Author: W. Winters

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Page Count: 208

ISBN: B084ZBGQV9

Goodreads Rating: 4.19

USA Today Best Selling Author, Willow Winters, brings you an all-consuming, sizzling romance featuring an epic, anti-hero you won't soon forget. Some love stories are a slow burn. Others are quick to ignite, scorching and branding your very soul before you’ve taken that first breath. You’re never given a chance to run from it. That’s how I’d describe what happened to us. Everything around me blurred and all that existed were his lips, his touch… The chase and the heat between us became addictive. Our nights together were a distraction; one we craved to the point of letting the world crumble around us. We should have paid attention; we should have known that it would come to this. We both knew it couldn’t last, but that didn’t change what we desired most. All we wanted was each other…

I have read a lot about author Willow Winters lately, but I hadn’t actually read a book by her before. So when ‘This Love Hurts’, the first book in the This Love Hurts series, got picked for Maureen’s Books Book Club January Read I was super excited to start reading. Although I first thought this book was a Contemporary Romance, it’s definitely not.. ‘This Love Hurts’ is a Romantic Suspense novel.

In ‘This Love Hurts’ we meet young lawyer Delilah. Delilah is a workaholic who definitely works all day and every day. She is determined to become the best. But the case that went cold when she just started her career keeps haunting her. It’s on this same case that she met the handsome FBI Agent Cody, and although they’ve always had chemistry.. they both never acted on it. But when they finally do.. someone seems to be keeping an eye out for Delilah.

Well.. ‘This Love Hurts’ was definitely not what I expected it to be. And I still don’t really know what I think about this read to be honest. I thought it would be more of a romance, and it definitely wasn’t. And it was a much shorter read than I thought too. So. .this review is kind of hard to write.

The writing in ‘This Love Hurts’ was definitely good. This book starts right in the middle of things, and throughout the book we get more clues about what is really going on. It confused me a little in the beginning, but it also made this read a lot more interesting and it made me want to keep on reading. But it also left me with still a lot of unanswered questions.

The romance, was very mild and not really all that fulfilling. And then their was the enemy, who also got to play a romantic part in Delilah’s life and I was just shocked. And I’m not sure I liked it. But I also didn’t hate it. And I also really want to know what I going to happen next, since the book ended rather abruptly. LOL!!! So.. you see.. confusing.

‘This Love Hurts’ was definitely interesting.. and it made for a fun Book Club Read. There’s definitely enough to discuss. And in the end.. I really plan on reading the next book in this series too. I just can’t not know what is going one and how things will end.

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Willow started writing after having her little girl, Evie, December 2015. All during her pregnancy with Evie she continued to read and she only wanted to read romance. She was reading a book a day — sometimes two. In January 2016 Willow was staying up late with Evie and just thinking of all these stories. They came to her constantly so she finally sat down and just started writing. She always wanted to do it so she figured, why not? Today Willow cannot be happier for making that decision! Willow Winters is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and #1 Contemporary Best Selling Author!

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Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram