🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 Wait for Always by K.A. Linde

Wait for Always by K.A. Linde

Release Date: January 17th 2023 by K.A. Linde Inc.

Series: Coastal Chronicles #4

Pages: 254

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

A stand alone brother's best friend romance about Ash Talmadge & Amelia Ballentine by USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…

Ash Talmadge is everything I shouldn’t want.

My brother’s best friend. A too charismatic, too attractive Southern gentleman. And obsessed with someone else.

But she’s finally out of the picture. I put two years between their break up just to be sure. This is finally my chance.

His focus is all on me. Exactly where I wanted it to be since high school when he saved me from humiliation. And after college when he finally realized I was more than just his best friend’s little sister.

There’s only one person who could ruin this for me.

I’ve waited this long.

I’m willing to wait for always. 

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My Review:

Wait for Always is the fourth book in the highly anticipated Coastal Chronicles Series. Ever since we met Ash Talmadge in Hold the Forevers, I’ve been wanting to read Ash’s story and Linde does not disappoint. This brother’s best friend story is the perfect friends to lovers romance that will leave you swooning and rooting for the characters until the very end.

There are few families that represent wealth and power in Savannah, and for Amelia being a Ballentine has given her access to a very privilege lifestyle. Among other things, having grown up with her brother’s best friend has made her off limits to Ash Talmadge no matter how much she wants him. He’s always been there for her when she needs him the most, always as a friend. From balls, graduations, break ups and to her store opening, Ash Talmadge has become a fixture in her life. But he loves someone else.

Throughout the ups and downs of his relationship, Amelia has been there to support him. But even she knows that his relationship is toxic and she tries putting distance between them. Yet, Ash keeps coming back to her, it would take a turn of events for his life to change the minute he gets left at the altar. Now that’s been two years since he parted ways from his ex, Ash is ready to give them a chance. Amelia is afraid that he might still hold feelings for his ex, but she’s waited so long for them to be together that she wonders if giving him a chance might be putting her heart on the line once again.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wait for Always, it is mainly told in Amelia’s POV and it changes from past to present. We have fashion designer, Amelia Ballentine, go on a quest to try to move on from her feelings for Ash Talmadge. But keeps failing due to their close proximity and with him being her brother’s best friend. Being in each other’s lives makes it harder to move on, no matter how much she hates seeing him keep getting hurt in his relationship. It’s through her relationships that Amelia starts to see that she can do better and decides to move to Charleston in hopes of opening up a second store. 

Then Ash comes and all her childhood dreams are in her hands, yet she is hesitant to give them a chance. Since she has seen the relationships around her not last. We get to see them grow and mainly see Amelia come to herself as the story progressed. I loved seeing cameos from some of Linde’s other series as well. Although the story can be read as a standalone, I would highly recommend reading Hold the Forevers for a more detail background on Ash, since we only get to read Amelia’s POV in this story. The ending was sweet, although I wish the author could have extended the epilogue. All in all, if you’re looking for a great friends to lovers romance than I would highly recommend checking out Wait for Always.

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***

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Meet K.A. Linde:

K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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