"From a stunning new voice in romance, Lauren Okie's The Best Worst Thing is an intimate story about starting over, second chances, and two people who cannot help falling into each other's orbit once again.
Nicole Speyer has a fantastic life. At least that's what she tells herself. She's got a beautiful house, a relatively successful fertility podcast, and a perfect husband, Gabe. The only thing that's less than ideal is her years-long struggle with infertility—and how, with every passing day, she and Gabe seem to drift a little further apart.
But then, mere hours after a Hail Mary embryo transfer to her gestational carrier, Nicole discovers Gabe's been sleeping with their dog walker, and her world turns upside down. Suddenly, a jobless, childless, and now-husbandless Nicole finds herself at the doorstep of somebody she tried to say goodbye to a long time ago.
Logan Milgram: a former colleague with serious golden retriever energy who happens to be laugh-out-loud funny, a colossal nerd, and legitimately hot. When Logan opens his door that night, it's like no time has passed. And as they fall back into each other's lives, Nicole starts recognizing herself in the mirror again. She even begins to like what she sees. And then, like a cruel joke, she gets the news she's spent a lifetime waiting for: her surrogate is finally pregnant.
As her relationship with Logan evolves from a casual fling into something deeper, Nicole finds herself struggling to balance her past, present, and future. Racing against the clock, she must learn to forgive her body for falling short and recognize that sometimes, it's the biggest betrayals in life that set us free. With everything on the line, can Nicole accept love from the most incredible man she's ever known . . . even if it's nothing like the story she'd written for herself?"
Author: Lauren Okie
Publisher: Avon and Harper Voyager | Avon
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:
"The Best Worst Thing" by Lauren Okie
My Insight:
"The Best Worst Thing" is a profoundly emotional and heartwarming romantic read. The main character, Nicole, faces numerous challenges, including infertility, a cheating husband named Gabe, and a divorce. Throughout her journey, she not only finds love again but also discovers herself. What a powerful story this is! It takes readers on an emotional rollercoaster, but the banter between Nicole and Logan is delightful and adds charm to the narrative. Prepare yourself for a novel with short chapters that is hard to put down until the very end. I highly recommend it!
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for offering the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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