{"id":30829,"date":"2024-01-02T12:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30829"},"modified":"2024-01-02T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:49:54","slug":"review-always-only-you-by-chloe-leise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/02\/review-always-only-you-by-chloe-leise\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Always Only You by Chloe Leise"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30829\" data-postid=\"30829\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30829 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_aodj606 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_dn1y606 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_802h607 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=640%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30830\" title=\"always-only-you-chloe-leise\" alt=\"always-only-you-chloe-leise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?w=973&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=664%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=768%2C1184&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=400%2C616&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_egbh607 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">It\u2019s an office romance on the ice rink in this heart melting story about love\u2019s power not in spite of difference but because of it.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Ren has known Frankie Zeferino was a woman worth waiting for since the moment they met. She\u2019s a master of deadpan delivery, has a secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes his knees go weak. But as long as Frankie\u2019s the team\u2019s social media manager, she\u2019s off limits. <\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Frankie is a self-admittedly blunt, grumbly grump, but even she isn\u2019t immune to sunshiney Ren Bergman. Who could be, when he\u2019s a six-foot-three hunk of happy with a hockey player\u2019s physique? Maybe in the past, Frankie would have gone for a guy like him, but since being burned too many times by people who learn about her diagnoses and see a problem, not a person, she\u2019s wised up.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">After waiting years for the right time to make his move, Ren learns Frankie plans to leave the team to pursue a new career. But what he didn\u2019t anticipate is how hard he\u2019ll have to work to convince her to let him have his shot at winning her heart.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_o495607 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wcjf607  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Dec 12, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Bergman Brothers<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Virgin hockey Viking hero, sign me up!<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is book two in the <strong>Bergman Brothers<\/strong> series, and I\u2019ll admit I loved the tropes here. The forbidden office romance, the hero with unrequited love. The list goes on and on.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I thoroughly enjoyed <strong>Ren<\/strong> and <strong>Frankie<\/strong>\u2019s story. Could not put this one down. The only thing that kept it from a five star for me is that the conflict was resolved rather quickly from the romance perspective.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s talk about what works. Frankie works, her inconvenient attraction to Ren, the sunshine hockey god on the team she works with. Frankie is into social media, for the team, and a future in sports marketing. \u00a0\u00a0She\u2019s got a lot of health issues and channels her energy into being as grumpy and unavailable as possible. When her house is broken into leaving her unsafe, Ren is there to offer her a safe place to stay.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ren is just&#8230; well, everything. The fact he loves Frankie, so much so that he is waiting for the right time to tell her. As the two grow closer and the situation presents an opportunity, Ren finds himself unable to hold back the part of himself that wants to get closer to Frankie. This wild ride from unrequited attraction to budding relationship is so much fun. The grumpy\/sunshine trope adds a special element as well, especially since the trope is flipped and the heroine is grumpy versus the hero.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this is just a sweet story to dive into with plenty of heartfelt and laugh out loud moments to enjoy. The Bergman series keeps delivering and I\u2019m looking forward to the next book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8a1k607 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NNmdAi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3tCbO3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/always-only-you-chloe-liese\/1137422301?ean=9780593642382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/always-only-you-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg\" title=\"always-only-you-chloe-leise\" alt=\"always-only-you-chloe-leise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?w=973&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=664%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=768%2C1184&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/always-only-you-chloe-leise.jpeg?resize=400%2C616&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>It\u2019s an office romance on the ice rink in this heart melting story about love\u2019s power not in spite of difference but because of it.<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Ren has known Frankie Zeferino was a woman worth waiting for since the moment they met. She\u2019s a master of deadpan delivery, has a secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes his knees go weak. But as long as Frankie\u2019s the team\u2019s social media manager, she\u2019s off limits. <br \/><br \/>Frankie is a self-admittedly blunt, grumbly grump, but even she isn\u2019t immune to sunshiney Ren Bergman. Who could be, when he\u2019s a six-foot-three hunk of happy with a hockey player\u2019s physique? Maybe in the past, Frankie would have gone for a guy like him, but since being burned too many times by people who learn about her diagnoses and see a problem, not a person, she\u2019s wised up.<br \/><br \/>After waiting years for the right time to make his move, Ren learns Frankie plans to leave the team to pursue a new career. But what he didn\u2019t anticipate is how hard he\u2019ll have to work to convince her to let him have his shot at winning her heart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Dec 12, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Bergman Brothers<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Virgin hockey Viking hero, sign me up!<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is book two in the <strong>Bergman Brothers<\/strong> series, and I\u2019ll admit I loved the tropes here. The forbidden office romance, the hero with unrequited love. The list goes on and on.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I thoroughly enjoyed <strong>Ren<\/strong> and <strong>Frankie<\/strong>\u2019s story. Could not put this one down. The only thing that kept it from a five star for me is that the conflict was resolved rather quickly from the romance perspective.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s talk about what works. Frankie works, her inconvenient attraction to Ren, the sunshine hockey god on the team she works with. Frankie is into social media, for the team, and a future in sports marketing. \u00a0\u00a0She\u2019s got a lot of health issues and channels her energy into being as grumpy and unavailable as possible. When her house is broken into leaving her unsafe, Ren is there to offer her a safe place to stay.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ren is just... well, everything. The fact he loves Frankie, so much so that he is waiting for the right time to tell her. As the two grow closer and the situation presents an opportunity, Ren finds himself unable to hold back the part of himself that wants to get closer to Frankie. This wild ride from unrequited attraction to budding relationship is so much fun. The grumpy\/sunshine trope adds a special element as well, especially since the trope is flipped and the heroine is grumpy versus the hero.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this is just a sweet story to dive into with plenty of heartfelt and laugh out loud moments to enjoy. The Bergman series keeps delivering and I\u2019m looking forward to the next book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NNmdAi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3tCbO3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/always-only-you-chloe-liese\/1137422301?ean=9780593642382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/always-only-you-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Chloe_Liese_Always_Only_You?id=-xXNEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30835,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions\/30835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}