Always Only You by Chloe Liese

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Title: Always Only You
Author: Chloe Liese
Series: Bergman Brothers #2
Published by: Indie
Release Date: August 4, 2020
Format: ebook
Pages: 355
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports Romance
Source: Overdrive
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2023 COYER Chapter 2, Lenoreo's 2023 Diversity Reading Challenge
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My rating:

Blurb:

Get ready for an emotional ride filled with laughter, longing, and a sweet slow-burn in this sports romance about love’s power not in spite of difference, but because of it.

Ren

The moment I met her, I knew Frankie Zeferino was someone worth waiting for. Deadpan delivery, secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes my knees weak, Frankie has been forbidden since the day she and I became coworkers, meaning waiting has been the name of my game—besides, hockey, that is.

I’m a player on the team, she’s on staff, and as long as we work together, dating is off-limits. But patience has always been my virtue. Frankie won’t be here forever—she’s headed for bigger, better things. I just hope that when she leaves the team and I tell her how I feel, she won’t want to leave me behind, too.

Frankie

I’ve had a problem at work since the day Ren Bergman joined the team: a six foot three hunk of happy with a sunshine smile. I’m a grumbly grump and his ridiculously good nature drives me nuts, but even I can’t entirely ignore that hot tamale of a ginger with icy eyes, the perfect playoff beard, and a body built for sin that he’s annoyingly modest about.

Before I got wise, I would have tripped over myself to get a guy like Ren, but with my diagnosis, I’ve learned what I am to most people in my life—a problem, not a person. Now, opening my heart to anyone, no matter how sweet, is the last thing I’m prepared to do.

​Always Only You is an opposites-attract, forbidden love sports romance about a nerdy, late-blooming hockey star, and his tough cookie coworker who keeps both her soft side and her autism diagnosis to herself. Complete with a meddling secretary, tantric yoga torture, and a scorching slow burn, this standalone is the second in a series of novels about a Swedish-American family of five brothers, two sisters, and their wild adventures as they each find happily ever after.

My Review:

4.5 stars — Wow, this one was both eye opening and adorable!  I definitely loved it a lot more than book 1, and I don’t know if it was switching to ebook over audiobook, or if these characters were just more Lenore characters.  I have a feeling it was a good dose of both of those things, among others.

Frankie was a fantastic heroine.  She had some great sass and spunk, and I loved getting an inside view of life on the spectrum and life with arthritis.  I’m so glad there are autistic authors out there willing to give us a glimpse into a few different ways autism can present itself, what it’s like for that individual, and, you know, just all the good things about reading about people not like yourself.  I appreciated how Frankie had struggled to find out what worked for her, what didn’t, how she could be happy with her life…and that like everyone else, she was still figuring that out.  My absolute favourite moment was when she and Ziggy had their moment together.  Just perfection.

I loved how smart she was, how hilarious, and watching her grow and learn how to trust someone else with her heart again was beautiful.

Ren was obviously just book boyfriend gold for me.  I mean, come on — shy, gentle, kind, thoughtful, hilarious, and nerdy?  Yes please!  I even appreciated how he saw his role on his hockey team.

And obviously I adored them together.  They brought a great balance, both of them supporting the other when necessary.

So yeah.  So glad I tried another Bergmann sibling book!  I will definitely be reading more.