each other. Well, everything except for one little secret.
Carrie is just finishing school. She starts her new job as a counselor soon, has a great boyfriend, and the best friend anyone could ask for. She can read Jason like the back of her hand. When her boyfriend moves across the country for a job and wants her to go with him, she can't. Something is holding her back, she just can't pinpoint what.
I can always guarantee that I'm going to enjoy any story by Ms. Rinyu. She has this way of creating these stories that I know I'm going to be able to lose myself in and escape reality, even if just for a little bit.
Jason is a cop. He enjoys his job. Has great friends and a great family. His best friend also happens to be his step-sister, Carrie. They're the closest of friends. They know everything about each other. Well, everything except for one little secret.
Carrie is just finishing school. She starts her new job as a counselor soon, has a great boyfriend, and the best friend anyone could ask for. She can read Jason like the back of her hand. When her boyfriend moves across the country for a job and wants her to go with him, she can't. Something is holding her back, she just can't pinpoint what.
I can always guarantee that I'm going to enjoy any story by Ms. Rinyu. She has this way of creating these stories that I know I'm going to be able to lose myself in and escape reality, even if just for a little bit.
4 Stars
“I have memories of you that I’ll use to embarrass you in front of your kids.”
“Hey, just remember I’ve got some dirt on you too, so watch what secrets you’re giving away.”
“Yeah, I know! Do you remember that night?” She let out a slight giggle. “When I threw myself at you?”
"Yup, I do. How could I forget? My dad busting in my room the next morning."
We both began to laugh until tears were rolling down her face.
"Yeah, too bad I couldn't laugh about it like that back then. I was scared to death that my mom was gonna kill me!"
"You never did tell me....how much trouble did you get in for that?"
"Not much at all. My mom was surprisingly pretty cool about it. My dad, well.... he eventually got over it."
"That was a classic."
"Do you ever regret not taking me up on the offer of being my first?"
"No." I lied. I regretted it every day. I wanted to be her first, I wanted to be her last, and I wanted to be everything in between. We were so young back then. It would have never lasted, and Carrie and I wouldn't have the strong relationship that we do now if we had taken that step. We both needed time to grow, to experience new things with different people before we made that type of commitment. Now, here we were, older, wiser and both committed to someone else.
When the Chips Are Down (#1) – Released March 14, 2015
Melanie Hanson's life didn't go quite the way she had planned. Her cheating ex-husband traded her in for a newer model and she’s in over her head dealing with the drama that comes along with raising her twin teenage daughters.
The last thing she is looking for or needs in her life is a man - or is it?
Ben Wilder is the boy that Melanie loved to hate throughout high school, the boy that all the girls loved and the boy that didn't give Melanie the time of day, unless it was to tease her. When she runs into him once again she realizes...he’s not a boy anymore. Older and wiser, she’s determined not to fall for her secret crush from all those years ago. But sometimes our heart has different plans than our head. Will she finally get her happily ever after with the man she least expected to have it with?
Take a humorous journey with Melanie and her daughters as their lives begin to parallel and they discover that although they may be separated by a generation their struggles are still the same.
Free for a limited time!
Straight to the Heart (#3) – Releasing Jan 22, 2016
Gia Maynard always had a wild streak. She doesn’t mind bending the rules, except when it comes to the rules of her heart. She doesn’t do relationships, instead she devotes her time to her true love....dancing. That is until Jasper Campbell comes along. Handsome, rich and powerful, Gia becomes totally enthralled with him until she finds herself slowly turning into someone she no longer knows.
Cam Hamilton has always been like a big brother to Gia. Now one of the hottest baseball players in the Major League, he is known for his moves on and off the field. But no matter how many women he has in his life, Gia will always be his number one.
When Gia’s heart is broken into pieces, Cam is right there to help her put it back together. When they both give in to their feelings for each other, will they be able to pretend that certain lines were never crossed, and certain feelings were never felt? Will Gia follow the rules that she has lived by for her entire life or is Cam the one worth breaking all of them for?
Cam Hamilton has always been like a big brother to Gia. Now one of the hottest baseball players in the Major League, he is known for his moves on and off the field. But no matter how many women he has in his life, Gia will always be his number one.
When Gia’s heart is broken into pieces, Cam is right there to help her put it back together. When they both give in to their feelings for each other, will they be able to pretend that certain lines were never crossed, and certain feelings were never felt? Will Gia follow the rules that she has lived by for her entire life or is Cam the one worth breaking all of them for?
Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed Creative Writing. There was always something about being able to travel to a different place or become a different person with just the stroke of a pen - or in today's world a touch of the keyboard. I am the author of The Exception To The Rule, An Unplanned Lesson, An Unplanned Life Drowning In Love, A Cry for Hope, A Will To Change, Blind Side of Love, When The Chips Are Down and Easy Silence.
My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? I'm a mom of twin teenage boys, a crazy Border Collie and a cat with an identity crisis! I guess you can say writing is my form of Calgon!
My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? I'm a mom of twin teenage boys, a crazy Border Collie and a cat with an identity crisis! I guess you can say writing is my form of Calgon!
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