One Week

Love Chances #4

by L.S. Bergman

Paula Bano is 'more' than her famous last name. Her path hasn't been exactly smooth. And, she's had her fair share of bumps along the way. But her struggles have taught her one thing, 'try to stay the course and never lose sight of your true objectives'. For Paula, having committed to certain changes, there is no turning back.

Priority no.1? Shed the pounds, her health demands it. Priority no.2? Trash her reclusive ways, get out and live. Nurture a fresh path.

With her new lifestyle changes in full swing, Paula feels finally on the road to fulfilling the words her Nigerian father practically ingrained upon her subconscious:

'Know thyself
And the blessings will follow'

Paula's reinvention and process of self-discovery has begun to take root. What she never anticipated along the way was for 'the blessings' to come in the shape and form of a soulmate ...

Robert 'Rob' Parker has been living the privileged high-life. Music. Girls. Partying. Now, young heartthrob status aside, summer has arrived, but, for Rob, the shallow seeking of thrills isn't quite cutting it. Things in Rob's world are starting to feel a little old already. Predictable. With school out and a music career about to take off, he has everything going for him. Then, why is he feeling so tired? What's the special ingredient missing in a supposedly perfect life?

Crossing paths with Paula Bano again feels like more than a blast from a distant past.
Effortlessly picking-up from where they left off, Paula begins to feel like exactly the reality-check Rob has been searching for.

One week is all it takes?
One short week for a woman to rock Rob to the core ...
One week of firsts
One week to follow a path to love?

'One Week' a sweet Afro-Caribbean young adult novella.

**Dear reader, please be warned: This graphic love story contains strong language, and alludes to difficult emotional themes which the heroine is grappling to come to terms with in her journey towards love and self-understanding.**

218 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 6, 2017

About the author

L.S. Bergman is a British-Caribbean writer of woman-centered adult Afro-Caribbean romantic fiction. Her writing has dipped into multicultural historical fiction, with her release 'Becoming Bessy', but remains focused upon the diversity of the black diasporic experience.

You can check out more of her work via https://linktr.ee/LSBergman1

Reviews

['The Book Queen' · Rating 5 out of 5]

One Additional Week Needed

The Parker men stole my heart in the first book they debuted. Even when Rob was being a turd to his dad when his mom finally left him, I knew he would become a better young adult. In this story, he grew and matured nicely. I was happy he decided to make Paula his love. One week may not sound like enough time to fall for someone, but trust and believe it is possible. This was a top notch read 4.8 stars. .2 off for a particular word usage... I can't wait to see whose story is next....

[Jessica Hahner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed L.S. Bergman's 'One Week'! It was such a sweet read, which built-up to a hot ending!! Paula was this solid, warmhearted heroine whom I found easy and likable to bond with. Her re-connection with Rob, after many years, was really nicely written because it drew you in, in a realistic way. I love the funny moments in this book, the loving moments, and some of the messages about loving yourself and ot

[John Winston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part four of the Love Chances series by L.S. Bergman does not disappoint. In this installment (all are connected but can be read in any order), we get to meet Paula Bano, and get to know Rob Parker better in a treatise on young love. Both come from well-to-do and famous fams, but that doesn’t mean their roads have been easy. In short, they both have a bit of baggage, making the journey all the more enjoyable.

Bergman’s writing is unique and pristine as it uses a seamless shifting of POVs that make the narrative as well as our young lovers' relationship, cohesive and magical. Add to that; the author has a way of combining action, description, and dialogue in single passages that give the story a cinematic quality.

Reading works by L.S. Bergman never fails to educate/enlighten. I love this quote from the novel by Keith Parker (Rob’s Dad), something parents should heed when raising children. "Life ain't 'bout cultivation 'freeness', it's gotta be about cultivation discipline and purpose." I would also be remiss if I didn’t include this African proverb from the novel had me double-thinking. "He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace."

Bergman is the master of romance as she paces her love scenes to perfection, from an achy breaky heart slow-burn to a soul-consuming crescendo. Indeed, she alone has made me a fan of the genre. But her musical scene with Rob and Ade, Paula Dad, a musical legend in the novel, is off the charts and out of the stratosphere. Her superpower is incorporating musical scenes into literary work; no one does it better.

[Tiffanii White · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's like...

It was almost good. I felt that there wasn't enough action or back story to the relationship. I wanted to FEEL it but it fell short for me. To much unnecessary dialogue. However, the premise was good. It wasn't boring per say but I didn't love it. I gave it three stars because the effort to actually write a book is amazing. And I love black love soooo...

[Brandi Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 🌟 Completed book One Week (Love Chances #4).
Series worthy
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