Dienece Darling’s book review of Lisa Renee’s contemporary romance I’ll Always Choose You.
Book Blurb
Leah Thompson is the Sheriff’s daughter of Trinity Lakes, Washington state. No one is good enough for his baby girl. At twenty-four, she should be able to choose who she wants to date, but her dad holds Justin’s past against him.
Justin has loved Leah for years, the woman where no guy has been brave enough to pursue. Who would want the grumpy sheriff as their future father-in-law? No one is that crazy. Except Justin is crazy in love and willing to do anything to win Leah’s heart, even to set her up on a fake date with his neck-tattooed mate from Australia. Surely the sheriff will see Justin is the better choice for his daughter. Until the fake love triangle goes terribly wrong.
A forbidden love, love triangle, small town contemporary Christian romance.
Visit Trinity Lakes and meet the fun and quirky characters who value family, faith, and happily-ever-after.
Dienece’s book review
This book starts off with a bang.
And it just keeps building from there. I expected the former bad boy to have recently returned to town, but Justin’s been there all along. Not only that, Leah and Justin already want to date. She just hasn’t worked out how to tell her dad, the overbearing, way-too-protective sheriff.
Justin really tries to understand why his girl tiptoes around her dad so much, and he’s not out to obliterate their relationship. That was nice. He was much more patient than I would have been, especially when her dad arrests him! (I told you it starts off with a bang.)
For all Justin’s good points, I started to snicker the moment he comes up with his “brilliant” plan to win over Leah’s dad. I saw it going pear-shaped a mile away, but I wasn’t sure which direction the author would take it. That made reading the book so much fun!
Leah is nice, but it took me a few chapters to warm up to her. Mostly because I wanted to bang my head against the book until she got a clue about how controlling her father was. Since I was reading an eBook and electronics don’t allow for head banging, I settled for my second impulse of turning page after page to see what happened next.
Wondering how they’d ever manage to get their happily-ever-after with such a hostile future father-in-law in the mix and what Leah’s father was holding against Justin were the big hooks for me in this story. Plus, it was a fun read.
I read this in two days.
I probably would have read this book faster, but life sometimes inserts itself into my craving to finish a story—so rude.
The main couple is American, but there is an Aussie that features in the story. I’m not normally a fan of love triangles, but this wasn’t an ordinary one. It didn’t bother me at all.
Feel like laughing, cringing in sympathy after an epic blunder, and turning page after page of a sweet romance?
Do yourself a favour and get this book from Amazon here.
It’s even on the AU Kindle Unlimited (as of May 2023), so buyers on the Australian site can borrow it for free!
This sounds interesting. I have it on my Kindle next in line to read. Have been enjoying the series.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Jenny!
Hi Dienece, I read an early version of Lisa’s book and loved the story. Thanks for sharing your insightful review. 😊
My pleasure. The book was so much fun to read! It had serious points of course, but it’s nice to read a book that draws you in and keeps you interested all the way to the end.