Review / Release Blitz: One Last Shot by Julia Connors

Release Date: October 7

Aleksandr Ivanov was my person. We helped each other through the worst of our childhoods. I thought we were meant for each other; then he ghosted me.

That’s when I learned that the only person I can count on is me.

Fourteen years later, the NHL superstar reappears in my life with an outrageous request: pretend to be his wife and help him adopt his orphaned niece, Stella. The twist? Apparently we’ve been married since I was sixteen.

I can’t commit to the relationship he’s asking for, but when I accidentally screw up his childcare arrangement before he leaves for the Stanley Cup playoffs, I end up as Stella's nanny for a couple weeks.

I shouldn’t put my life on hold to help him. I shouldn’t fall hard for his precocious niece. And I definitely shouldn’t let him into my bed, or more importantly, into my heart. Because if I do those things, I might start wanting things I can’t have.

There is no happy ending for us: I’ve got a company to run, and a contract to start filming a television show in Los Angeles. He can’t leave New York, and staying with Aleksandr would mean giving up everything I’ve worked so hard for.

Most importantly, I can’t put my very fragile heart right back into the hands of the one person who already destroyed it.

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MY REVIEW

Alex and Petra were best friends. She was starting, had for awhile, to want more but he walked away from her and she hasn't heard from him in over 10 years. In the time since then, she's made herself into a success. She's got walls sky high, and knows she absolutely cannot let herself depend upon anyone but herself, thanks to Alex or Sasha as she called him, walking out of her life without a word. Then the man himself walks back into her life with a ballsy request - make their marriage (?!?!?) look real so he can adopt his orphaned niece. Her first instinct is to tell him to take a hike, but after meeting Stella she can't seem to resist and wants to help. But that's all it will be, she won't be married for real, she won't be giving Sasha her heart again, then he can't break it again...

Petra is fabulous - she's a modern day feminist, teaching Stella to demand to be treated equally by the boys and men in her life, never hesitating to call people out for bad behavior, and generally being an amazing, strong woman. Alex I'm not so in love with, his reasons for leaving aren't really valid, and definitely not good enough for never getting in contact with her until he needed her. But Petra is so amazing that I really didn't care that Alex wasn't really equal to or good enough for her. The rest of their story is great though, and has tons of chemistry and heart.

Meet Julia Connors

Julia Connors grew up on the warm and sunny West Coast, but her first decision as an adult was to trade her flip-flops for snow boots and move to Boston.

She’s been enjoying everything that New England has to offer for over two decades, and now that she’s acclimated to the snowy winters and finally found all the places to get good sushi and tacos, she has zero regrets

You can usually find her in front of her computer, but when she stops writing she’s most likely to be found outdoors, preferably with a pair of skis or snowshoes strapped to her feet in winter, or on a paddleboard in the summer.

To learn more about Julia Connors and her books, please visit here!

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