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The Lasker Brothers #6
Still Mine
How can something so bad for you be so delicious?
A popular baker and cake decorator, Bobbi Bright should know better than anyone that not all sweet things are good for you. Still, she can’t quit her first love, Noah Lasker—a completely unserious billionaire adventurer who makes her feel like the only woman in the universe…when he’s around. He bails on her constantly, and she’s tired of being his second choice.
So she makes a plan to quit Noah and get her life back on track. She’s going to get married and have children like she always wanted. And to help things along, she heads to a famous local jeweler to pick out a dream ring and manifest herself a dream husband.
Noah has been in love with Bobbi since the moment he laid eyes on her, but a huge secret is keeping him from being completely honest. When he sees her at a jewelry store buying a diamond ring to propose to another man, he realizes he can’t let her get married and have babies with anyone else. He embarks on a campaign to win her back, including wooing her cat, who hates everyone.
But when she discovers her late father’s papers, she realizes Noah isn’t who she thought he was. Hell, she’s not even who she thought she was. And the secrets change everything between them…
Noah's Story is a standalone second chance romance featuring a sexy billionaire with a secret identity and a sassy baker he can never let go.
A popular baker and cake decorator, Bobbi Bright should know better than anyone that not all sweet things are good for you. Still, she can’t quit her first love, Noah Lasker—a completely unserious billionaire adventurer who makes her feel like the only woman in the universe…when he’s around. He bails on her constantly, and she’s tired of being his second choice.
So she makes a plan to quit Noah and get her life back on track. She’s going to get married and have children like she always wanted. And to help things along, she heads to a famous local jeweler to pick out a dream ring and manifest herself a dream husband.
Noah has been in love with Bobbi since the moment he laid eyes on her, but a huge secret is keeping him from being completely honest. When he sees her at a jewelry store buying a diamond ring to propose to another man, he realizes he can’t let her get married and have babies with anyone else. He embarks on a campaign to win her back, including wooing her cat, who hates everyone.
But when she discovers her late father’s papers, she realizes Noah isn’t who she thought he was. Hell, she’s not even who she thought she was. And the secrets change everything between them…
Noah's Story is a standalone second chance romance featuring a sexy billionaire with a secret identity and a sassy baker he can never let go.
324 pages, ebook
First published May 3, 2024
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Nadia Lee
76 books2,816 followersBilingual former management consultant Nadia Lee has lived in four different countries and enjoyed many adventures and excellent food around the globe. In the last eight years, she has kissed stingrays, got bitten by a shark, and petted tigers.
She shares an apartment overlooking a river and palm trees in Japan with her husband, winter white hamsters and an ever-widening pile of books. When she's not writing, she can be found digging through old Asian historical texts or planning another trip.
Visit Nadia on her website or her blog. You can also say hello on Facebook or Twitter.
She shares an apartment overlooking a river and palm trees in Japan with her husband, winter white hamsters and an ever-widening pile of books. When she's not writing, she can be found digging through old Asian historical texts or planning another trip.
Visit Nadia on her website or her blog. You can also say hello on Facebook or Twitter.
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June 5, 2024I am really sad…
The start was just decent and I kept reading, hoping it would become better.
My hopes though died when I realised how exhausted I was.
The mcs’ personalities lacked seriousness and significance and their attitude was immature.
The storyline was outstretched and frivolous.
Dnf @ 32%
The start was just decent and I kept reading, hoping it would become better.
My hopes though died when I realised how exhausted I was.
The mcs’ personalities lacked seriousness and significance and their attitude was immature.
The storyline was outstretched and frivolous.
Dnf @ 32%
May 3, 2024
I had to DNF this book at 60% because of the repeated negative comments from the MMC (Noah) about countries that are majority Black/brown. Most of these comments are vague and could potentially be explained by Noah's career as a government operative but still kept me on edge because military romances often demonize non-European foreign countries, especially those in the Middle East and Africa.
About 60% through the book Noah makes a joke to a man who introduces himself as a veteran who did 2 tours in Afghanistan. This joke involves suggesting nuking the entire Middle East and "draining the oil". Noah says he is playing a part as a "clueless billionaire" but the author does nothing in that moment to offset the cruelty of that remark despite the whole interaction being narrated from Noah's perspective. And again, this is not the first crappy thing he says/thinks, just the most direct one.
I generally like Nadia Lee's books and hoped that writing the MMC as a government operative/hitman would be overshadowed by all of her usual romantic comedy silliness. I was also excited to read about Noah as the MMC because he is often the comic relief in previous books in the series. But I found Noah to be a super disappointing character, even amongst other "alphahole" main characters in this series.
About 60% through the book Noah makes a joke to a man who introduces himself as a veteran who did 2 tours in Afghanistan. This joke involves suggesting nuking the entire Middle East and "draining the oil". Noah says he is playing a part as a "clueless billionaire" but the author does nothing in that moment to offset the cruelty of that remark despite the whole interaction being narrated from Noah's perspective. And again, this is not the first crappy thing he says/thinks, just the most direct one.
I generally like Nadia Lee's books and hoped that writing the MMC as a government operative/hitman would be overshadowed by all of her usual romantic comedy silliness. I was also excited to read about Noah as the MMC because he is often the comic relief in previous books in the series. But I found Noah to be a super disappointing character, even amongst other "alphahole" main characters in this series.
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May 20, 2024
4/5
YES. i read that all night. RIP my sleep.
YES. i read that all night. RIP my sleep.
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January 8, 2025DNF.
I stopped when the heroine puts a hairball her cat threw up into the hero’s croissant.
I stopped when the heroine puts a hairball her cat threw up into the hero’s croissant.
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May 14, 2024DNF
Not into the H ghosting the h and then comes back like everything is ok….of course the stupid h can’t help but melt when he’s with her🙄
I didn’t make it past the first chapter….may try again later🤷🏻♀️
Not into the H ghosting the h and then comes back like everything is ok….of course the stupid h can’t help but melt when he’s with her🙄
I didn’t make it past the first chapter….may try again later🤷🏻♀️
May 9, 2024
DNF at 60%. I could not get behind the characters at all. Even getting this far was a struggle.
I found neither characters likeable and I was not invested in the relationship. The break point for me was h sudden turn around: she was (rightly) refusing to let the H back into her life bc he was an unreliable ass and she was determined to get herself to a better place and because he gets the cat to like him (not bc he spent time with her or anything either) she does a complete 180 and sleeps with him, agrees they can be a thing and just says, don't hurt me again.
That was it for me. Not only were the characters unlikable and immature but that's when it was clear they were unreliable narrators without integrity.
Sorry NL, I have loved your previous books but this was a 1.5 for me at most.
I found neither characters likeable and I was not invested in the relationship. The break point for me was h sudden turn around: she was (rightly) refusing to let the H back into her life bc he was an unreliable ass and she was determined to get herself to a better place and because he gets the cat to like him (not bc he spent time with her or anything either) she does a complete 180 and sleeps with him, agrees they can be a thing and just says, don't hurt me again.
That was it for me. Not only were the characters unlikable and immature but that's when it was clear they were unreliable narrators without integrity.
Sorry NL, I have loved your previous books but this was a 1.5 for me at most.
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May 5, 2024DNF.
Might come back to this at a later date. Just not feeling it.
Might come back to this at a later date. Just not feeling it.
May 10, 2024
Yikes!
I love Nadia Lee’s books - I’ve read almost her entire backlist and couldn’t wait for Still Mine to come out.
I knew it was a second chance romance, and so I took a risk. I don’t regret reading it, as it’s part of a series I love, but it’s definitely not a favourite.
This book has every second chance trope that I hate - Noah comes back into Bobbi’s life after a year of ghosting her (a pattern of his), and doesn’t apologise. He doesn’t apologise until about halfway through the book. He also kisses her in the middle of an argument - she was at a dinner with a man, and he interrupts it to assert his claim and drag her away for a talk. She “melts”, forgets her very justified anger, and kisses him back.
This stuff makes me want to scream. He claims he loves her, but won’t apologise, thinks she should forgive him because he’s here now, and tells everyone they run into that he’s her fiancé, despite her repeatedly telling him to go away.
And she falls back in love him.
Look, all power to Bobbi and her happily ever after - I’m just not built that way and it’s not something I can relate to.
If you enjoy second chance romances, maybe this book is for you. It definitely wasn’t for me.
I love Nadia Lee’s books - I’ve read almost her entire backlist and couldn’t wait for Still Mine to come out.
I knew it was a second chance romance, and so I took a risk. I don’t regret reading it, as it’s part of a series I love, but it’s definitely not a favourite.
This book has every second chance trope that I hate - Noah comes back into Bobbi’s life after a year of ghosting her (a pattern of his), and doesn’t apologise. He doesn’t apologise until about halfway through the book. He also kisses her in the middle of an argument - she was at a dinner with a man, and he interrupts it to assert his claim and drag her away for a talk. She “melts”, forgets her very justified anger, and kisses him back.
This stuff makes me want to scream. He claims he loves her, but won’t apologise, thinks she should forgive him because he’s here now, and tells everyone they run into that he’s her fiancé, despite her repeatedly telling him to go away.
And she falls back in love him.
Look, all power to Bobbi and her happily ever after - I’m just not built that way and it’s not something I can relate to.
If you enjoy second chance romances, maybe this book is for you. It definitely wasn’t for me.
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May 24, 2024Hell nah
March 12, 2025
Nadia Lee absolutely dominated this second chance lovers trope in the most brilliant way!
This book is part of 7 book series about 7 brothers. The books can all be read as stand alone, but they all complement each other amazingly and I really enjoyed reading them back to back.
This is the 6th book in the series and it focuses on Huxley and Grace. They have been in a on and off again but exclusive relationship for years. Huxley’s job keeps him away a lot as well as from any major commitments and Grace is done. She wants the fairy tale. The dream. A husband, kids and the white picket fence. It takes everything in her to finally kick Huxley to the curb.
Huxley however isn’t having any of that! He’s known deep inside that Grace is it for him but when she’s done waiting for him, Huxley finally decides that he will give up everything to keep Grace, the love of his life.
Please read this book and enjoy some secret identities, knee slapping banter, a ton of butterfly moments and a swoon worthy hero that will make your knees weak.
This book is part of 7 book series about 7 brothers. The books can all be read as stand alone, but they all complement each other amazingly and I really enjoyed reading them back to back.
This is the 6th book in the series and it focuses on Huxley and Grace. They have been in a on and off again but exclusive relationship for years. Huxley’s job keeps him away a lot as well as from any major commitments and Grace is done. She wants the fairy tale. The dream. A husband, kids and the white picket fence. It takes everything in her to finally kick Huxley to the curb.
Huxley however isn’t having any of that! He’s known deep inside that Grace is it for him but when she’s done waiting for him, Huxley finally decides that he will give up everything to keep Grace, the love of his life.
Please read this book and enjoy some secret identities, knee slapping banter, a ton of butterfly moments and a swoon worthy hero that will make your knees weak.
May 3, 2024
I stumbled across Nadia books thanks to Amazon recommendations and this series was the first one. I literally binge read this series and have enjoyed each and every book. Even ended up buying audiobooks. This is Noah’s and Bobbie story . It was captivating and fun take on second chance. It had all the perfect ingredients and checked all the boxes for making an enjoyable and entertaining read.
November 20, 2024
1.5
um this was boring asf idk
um this was boring asf idk
April 29, 2024
I’ve been wondering what Noah did to upset Bobbie ever since their story was teased for the first time in another book. Well, I couldn’t have expected what he did. Noah’s story was a fun take on a second chance romance and had twits I wasn’t anticipating. Great story and series.
October 14, 2024
3.5 stars, rounding up to 4.
So we've gotten to know Noah Lasker over the course of the series as the joking, playboy, non-committal brother, who is perpetually writing a book no one has ever seen and takes off randomly in his job as a photographer to shoot photos of wildlife, specifically cheetahs. And so has his occasional girlfriend (although that isn't really even the right word for their relationship before the book begins, maybe FWB?), Bobbi. After being let down by him too many times, she dumps him, or she would if he didn't ghost her.
Only the Noah we've been seeing in the series isn't really who he is. It's his sort of "Bruce Wayne" identity, as the self-absorbed, irresponsible-but-loveable type that disguises from his real identity as a government "asset" who kills people on behalf of a shady organization seemingly headed by his mother. (No, we didn't veer into "Archer," other than that vague similarity, although I wouldn't be surprised if I learned Nadia Lee is a fan of that show.) He fell in love with Bobbi when he was assigned to find out what she knew about her traitor father's files. Because of a combination of his persona and the secrets he was forced to keep, he had to let her think that he didn't care, and when another "operator" and his fiancée were brutally murdered as a result of the bad guys finding out who he was, Noah broke ties with Bobbi in an attempt to protect her.
When the book begins, Bobbi has chosen to begin to get serious about finding a husband, just as Noah realizes that he made a mistake in leaving her and has decided to leave the spy stuff behind. What follows isn't really a grovel, per se, because Noah's "spoiled billionaire" persona doesn't really allow for him to get too serious, but he does decide to sabotage her efforts and to force his way back into her life, while still attempting to maintain his secret identity, and also truly regretting how his actions affected Bobbi.
Enjoyable, and I had a lot of fun reading it, but due to Noah's inherent silliness (which is both part of his assumed persona but also really, part of him too), the stakes never felt all that deep and I probably won't remember it for too long.
So we've gotten to know Noah Lasker over the course of the series as the joking, playboy, non-committal brother, who is perpetually writing a book no one has ever seen and takes off randomly in his job as a photographer to shoot photos of wildlife, specifically cheetahs. And so has his occasional girlfriend (although that isn't really even the right word for their relationship before the book begins, maybe FWB?), Bobbi. After being let down by him too many times, she dumps him, or she would if he didn't ghost her.
Only the Noah we've been seeing in the series isn't really who he is. It's his sort of "Bruce Wayne" identity, as the self-absorbed, irresponsible-but-loveable type that disguises from his real identity as a government "asset" who kills people on behalf of a shady organization seemingly headed by his mother. (No, we didn't veer into "Archer," other than that vague similarity, although I wouldn't be surprised if I learned Nadia Lee is a fan of that show.) He fell in love with Bobbi when he was assigned to find out what she knew about her traitor father's files. Because of a combination of his persona and the secrets he was forced to keep, he had to let her think that he didn't care, and when another "operator" and his fiancée were brutally murdered as a result of the bad guys finding out who he was, Noah broke ties with Bobbi in an attempt to protect her.
When the book begins, Bobbi has chosen to begin to get serious about finding a husband, just as Noah realizes that he made a mistake in leaving her and has decided to leave the spy stuff behind. What follows isn't really a grovel, per se, because Noah's "spoiled billionaire" persona doesn't really allow for him to get too serious, but he does decide to sabotage her efforts and to force his way back into her life, while still attempting to maintain his secret identity, and also truly regretting how his actions affected Bobbi.
Enjoyable, and I had a lot of fun reading it, but due to Noah's inherent silliness (which is both part of his assumed persona but also really, part of him too), the stakes never felt all that deep and I probably won't remember it for too long.
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April 7, 2025
Yes I enjoyed this book but sometimes things felt muddled like story wise.
May 5, 2024
Not as good as the others
I enjoyed the earlier books of this series but I found this one a struggle to get through. I liked Noah and Bobbi’s characters when they appeared in other books by the author and was looking forward to reading their story, but it started poorly and never recovered. Overall, I felt that the storyline was forced and overly long, almost as though the author hadn’t quite decided where she was going with the characters and kept writing to see what happened.
The concept seven Lasker brothers, all of whom were born within a few months to different mothers was interesting and amusing at times, but perhaps there are too many in this family to always give absorbing storylines that keeps the reader engaged.
I enjoyed the earlier books of this series but I found this one a struggle to get through. I liked Noah and Bobbi’s characters when they appeared in other books by the author and was looking forward to reading their story, but it started poorly and never recovered. Overall, I felt that the storyline was forced and overly long, almost as though the author hadn’t quite decided where she was going with the characters and kept writing to see what happened.
The concept seven Lasker brothers, all of whom were born within a few months to different mothers was interesting and amusing at times, but perhaps there are too many in this family to always give absorbing storylines that keeps the reader engaged.
May 6, 2024
This book was a good addition to the Lasker brothers series. I’ve been looking forward to Bobbi’s story since I met her in other books when she was a bodyguard. It was really nice to see her get her happy ending. Noah is a good match for her even if he used trickery more than groveling to win her over. I think he showed growth over the course of the book.
May 19, 2024
⭐⭐⭐
🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️
🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️
May 7, 2025
Though good, this book is sooooo much longer than it needs to be.....The couple’s beginning was rocky since it is a second chance romance but working through everything it didn’t seem like they’ve worked through it. Like she was ok with everything that happened to her and didn’t put much of a fight. They just fell into it again.
This one, ughh, so hard to get into it. I usually read a book in 2 days, but this one has taken me over a week, and I’m still at 60%. It’s so boring and repetitive. How many times is she going to doubt him? Lady, either commit or move on.
**Second chance
audible listen 🎶
This one, ughh, so hard to get into it. I usually read a book in 2 days, but this one has taken me over a week, and I’m still at 60%. It’s so boring and repetitive. How many times is she going to doubt him? Lady, either commit or move on.
**Second chance
audible listen 🎶
September 21, 2024
DNF at 58%
Usually my type of easy but neither the mmc or fmc got me interested enough to go through with it
Usually my type of easy but neither the mmc or fmc got me interested enough to go through with it
May 26, 2024
This was a DNF for me.
This book had so much potential. Until the ML decided that he actually did love the FL and wanted her back. My problem with this book was that this guy seems clueless. He doesn’t actually take what she wants into consideration and calls her his fiancée like a silly joke and disregards the fact that he has constantly let her down in the past. He’s thinks because he wants something he gets it but there’s no genuine remorse. He’s a joking playboy that is trying to bulldoze his way back into her life and the sad part is that she’s letting him. She has accomplished so much in her life and she’s ready to start the next part of her life which involves a man and family. But she lacks the self respect to realize she deserves better and lets him charm her. I’m having a hard time liking this ML and I’m about 50% through the book and there has yet been one thing about him that deserves redemption. Where’s the true grovel and growth? Just because he keeps saying I love you does that mean he deserves her? Where’s a real I’m sorry?
I love a good second chance story bad sadly this has fell flat. There’s nothing about him that makes me care to finish reading the last half of the book because all the other characters seemed likeable and had actual common sense.
This book had so much potential. Until the ML decided that he actually did love the FL and wanted her back. My problem with this book was that this guy seems clueless. He doesn’t actually take what she wants into consideration and calls her his fiancée like a silly joke and disregards the fact that he has constantly let her down in the past. He’s thinks because he wants something he gets it but there’s no genuine remorse. He’s a joking playboy that is trying to bulldoze his way back into her life and the sad part is that she’s letting him. She has accomplished so much in her life and she’s ready to start the next part of her life which involves a man and family. But she lacks the self respect to realize she deserves better and lets him charm her. I’m having a hard time liking this ML and I’m about 50% through the book and there has yet been one thing about him that deserves redemption. Where’s the true grovel and growth? Just because he keeps saying I love you does that mean he deserves her? Where’s a real I’m sorry?
I love a good second chance story bad sadly this has fell flat. There’s nothing about him that makes me care to finish reading the last half of the book because all the other characters seemed likeable and had actual common sense.
May 10, 2024
4 stars
As ridiculous as they are, I just love the Lasker boys and their insufferable father. Each boy has a different mother and they were conceived within months of each other. Ridiculous.
Noah plays the good time buffoon and not very bright bulb. Turns out, he’s a highly trained and lethal operative.
Bobbi was a personal bodyguard for quite a while. But her dream was her own bakery. She gets it and makes herself a success.
But not in love. Noah has let her down too many times while he’s off around the globe, as a wildlife photographer. “Shooting cheetahs”.
The book brings them back together.
And the other Lasker boys are there either their wives so is Yuna. And Ivy. And Tony Blackwood.
I dearly loved Tony and Ivy’s story when it came out.
As ridiculous as they are, I just love the Lasker boys and their insufferable father. Each boy has a different mother and they were conceived within months of each other. Ridiculous.
Noah plays the good time buffoon and not very bright bulb. Turns out, he’s a highly trained and lethal operative.
Bobbi was a personal bodyguard for quite a while. But her dream was her own bakery. She gets it and makes herself a success.
But not in love. Noah has let her down too many times while he’s off around the globe, as a wildlife photographer. “Shooting cheetahs”.
The book brings them back together.
And the other Lasker boys are there either their wives so is Yuna. And Ivy. And Tony Blackwood.
I dearly loved Tony and Ivy’s story when it came out.
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August 8, 2024
soooo cliche and predictable
Thoughts: I was highly dissatisfied with this book. Plot really had potential but when there is NO groveling and she just takes him back… I almost DNF’d this, twice… but momma didn’t raise no b1t€h.
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 2/5
Plot / Storyline 👩🏻💻: 📑📑📑 3/5
Heat / Burn (slow / fast): 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐇
Darkness: 🖤
Red Flags: 🚩🚩🚩
Kinks: 🫦
Spice: 🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🥺🫣😑🙂
Ending: 👩🏻❤️👨🏻 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
***spoilers - whole story***
Bobbi is a tall, lean, fit, and capable independent woman. Previously a body guard, she quit that to start a bakery, which was her dream. She meets Noah while in Mexico (kind of grieving her father, Otto - they were never close), and falls for him. Noah is a US government spy. His mother is his handler. He went to Mexico solely to get info from Bobbi on her traitor father (who was going to sell government secrets to other countries). But Noah falls for Bobbi and follows her home (he actually lives near her). Noah realizes Bobbi is a target if he keeps her so he just ghosts her. Noah comes and goes throughout her life and ghosts her every time. At the opening of her bakery he promised he would be there… and ghosts her yet again, but Bobbi vows it’s for the last time. 1 year later, Bobbi has an established bakery and is doing well. She has hired a young kid (19 - he is homeless because his parents were abu$ive). Victor is a great kid. Bobbi is surrounded by people falling in love and starting families, the only thing she wants most in the world. She tries dating but most guys aren’t into her body type. And if they are, they are creeps. She really feels loneliness. Noah comes back out of no where. Bobbi is mad and wants nothing to do with him. He gives her space at first but keeps coming back. He realizes her cat (who hates everyone) is her world so he proposes if can get the cat to like him, will she give him a second chance. She agrees sarcastically because she knows her cat would never like him. Bobbi tells him how sad she was when he ghosted her (after Mexico, when she got shot, …) but the one that hurt the worst was when he never showed for her bakery opening. He says sorry but only in the general sense. He has been breaking into her house to feed her cat so he would like him. When he reminds her of the deal, the cat comes and lets Noah pet him. SHE SAYS FINE AND THEY START DATING AGAIN!!! WTF?????
She gets hurt at a party she delivered a cake at (her cousin, who is a jerk, pushed her and she fell into the cake table). Noah is attentive but he has to go run “errands” (put the fear of god I to her cousin for hurting her) and she tares up her tile floors, finds an old micro SD card which holds records on all US spies and handlers, info her father was going to sell. It has info on Noah and she pieces the puzzle together. She realizes Noah is a spy and only wanted her for the SD card. She confronts him and he tells her the truth but tries to tell her he truly does love her. And he only stayed away because he didn’t want her to be a target. She tells him to leave, which he respects and does, because she needs time.
Her new neighbor, Trey (who’s is suspicious from the beginning) breaks in and ties her up, she tried to fight him but he knocked her out. He reveals he worked with her father selling secrets and is still looking for the SD card. He also tells her that Otto isn’t her father. It was his friend. The friend was going to turn him in but Otto unalived him and his wife, and took Bobbi to give to his schizophrenic wife, who was his cover. Bobbi gets free and fights hard (she knows Judo) but he gets a pew pew and Noah comes in last minute and unalives him. Noah is sh0t, but lives.
Noah proposes and the get married and have 4 kids (3 boys and 1 girl).
Thoughts: I was highly dissatisfied with this book. Plot really had potential but when there is NO groveling and she just takes him back… I almost DNF’d this, twice… but momma didn’t raise no b1t€h.
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 2/5
Plot / Storyline 👩🏻💻: 📑📑📑 3/5
Heat / Burn (slow / fast): 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐇
Darkness: 🖤
Red Flags: 🚩🚩🚩
Kinks: 🫦
Spice: 🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🥺🫣😑🙂
Ending: 👩🏻❤️👨🏻 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
***spoilers - whole story***
Bobbi is a tall, lean, fit, and capable independent woman. Previously a body guard, she quit that to start a bakery, which was her dream. She meets Noah while in Mexico (kind of grieving her father, Otto - they were never close), and falls for him. Noah is a US government spy. His mother is his handler. He went to Mexico solely to get info from Bobbi on her traitor father (who was going to sell government secrets to other countries). But Noah falls for Bobbi and follows her home (he actually lives near her). Noah realizes Bobbi is a target if he keeps her so he just ghosts her. Noah comes and goes throughout her life and ghosts her every time. At the opening of her bakery he promised he would be there… and ghosts her yet again, but Bobbi vows it’s for the last time. 1 year later, Bobbi has an established bakery and is doing well. She has hired a young kid (19 - he is homeless because his parents were abu$ive). Victor is a great kid. Bobbi is surrounded by people falling in love and starting families, the only thing she wants most in the world. She tries dating but most guys aren’t into her body type. And if they are, they are creeps. She really feels loneliness. Noah comes back out of no where. Bobbi is mad and wants nothing to do with him. He gives her space at first but keeps coming back. He realizes her cat (who hates everyone) is her world so he proposes if can get the cat to like him, will she give him a second chance. She agrees sarcastically because she knows her cat would never like him. Bobbi tells him how sad she was when he ghosted her (after Mexico, when she got shot, …) but the one that hurt the worst was when he never showed for her bakery opening. He says sorry but only in the general sense. He has been breaking into her house to feed her cat so he would like him. When he reminds her of the deal, the cat comes and lets Noah pet him. SHE SAYS FINE AND THEY START DATING AGAIN!!! WTF?????
She gets hurt at a party she delivered a cake at (her cousin, who is a jerk, pushed her and she fell into the cake table). Noah is attentive but he has to go run “errands” (put the fear of god I to her cousin for hurting her) and she tares up her tile floors, finds an old micro SD card which holds records on all US spies and handlers, info her father was going to sell. It has info on Noah and she pieces the puzzle together. She realizes Noah is a spy and only wanted her for the SD card. She confronts him and he tells her the truth but tries to tell her he truly does love her. And he only stayed away because he didn’t want her to be a target. She tells him to leave, which he respects and does, because she needs time.
Her new neighbor, Trey (who’s is suspicious from the beginning) breaks in and ties her up, she tried to fight him but he knocked her out. He reveals he worked with her father selling secrets and is still looking for the SD card. He also tells her that Otto isn’t her father. It was his friend. The friend was going to turn him in but Otto unalived him and his wife, and took Bobbi to give to his schizophrenic wife, who was his cover. Bobbi gets free and fights hard (she knows Judo) but he gets a pew pew and Noah comes in last minute and unalives him. Noah is sh0t, but lives.
Noah proposes and the get married and have 4 kids (3 boys and 1 girl).
May 29, 2024
I've said a lot about the books in this series and I shall not repeat myself over everything, so if you want, you can check my opinions on book #1, book #2, book #3, book #4 and book #5.
The things I have to point out are spoilers, so I will write them under said tag. This being said, I feel like this book was an improvement from the previous one. I think these books should be read with a really light perspective - they're not meant to be life changing; they fully serve the purpose of mindless entertainment (which is why I read them, honestly). If you are not available to read like this or maybe you're a picky reader (which is fine), then these books are most likely not for you. I'm not sure there are many people I would recommend them to, tbh. They do entertain me, but I do feel they lack some overall finesse. But, again, everyone's personal taste is, well, personal, so you do you, boo.
SPOILERS AHEAD
The things I have to point out are spoilers, so I will write them under said tag. This being said, I feel like this book was an improvement from the previous one. I think these books should be read with a really light perspective - they're not meant to be life changing; they fully serve the purpose of mindless entertainment (which is why I read them, honestly). If you are not available to read like this or maybe you're a picky reader (which is fine), then these books are most likely not for you. I'm not sure there are many people I would recommend them to, tbh. They do entertain me, but I do feel they lack some overall finesse. But, again, everyone's personal taste is, well, personal, so you do you, boo.
SPOILERS AHEAD
December 15, 2025
𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗘: 4.75/5 𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡𝓢 ⭐️
Nadia Lee absolutely 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 the second-chance romance trope with 𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮, and this book seriously reminded me why I love this series so much. 💥💖 This is the sixth book in the 𝓛𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓮𝓻 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 series (seven brothers, seven books), and while they can all be read as standalones, reading them together just makes everything hit harder. The chaos, the bonds, the emotional baggage—it all builds so beautifully book after book. 🤍📚
Going in, I didn’t expect 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒓 and 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕’s story to hit me the way it did. While it’s not my absolute favorite of the series, it is 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭���𝘺 good and easily one of the most memorable and emotionally charged installments so far. 😮💨✨
𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 has always come across as the carefree, unserious brother—the social-media-loving wildlife photographer who never seems to take life seriously. 📸😏 But 𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮 completely flips that perception on its head. 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 is 𝙣𝙤𝙩 who anyone thinks he is. Not 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊. Not his brothers. Not us. The secrets surrounding his real life added so much depth and tension, and the reveal genuinely shocked me. 😳🕵️♂️
𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 was such a strong FMC, and I loved her from the start. She owns a bakery (yes, baked goods content forever 🥐🍰), dreams of stability, love, and a family she never had growing up. After one too many broken promises and missed moments, she finally decides she’s done waiting—and honestly, good for her. 👏💔 She knows her worth and refuses to settle, even when walking away hurts.
Their relationship is messy, emotional, and filled with unresolved love. 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 loves 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 deeply, but his dangerous, secret life keeps pulling him away, forcing him to break promises he genuinely wants to keep. Watching 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 reach her breaking point while 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 realizes that 𝘴𝘩𝘦 is the one thing he can’t lose was painful, intense, and so well done. 🥺❤️🔥
The rom-com elements were perfectly woven into the heavier moments. I laughed out loud so many times—especially anytime 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉’s father and his assistant showed up (absolute scene-stealers every time 😭😂). The banter was sharp, the chemistry undeniable, and once 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 and 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 finally gave in to their feelings… the spicy scenes were pure 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧’𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. 🌶️🔥
This was not an easy road to their HEA. There were moments where I genuinely questioned if they’d make it—and at times, I wasn’t even sure they 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. The secrets, betrayals, and emotional damage felt real and earned. But Nadia Lee excels at making you temporarily hate characters and still fall back in love with them by the end, and she absolutely nailed that here. 😌💥
The pacing was a little slow in parts, which is the only reason this didn’t quite reach five stars for me, but the payoff made it worth it. The twists, the danger tied to 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊’s father, and the emotional growth all came together beautifully. 🧩⚡
𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮 is a romantic comedy with depth—full of laugh-out-loud moments, swoony romance, high-stakes secrets, and a hard-fought HEA that feels truly earned. Another Lasker brother has fallen, and I loved watching it happen. Now bring on the next one… poor 𝑯𝒖𝒙𝒍𝒆𝒚. 😏📖💫
Nadia Lee absolutely 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 the second-chance romance trope with 𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮, and this book seriously reminded me why I love this series so much. 💥💖 This is the sixth book in the 𝓛𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓮𝓻 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 series (seven brothers, seven books), and while they can all be read as standalones, reading them together just makes everything hit harder. The chaos, the bonds, the emotional baggage—it all builds so beautifully book after book. 🤍📚
Going in, I didn’t expect 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒓 and 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕’s story to hit me the way it did. While it’s not my absolute favorite of the series, it is 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭���𝘺 good and easily one of the most memorable and emotionally charged installments so far. 😮💨✨
𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 has always come across as the carefree, unserious brother—the social-media-loving wildlife photographer who never seems to take life seriously. 📸😏 But 𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮 completely flips that perception on its head. 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 is 𝙣𝙤𝙩 who anyone thinks he is. Not 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊. Not his brothers. Not us. The secrets surrounding his real life added so much depth and tension, and the reveal genuinely shocked me. 😳🕵️♂️
𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 was such a strong FMC, and I loved her from the start. She owns a bakery (yes, baked goods content forever 🥐🍰), dreams of stability, love, and a family she never had growing up. After one too many broken promises and missed moments, she finally decides she’s done waiting—and honestly, good for her. 👏💔 She knows her worth and refuses to settle, even when walking away hurts.
Their relationship is messy, emotional, and filled with unresolved love. 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 loves 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 deeply, but his dangerous, secret life keeps pulling him away, forcing him to break promises he genuinely wants to keep. Watching 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 reach her breaking point while 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 realizes that 𝘴𝘩𝘦 is the one thing he can’t lose was painful, intense, and so well done. 🥺❤️🔥
The rom-com elements were perfectly woven into the heavier moments. I laughed out loud so many times—especially anytime 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉’s father and his assistant showed up (absolute scene-stealers every time 😭😂). The banter was sharp, the chemistry undeniable, and once 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊 and 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 finally gave in to their feelings… the spicy scenes were pure 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧’𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. 🌶️🔥
This was not an easy road to their HEA. There were moments where I genuinely questioned if they’d make it—and at times, I wasn’t even sure they 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. The secrets, betrayals, and emotional damage felt real and earned. But Nadia Lee excels at making you temporarily hate characters and still fall back in love with them by the end, and she absolutely nailed that here. 😌💥
The pacing was a little slow in parts, which is the only reason this didn’t quite reach five stars for me, but the payoff made it worth it. The twists, the danger tied to 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊’s father, and the emotional growth all came together beautifully. 🧩⚡
𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮 is a romantic comedy with depth—full of laugh-out-loud moments, swoony romance, high-stakes secrets, and a hard-fought HEA that feels truly earned. Another Lasker brother has fallen, and I loved watching it happen. Now bring on the next one… poor 𝑯𝒖𝒙𝒍𝒆𝒚. 😏📖💫
July 19, 2024
I'm in a really bad book schlump. I found "Still Mine" to have the most ridiculous, unbelievable, outrageous, and just plain silly plotline. Listen:
1. I've read all the first 5 books in this series. I've also read the blurb. My booktok feed is full of that scene where the fmc threatened to call the cops on the mmc for trespassing. There was not one whiff in any of those that the damned mmc was living a double life.
2. He's supposedly a billionaire wildlife photographer. Yes, read that again. A wildlife photographer who's a Bil. Lion. Aire. A fucking billionaire wildlife photographer. What?! You're telling me that he's supposedly made enough money as a wildlife photographer to, not only sustain himself and his 0.01 percentile rich AF lifestyle, but to also have his financial portfolio managed by his half-brothers who are wealth managers - ergo, he grew and transformed his self-made millions into billions. A wildlife photographer. Is a Billionaire. Nobody ever questions this "fact" in his world? A wildlife photographer who is worth billions, and yet he never got a single cop-out from his billionaire Hollywood producer daddy? Mmkay.
3. Let's go back to that part where I said he's living a double life and is "supposedly" a wildlife photographer. Turns out he's a government operative? His handler is his mother, who's also an assassin/mercenary/handler of other deadly black-book disavowable government operative. She was accidentally impregnated by a Hollywood producer who had a faulty/ineffective vasectomy. This allegedly brilliant mercenary of a woman was stupidly impregnated by the shittiest of all shitty men. And she went through with the pregnancy. Et voila, the mmc came into this world. And when he got big enough, his mother recruited and trained him to be a deadly killer like herself. He then proceeds to masquerade around as a jolly good & carefree wildlife photographer who wants a career change - he's supposedly writing a book. A non-existent book.
4. Noah constantly breaks the promises he's made to his fmc and abandons her at the most important life-moments. He was supposed to pick her up from the hospital after she got a bullet operated out of her body. "Supposed to" because, apparently, he didn't pick her up at all, and left her to find her way out of the fucking hospital. That. That alone shoulda been the fmc's first goddamned clue to kick Noah to the curb. This book shouldn't even have Noah and Billie together, tbh. He's just a big, fat, red and in all-caps, NO. No,Billie Bobbi. (This book's so bad, I forgot what the fmc's name was after putting it down disappointingly 15 mins ago.) No. Stay the fuck away.
I skipped all the drama and just read the HEA.
This was augh. Not the best. Just no.
1. I've read all the first 5 books in this series. I've also read the blurb. My booktok feed is full of that scene where the fmc threatened to call the cops on the mmc for trespassing. There was not one whiff in any of those that the damned mmc was living a double life.
2. He's supposedly a billionaire wildlife photographer. Yes, read that again. A wildlife photographer who's a Bil. Lion. Aire. A fucking billionaire wildlife photographer. What?! You're telling me that he's supposedly made enough money as a wildlife photographer to, not only sustain himself and his 0.01 percentile rich AF lifestyle, but to also have his financial portfolio managed by his half-brothers who are wealth managers - ergo, he grew and transformed his self-made millions into billions. A wildlife photographer. Is a Billionaire. Nobody ever questions this "fact" in his world? A wildlife photographer who is worth billions, and yet he never got a single cop-out from his billionaire Hollywood producer daddy? Mmkay.
3. Let's go back to that part where I said he's living a double life and is "supposedly" a wildlife photographer. Turns out he's a government operative? His handler is his mother, who's also an assassin/mercenary/handler of other deadly black-book disavowable government operative. She was accidentally impregnated by a Hollywood producer who had a faulty/ineffective vasectomy. This allegedly brilliant mercenary of a woman was stupidly impregnated by the shittiest of all shitty men. And she went through with the pregnancy. Et voila, the mmc came into this world. And when he got big enough, his mother recruited and trained him to be a deadly killer like herself. He then proceeds to masquerade around as a jolly good & carefree wildlife photographer who wants a career change - he's supposedly writing a book. A non-existent book.
4. Noah constantly breaks the promises he's made to his fmc and abandons her at the most important life-moments. He was supposed to pick her up from the hospital after she got a bullet operated out of her body. "Supposed to" because, apparently, he didn't pick her up at all, and left her to find her way out of the fucking hospital. That. That alone shoulda been the fmc's first goddamned clue to kick Noah to the curb. This book shouldn't even have Noah and Billie together, tbh. He's just a big, fat, red and in all-caps, NO. No,
I skipped all the drama and just read the HEA.
This was augh. Not the best. Just no.
May 7, 2024
There are not enough books where the girl is pining over a guy and he's just not there for whatever reason and she moves on with her life!!!!! The blurb made me curious so I tried it, but.....yeah.....I won't be reading this book again. Apparently, there was some back story when she was a bodyguard and got injured. The H didn't come to see her at the hospital afterwards and now......she's a baker 😂😂😐🤷🤷 I dunno. I didn't write this shiet. And I'm not reading all 5 fucking previous books to know what happened because honestly? I don't give a blick (as my kids say 👀)
So pros:
- Angst was kinda there....but didn't go far enough (con!) She goes on dates from a dating app and meets with Hs dads assistant who straight up asks her if she wants to have his baby. And she has meet up (not a date) with her friends brother when her friends all can't make.it so its just her and her friends brother. And Noah keeps sabotaging her dates
- he's a secret assassin shooter type guy so when his cover of photographing or "shooting cheetahs" is mentioned, thats super duper secret code for him being away for days at a time killing people. And his cheetahs are his rifle gun things. So no cheating. They've apparently had smexxx in the past because we are told (repeatedly) how sensitive her nips are. That's GREAT.
Honestly......the rest are fucking cons
- her humor is just.....off. Its not funny and makes me cringe
- she tells the same description over and over again. That schtick about selling sand to someone in the sahara? I'm pretty sure she put that in there twice......did you run out of words? Or ideas!? Why are you telling us this again?
- she makes the h a 6 feet tall, strong, almost flat chested, no curves or hips female character and makes it seem like a flaw. She REPEATEDLY tells us that since the h isn't big breasted, curvy or voluptuous like Marilyn monroe, that she's lacking somehow 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I don't understand why the author kept saying that shes lacking, shes not 🤷
- the characters dialog reads like a 3rd grade book report.
- when her cat coughs up a hairball and she goes to his house uninvited, mixes it in with the cream in the croissant, and leaves it there for him to eat......wtf? They are not funny to me. That's just childish and gross
I wanted so much more from this book but wow.....I'm underwhelmed and won't be reading this author again. It would be a one star if it wasn't for the bit of angst in the beginning but didn't go nowhere 😐 edit: one star....reading my highlights, some of the things the author aays in this book are cringe and awful
You can tell who the arc readers are fur shure
So pros:
- Angst was kinda there....but didn't go far enough (con!) She goes on dates from a dating app and meets with Hs dads assistant who straight up asks her if she wants to have his baby. And she has meet up (not a date) with her friends brother when her friends all can't make.it so its just her and her friends brother. And Noah keeps sabotaging her dates
- he's a secret assassin shooter type guy so when his cover of photographing or "shooting cheetahs" is mentioned, thats super duper secret code for him being away for days at a time killing people. And his cheetahs are his rifle gun things. So no cheating. They've apparently had smexxx in the past because we are told (repeatedly) how sensitive her nips are. That's GREAT.
Honestly......the rest are fucking cons
- her humor is just.....off. Its not funny and makes me cringe
- she tells the same description over and over again. That schtick about selling sand to someone in the sahara? I'm pretty sure she put that in there twice......did you run out of words? Or ideas!? Why are you telling us this again?
- she makes the h a 6 feet tall, strong, almost flat chested, no curves or hips female character and makes it seem like a flaw. She REPEATEDLY tells us that since the h isn't big breasted, curvy or voluptuous like Marilyn monroe, that she's lacking somehow 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I don't understand why the author kept saying that shes lacking, shes not 🤷
- the characters dialog reads like a 3rd grade book report.
- when her cat coughs up a hairball and she goes to his house uninvited, mixes it in with the cream in the croissant, and leaves it there for him to eat......wtf? They are not funny to me. That's just childish and gross
I wanted so much more from this book but wow.....I'm underwhelmed and won't be reading this author again. It would be a one star if it wasn't for the bit of angst in the beginning but didn't go nowhere 😐 edit: one star....reading my highlights, some of the things the author aays in this book are cringe and awful
You can tell who the arc readers are fur shure
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 11, 2024
well this one is just wacky
This iteration of the Lasker brothers series is INSANE. It does explain how Noah was in Nicholas’ book but all the espionage was SUCH A WEIRD CHOICE. Also it’s never mentioned in the last book, so Noah’s background is only ever mentioned in this story. So so strange.
I genuinely don’t understand why this choice was made.
I love Yuna and Ivy from a different series from Nadia Lee and I wish we had more closer with Eugene!! I hope he gets a story.
44% and literally there’s no reason for Bobbi to forgive and get back with Noah, except that’s what he wants and that’s how we know the story will end. He’s not taking any of her concerns seriously and never apologized. 47% … he apologizes at 47% and immediately takes it back cause he doesn’t want to honor her wish of him leaving her alone.
“You deserve better. You deserve somebody who’s going to be around, give you stability.” Literally Noah of his own volition could never do this for Bobbi. I’m not sure why we’re even here.
Noah’s vision board painting is the first time he seemed like a worthwhile guy. Not enough to make up for everything else, but I see why she liked him in the first place.
“But Señor Mittens is an important part of the family, so I can host the brunch elsewhere when it’s my turn. You shouldn’t have to give anything up, Bobbi. I don’t want you to, and none of my brothers would expect you to, either.” I can see why she originally liked him, but I still don’t see why or how she could make it better?
“That’s really nice and specific. Thank you for sharing. But I’m kind of having a problem trusting that it’s really going to happen the way you’ve laid it out.” ACCURATE.
“We should be fine as long as we love each other and have each other’s backs.” Famous last words.
After she meets his family and really believes in the chance she’s giving him the story progresses rather normally. Bobbi handles everything pretty well all things considered when the truth comes out about Noah and her dad and her parentage.
Again, because it’s a Nadia Lee book, everything came down to the wire but it all works out.
“You’re Rh negative. Everyone in the family is Rh positive. Your father was too.” Had to look it up but everyone calls blood the same thing, not sure what this means or why it’s in there.
I appreciate finally getting to see a wedding scene instead of being told it happened.
I’m just glad that Bobbi gets to know what Noah actually does for a living and Noah has one person that cares about him and knows him truly.
This iteration of the Lasker brothers series is INSANE. It does explain how Noah was in Nicholas’ book but all the espionage was SUCH A WEIRD CHOICE. Also it’s never mentioned in the last book, so Noah’s background is only ever mentioned in this story. So so strange.
I genuinely don’t understand why this choice was made.
I love Yuna and Ivy from a different series from Nadia Lee and I wish we had more closer with Eugene!! I hope he gets a story.
44% and literally there’s no reason for Bobbi to forgive and get back with Noah, except that’s what he wants and that’s how we know the story will end. He’s not taking any of her concerns seriously and never apologized. 47% … he apologizes at 47% and immediately takes it back cause he doesn’t want to honor her wish of him leaving her alone.
“You deserve better. You deserve somebody who’s going to be around, give you stability.” Literally Noah of his own volition could never do this for Bobbi. I’m not sure why we’re even here.
Noah’s vision board painting is the first time he seemed like a worthwhile guy. Not enough to make up for everything else, but I see why she liked him in the first place.
“But Señor Mittens is an important part of the family, so I can host the brunch elsewhere when it’s my turn. You shouldn’t have to give anything up, Bobbi. I don’t want you to, and none of my brothers would expect you to, either.” I can see why she originally liked him, but I still don’t see why or how she could make it better?
“That’s really nice and specific. Thank you for sharing. But I’m kind of having a problem trusting that it’s really going to happen the way you’ve laid it out.” ACCURATE.
“We should be fine as long as we love each other and have each other’s backs.” Famous last words.
After she meets his family and really believes in the chance she’s giving him the story progresses rather normally. Bobbi handles everything pretty well all things considered when the truth comes out about Noah and her dad and her parentage.
Again, because it’s a Nadia Lee book, everything came down to the wire but it all works out.
“You’re Rh negative. Everyone in the family is Rh positive. Your father was too.” Had to look it up but everyone calls blood the same thing, not sure what this means or why it’s in there.
I appreciate finally getting to see a wedding scene instead of being told it happened.
I’m just glad that Bobbi gets to know what Noah actually does for a living and Noah has one person that cares about him and knows him truly.
June 9, 2024
DNF @ 25%
I’m only giving this book a second star because I like every other Nadia Lee book, and the actual writing is good. Just both of the main characters I have an issue with
May come back later to give it a chance as I’ve mainly been reading DR - but most likely not. Nadia is usually up there as one of my fave contemporary authors but this book is nothing like the rest of the catalog. Just fell flat.
Please allow me to vent.
My beef with Noah.
I was really looking forward to reading Noah’s book as in the other books, he was always the mysterious one disguising as the comedian. But his character just comes across as an asshole and heartless from the jump. Nothing loveable about him. He consistently lets Bobbi down and comes back into her life with no remorse for this. Just assumes his good looks will get him a pass without an apology or explanation. Yes, his job is confidential but he doesn’t even make an excuse to do with cover as a wildlife photographer.
Bobbi got stabbed, he was supposed to be there for her. He wasn’t. He told her he’d be there for her grand opening with her fave flowers. He didn’t turn up. He ghosted her for a year with no explanation that he was grieving (not that robots can grieve).
He almost sounds like he has a superiority complex over his brothers and the fact none have ever guessed he isn’t in fact a wildlife photographer but a mercenary. Ugh. Having grown to love the other brothers, Noah can literally choke on a bag of dicks.
My beef with Bobbi.
The bitch is exhausting.
Other than she makes great sweet treats, there is nothing else to her. Like she’s been a bodyguard and is supposedly this badass who can fight for herself and owns several guns, but there’s no depth to her.
She melts at Noah’s good looks, hence why he feels he doesn’t need an apology. She claims to be so over him for ghosting her for a year yet is always thinking about him. Swooning over him. She is incredibly childish and immature.
She breaks into Noah’s home and puts cat hair in Noah’s croissants (which he stole from her). These are grown people.
Her thoughts are Noah based and how much she does not like him yet that’s all she thinks about.
Her redeeming quality: her pet (cat) is a rescue.
Anyway, I just can’t put myself through the rest of the book with these two which is disappointing as this is the first ever Nadia book not finished, and I’ve read every book of hers.
I’m hoping Huxley’s book comes out swinging.
I’m only giving this book a second star because I like every other Nadia Lee book, and the actual writing is good. Just both of the main characters I have an issue with
May come back later to give it a chance as I’ve mainly been reading DR - but most likely not. Nadia is usually up there as one of my fave contemporary authors but this book is nothing like the rest of the catalog. Just fell flat.
Please allow me to vent.
My beef with Noah.
I was really looking forward to reading Noah’s book as in the other books, he was always the mysterious one disguising as the comedian. But his character just comes across as an asshole and heartless from the jump. Nothing loveable about him. He consistently lets Bobbi down and comes back into her life with no remorse for this. Just assumes his good looks will get him a pass without an apology or explanation. Yes, his job is confidential but he doesn’t even make an excuse to do with cover as a wildlife photographer.
Bobbi got stabbed, he was supposed to be there for her. He wasn’t. He told her he’d be there for her grand opening with her fave flowers. He didn’t turn up. He ghosted her for a year with no explanation that he was grieving (not that robots can grieve).
He almost sounds like he has a superiority complex over his brothers and the fact none have ever guessed he isn’t in fact a wildlife photographer but a mercenary. Ugh. Having grown to love the other brothers, Noah can literally choke on a bag of dicks.
My beef with Bobbi.
The bitch is exhausting.
Other than she makes great sweet treats, there is nothing else to her. Like she’s been a bodyguard and is supposedly this badass who can fight for herself and owns several guns, but there’s no depth to her.
She melts at Noah’s good looks, hence why he feels he doesn’t need an apology. She claims to be so over him for ghosting her for a year yet is always thinking about him. Swooning over him. She is incredibly childish and immature.
She breaks into Noah’s home and puts cat hair in Noah’s croissants (which he stole from her). These are grown people.
Her thoughts are Noah based and how much she does not like him yet that’s all she thinks about.
Her redeeming quality: her pet (cat) is a rescue.
Anyway, I just can’t put myself through the rest of the book with these two which is disappointing as this is the first ever Nadia book not finished, and I’ve read every book of hers.
I’m hoping Huxley’s book comes out swinging.
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