FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE, by S. L. Scott

This author writes such beautiful and romantic stories. Her characters are also lovely and remarkable.  My beef with her stories is the slow pace and excess prose.  Feelings and thoughts are described ad nauseam, in more detail than I wish for.

Olivia has always lived with a father who resents her and will never give her the love she wants, all because she wasn’t born a boy.  Still, she hasn’t let it stop her from working hard, amassing accolades, working in his company, being a wonderful person.  She even got engaged to her father’s partner’s son to please her father, and the fiancée turned out to be a cheater, so the engagement went off in flames.  She went to the Hamptons, looking for a rebound, and found Noah.

Olivia and Noah had a one-night stand that felt like more, but she insisted on only sex.  When Noah woke up, she’d already gone.  It felt like the one that got away, and he never forgot her.  Two years later, he’s recruited straight from college to Bancroft & Lowe, a Manhattan marketing firm, and lo and behold, there’s Liv, and she’s the owner’s daughter, and she hates him!

It was a lovely enemies to lovers story, given Noah’s wonderful personality.  He’s full of integrity and caring, sure to win over Olivia’s scruples.  I loved how hard he fell and how hard he worked to win Olivia over.  The trope of surprise baby was written with such poignant tenderness, I loved seeing Noah so taken with his little boy.  Their efforts in sorting out their business was chock full of understanding and consideration.  I loved Noah’s family, and I loved how they received Olivia and Max into their embrace.  I felt a lot of pity and a lot of pride in Olivia’s inner steel core and how she dealt with the monsters in her life.

The book would have been much more entertaining if it had included more of the office intrigue and suspense, instead so much interaction between Olivia and Noah, mostly ruminations.  It was a very romantic read, lots of feelings and a very cute baby.

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott, writes character driven, heart-racing suspense, and swoony romances that will have you reading past bedtime. With stories ranging from witty beach reads to heart wrenching and heart healing, her stories are highly regarded as emotional, relatable, and captivating. Her books are more than escapes for the voracious readers of today. They are journeys of the heart that always come with a happily ever after reward at the end.

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