However, Lio and Felix both have family members who just want them to be happy. This story’s external conflict is the same as what prevents Lio and Felix from living happily ever after. Lio bows to pressure, and Felix recognizes the realism of why they can’t work as a couple due to that pressure. Unfortunately, the external crashes into their island retreat. It makes sense, then, that they’d fall for each other while in a position to share their true selves, unencumbered by external expectations. On the surface, Felix and Lio don’t have much in common. Most of this book takes place in Europe rather than Texas, but it still maintains the family feel for Felix that I enjoyed in this series’s first installment. Royalty in romance novels is one of my not-so-secret vices, so I had a lot of fun reading the second book about the Wilde clan. The best part of this being the first in a long series that I’ll have plenty of opportunities to check back in with West and Nico to enjoy their happily ever after together. I adore the family patriarchs and would love to read their own story one day. Lennox eases readers into all the Wilde clan characters in a way that never left me overly confused about who was who. It’s less about West being perfect here and more about him understanding the realities of life even beyond the bounds of the small town he grew up in and returned to. The perk to West being a doctor is that there are plenty of opportunities for him to back off as he learns more about Nico, but instead, events continue to draw them together.

When they finally collide, it’s both sexy AF and poignant in all the best ways as Nico reconciles the life he left behind in San Francisco with the potential of returning to Texas.

This book isn’t an enemies-to-lovers story, but Nico and West definitely start (understandably) on the antagonistic side. Nico is a little too damaged, but he does the best he can when forced to confront the past he ran from long ago.įrom the truth about Nico’s past to the reality of his present as the guardian to his baby niece to the truth about the role West plays in said niece’s life, multiple conflicts intertwine in this story. West is a little too perfect, but that doesn’t mean he’s one hundred percent happy with his life. Nico, West, and the entire town of Hobie, Texas, immediately drew me in. I’m not usually one for kid-fic stories, even babies without much personality, but I’ve become a fan of this author and wanted to check out some of her longer series.

Forever wilde in aster valley