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Getting stuck sharing a honeymoon suite with a hot, ex-NAVY Seal sounds like it should be a good time. Except Lukas is my husband and we haven't spoken in years.
Until today, we were living separate lives, waiting to get out of this arranged marriage. But my family's meddling has pushed us together. And now he's here filling out his t-shirt just a little too well and staring at me just a little too intensely.
Don't even get me started on the cleft on his chin that pops up every time he smiles. The man has temptation written all over him.We manage to stay out of each other's way–mostly. Until the tension boils over one night in a car.I straddle his lap. I press my lips to his. I feel his body against mine. And that one hot moment has me offering something I never thought I would.
What happens in the honeymoon suite, stays in the honeymoon suite.
But what Lukas and I share in that room is so much more than just physical. With every kiss, every caress, every touch, I start forgetting our reality, and wonder if we've got it all wrong.We planned our divorce four years ago. But what if our plans have changed?

In ‘Promised Love’ we read the story of Lukas and Autumn. Four years ago Autumn found out that her family promised her to Lukas, because of an old promise her great-grandparents made. Although they definitely didn’t want to go through with it,  they found themselves getting married a short while later. But after the wedding they never saw each other again.

Now years later, they meet again. It should have been so simple to bring their strange arranged marriage to an end. But the more time they spend together, the more they find themselves wondering if things could be different. But Lukas has a secret that he can’t seem to leave behind him.

I’ve been reading several books by Vikky Jay in these last few months, and I’ve definitely been enjoying them. So when I started reading ‘Promised Love’, I was super excited. But to be completely honest, it took me a little while to really get into this story. The beginning was a bit confusing, and it took some time for me to understand the history between Lukas and Autumn. But the further in this book I got, the more I started to enjoy it. And soon I loved Lukas and Autumn.

The chemistry between Lukas and Autumn was amazing. And because this book is both written through Lukas, and Autumn point of view it became even more palpable. Autumn’s character was definitely my favorite. She was a few years younger than Lukas, but definitely a very wise and strong woman. I loved getting to know her.

Lukas was also a great guy, but I didn’t really get his struggles. And although I could understand his thinking in the end of the book, I didn’t understand how he could make such a big deal about it. But I definitely loved reading his point of the story. It was just so exciting to read how he cared for Autumn right from the start.

‘Promised Love’ was mostly a wonderful read I definitely enjoyed. Was it my favorite by this author? No, but I wouldn’t have wanted to miss it either.

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About Vikki Jay

In those early morning hours when I’m alone, my imaginations run wild and I pen down the life of people living in my head. All my life, I have lived in small towns in different parts of the world. The friendships, the camaraderie that people share around me inspired me to create Cherrywood and St. Peppers, the two towns where all my stories take place.

I write about beautiful coincidences, finding love in unexpected places and times, and fighting hard to get that happily ever after.

I reject to read, see, write anything that does not promise a HEA.
My characters are sexy yet shy, strong yet reserved…

I am married to a man whom I fell in love at an age of 15, proposed him at an age of 23 and married at an age of 30. He has no clue what I write or do when he is snoring quietly in the next room.

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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