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Amazon Charts bestselling author Jennifer Millikin delivers an emotional and riveting love story.
Charming and heroic, there’s nothing about Gabriel Woodruff that Avery Burke doesn’t love. His warm brown eyes, his generosity, that small scar above his lip. The newspaper photo of him carrying her from a burning home only adds to the romance of it all.
A fairytale beginning and a picture-perfect marriage practically guarantees Avery and Gabriel a ride into the sunset. But every relationship has flaws, and what they ignored while they were busy being flawless eventually surfaces. The unraveling begins with the smallest tug on the tiniest string.
Their fall is spectacular, the kind that makes the paper.
When the fairytale goes up in smoke, Avery and Gabriel are forced to ask themselves hard questions.
What does for better or worse really mean?
Is this their second chance at a once-in-a-lifetime love?
What do we keep, when we lose it all?
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Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
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Cringy lines ruined it
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Cruel Winter with You
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All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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Gaslighting and games
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After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger...but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hookup she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.
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Resting Scrooge Face
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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.
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No-sex, “enemies to lovers,” Christmas short story
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Nocticadia
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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Good but a slight miss
- By Destinyreadsbooks on 01-17-24
By: Keri Lake
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- lindseydomokur
- 09-12-24
Emotional Roller Coaster
This was an emotional roller coaster. It was a whole journey from beginning to end. How a relationship starts, a life starts and how it all begins to crumble. Avery and Gabriel meet in a life altering way and their story is just as traumatic as their meet cute. We see their rise into the happiest they have ever been, and the defining moments that change everything for them. We also get to see them build their lives back from the ground up, separately and then together once again.
No one says relationships are easy, and having one with someone who has addiction issues is even harder. My favorite line from this book was when Gabriel said he knew marriage would be hard, but he didn't realize it would be as hard as it was for them. it is in those struggles that you can give up, or you can chose to do the hard work. I know when we are young we think we are doing what is best, but as we get older we can see exactly what we needed to do to make it work.
I loved Avery's journey, but I really did want to see more of what Gabriel experienced and that left me feeling a little like a part of this story was missing. I do love a good marriage reconciliation and I love when the man fights for what he wants.
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- Bette
- 09-06-24
An Enthralling & Emotional Journey! Amazing🎧📚🎧
Wow, just wow, Jennifer Millikin left me speechless, and it took time to get my voice back, and I am still wowed by this book, the journey, the unique telling of the story, an emotional rollercoaster ride and romance story like no other. The characters are realistic, easy to relate to and connect with. Gabriel Woodruff and Avery Burke’s story starts with an act of heroism, a whirlwind romance, and all was great until it wasn’t and the author is upfront about that in the unique telling of their story, a story that will charm your heart, then breaks it and then puts it back together to give you a whole new heart. No spoilers here, just read or better yet, listen to the audiobook, check your trigger warnings before starting, because the author covers some sensitive topics, and she keeps it all real. The writing, plot, world building, character growth and development are just as incredible as the story itself, which is captivating from start to end. It is a multi-layered story with drama, angst, heartfelt emotions, and steamy romance. A story of love, loss, forgiveness and learning to live and love again. Jennifer Millikin, thank you for this amazing story and emotional rollercoaster ride.
🎧📚🎧 Victoria Dickson and Wesley Mercer did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life, and did so with a complete understanding of who they were portraying, giving each a voice that was fitting and was believable in their roles. Mercer nailed it as Gabriel, showcasing every aspect of his personality and demeanor, from his charm to his struggles and then his determination. Dickson did the same for Avery, showcasing her personality and demeanor perfectly, from her struggles to her strengths. Both were just as fabulous performing the roles of the secondary characters, too. They set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the characters’ emotions and had you feeling them all. These are two entertaining storytellers and their duet performance elevates this already amazing story to another level. Thanks for the wonderful listen.
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- Father Lib
- 09-13-24
What We Keep !!!
HOLY BANANAS I HAVEN’T CRIED THIS HARD AT A BOOK IN A WHILE !!!
This was the craziest rollercoaster ride about a marriage in trouble, changing and growing from grief and the power of second chances . Mixed in with PTSD, trauma, gut-wrenching emotions, endless angst and the hard topics of substance abuse . All while two people, Gabriel Woodruff + Avery Burke, learn that their love was meant to be . Soul mates in every lifetime they are in . Jennifer Millikin is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors - the realness she can bring to the page is perfection . Not to mention that the split timeline of past to present was done flawlessly . Totally a Libby coded book through and through . I need more lol .
This book can be read as a complete standalone .
This audiobook was given to me for honest review by Valentine PR + Management .
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- Jessica Safley
- 09-12-24
Captivating. Raw. Real.
I don’t even know where to begin. I was blown away by Jennifer’s writing. Not only the story, but the formatting. The first half of the book is Avery in therapy retelling the events that led her to the therapist’s couch. The second half is no longer flashbacks and telling their love story, it’s present day and incorporates Gabriel’s POV.
This story wrecked me and still is - I am crying as I reflect on this story to write my review. The whirlwind romance between Avery and Gabriel was a fairytale, their demise was tragic but their second chance was beautiful. While their time apart was heartbreaking, the character growth during that time was phenomenal. They both fought so hard for their love and ended up in an even better place than they were before. Their happily ever after was worth the emotional journey it took to get there.
The narration took this already amazing journey and only enhanced it. Victoria Dickson and Wesley Mercer’s performances were captivating. This was a raw and emotional story and their performances reflected that. Wesley’s emotional performance in the car after Gabriel’s life altering mistake had me sobbing. Victoria Dickson captured all of Avery’s emotions perfectly.
I cannot recommend this book enough! I was already telling friends and family about it before I had even finished it. ♥️
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- E.STAR
- 09-11-24
So much more than a second chance romance
Plot 5/5
Narration 4.5/5
Spice 2/5
This book was incredible. It was so much more than a second-chance romance. Each month, I document which books affected me the most, and in September it was this one. It made such an impact. I love when authors shake up the typical structure of any trope, and make it their own.
Tropes:
✌🏼 Second-Chance Romance
💔 Heartbroken Hero
🚒 Firefighter MMC
❤️Insta-Love
✨Strong Character Development
🌶️ Angst and Longing
💖 Soutmates
The author divided the book into two parts, so I plan to discuss each of them separately:
Part 1-
In this section, we get to sit in on Avery's therapy sessions. We don't know until the very end of part one why she's in therapy. We just know these sessions take place between part on and two, so that dynamic was very fascinating to me. We do know that they both fell hard and fast. They had an inst-love.
Avery: Had to grow up way too quickly, so when Gabriel came along, it was nice having someone else take care of her, versus having to take care of others. This was inevitably a uge issue when faced with major flaws in Gabriel. Her coping mechanism was to cover for others, and minimise her own feelings.
Gabriel: He was perfect until he wasn't. He could never truly be himself. He didn't really feel allowed or able to discuss things from his past, so he kept them hidden and never healed from them.
Part 2-
The aftermath of a failed relationship, and a road to healing and forgiveness.
Avery: She had grown a lot in the 2 years she'd spent away from Gabriel, but when he came back into her life, she finally found the strength to speak her truth to him.
Gabriel: Made a complete 180 in overcoming addiction. I am so proud of his character developement! Jennifer did what she promised. Gave us a complete character redemption. A well deserved HEA!
Conclusion: The ending was incredibly satisfying. Having had someone close deal with alcoholism, this book meant so much. I felt so seen because I also covered for them. I made excuses for them, and I found it hard to confront them when they wouldn't confront it themselves. I felt responsible for them, when it shouldn't have fallen on my shoulders.
“I don’t love you the way I used to.”
She lifts her head, her gaze curious.
“Explain.”
“It’s tangible now.”
My hand caresses her bare back.
“Something I can hold in my palm. Love feels different after you fight for it.”
Thank you Valentine PR and Jennifer for the ALC!
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- 09-07-24
What We Keep ❤️🔥
❤️🔥 What We Keep ❤️🔥
This book will break your heart and put it back together again all in one! It’s devastating and heartbreaking while also being hopeful and heartwarming by showing that true love prevails. This is a great second chance romance and was a wonderful story.
The story is done in two parts and is multiple timelines which I enjoyed. It was very easy to follow and I liked getting to watch their story unfold. You get to see Avery and Gabriel fall in love, fall apart, and come back to one another. It is heartbreakingly beautiful and Jennifer did such a great job with this story! There are some heavier topics shown throughout and it was done with so much care. The struggles of the characters were handled really well which was great to see. I liked both characters and enjoyed getting to watch their journey unfold!
Tropes:
❤️ Second Chance
🔥 Marriage in Trouble (NO cheating NO other woman/man)
❤️ Emotional
🔥 Angsty
❤️ Soulmates
🔥 Broken Hero
❤️ Big City and Small Town
🔥 Firefighter MMC x Therapist FMC
✨ There are some heavier topics within this book, please check content warnings before reading if you have any triggers ✨
This audiobook is duet narration which I really enjoyed! If you like audiobooks I’d recommend this audio!
Thank you Jennifer and valentine pr for an ALC I was so happy to get to read this one early!
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- Monika
- 09-06-24
Emotional, Angsty, Soulmates
What We Keep is a standalone contemporary romance that borders women’s fiction. This is marriage in trouble, firefighter hero who saves the heroine, second chance, and is VERY angsty. I thought after reading Here for the Cake, it would have a light tone. It does not! Avery and Gabriel met when he saved her from a house fire. They began dating and fell deeply in love. There was never going to be another for either Avery or Gabriel. They assumed that they would not break after they married, but Gabriel had trauma that he never dealt with and he downplayed his struggle with alcohol use disorder. He always felt that he needed to put himself on the back burner, because of his past trauma. Avery wasn’t completely innocent when Gabriel hit rock bottom, but having a martyr personality, he felt like he needed to let Avery go. After 3 years, they reunited and now they have to deal with all the demons that neither dealt with before their break up to get their HEA.Be aware that the way the author told this book was very different. There are 2 parts: part 1 was therapist sessions and the POV of Avery and part 2 was dual POV with Avery and Gabriel. It took me a minute to adjust to the different format, because it threw me out of the story. However, once I was connected to the story during part 1, I couldn’t stop listening to the audiobook. This book hurts. We see Avery and Gabriel fall in love, thinking their relationship was invincible. Their downfall was trauma, but they were soulmates. Their second chance was gorgeously written. The emotions punched, but we got a well earned HEA. I love the therapy rep in this book! The character growth was inevitable, but their journey from seemingly perfect to realistically flawed with a growth of love was well done. There isn’t a lot of spice, but it didn’t need it.
What We Keep was everything I want in a marriage in trouble romance. I would recommend the audiobook. Victoria Dickson and Wesley Mercer did a fantastic job!
TW: divorce, DUI, alcohol abuse disorder, parent neglect, death of a loved one off page, surviving a fire, PTSD
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- Emily Johnston
- 12-04-24
Emotional damage
Emotional damage - omg this book pulled out allllll the feels.
Gabriel and Avery’s story is so imperfectly perfect for them and I loved it.
Can’t wait to read more by this author.
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- Alexandra
- 09-10-24
"If the promise of the future is enough to make you forgive the past, then do it.”
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🌶🌶
𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴:
❤️🔥 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
❤️🔥 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰
❤️🔥 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘹 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵/𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳
❤️🔥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩
❤️🔥 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵
❤️🔥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴
❤️🔥 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦
❤️🔥 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 & 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯
Check trigger warnings but nothing else.
I loved this book! The way @jenmillwrites writes makes you truly feel like you are with Avery & Gabriel in every step of their journey - the meeting, the falling in love, the crash & burn, and the healing together. This book had me in my feelings. Avery and Gabriel’s story broke my heart and then stitched it back together ❤️🔥 Their journey was so special and so realistic. The message was truly beautiful 🥹 If you love a second chance romance, I highly recommend this book!
🎧 The duet narration was flawless! Victoria Dickson & Wesley Mercer did an amazing job.
Thank you @valentine_pr_ and @jenmillwrites for this ALC 🫶🏼
Ps: I feel like I NEED to read all of Jennifer Millikan's books now 🥰
🔥Quotes🔥
If a hero would sacrifice their love to save the world, but a villain would sacrifice the world to save their love, what does that make me?
“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”
"Baby, we're in trouble." "What kind of trouble?" “The kind that buries you alive, and all you can do is hope rescue never arrives.” “I like that idea.” “Being buried alive?” “Being inundated. That’s what I want to be. Inundated with you. By you.”
True loneliness isn’t being alone. It’s being with someone else and still finding yourself alone. A truth I wish I never learned.
“I’ve had a lot of time to think about this. And it’s not ugliness. All the mistakes that make us human, they’re not ugly. They’re as beautiful as all the pretty things we do.”
"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵." 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦."
The way it was. My lips on yours. Your hand in mine. I thought we were fine. Fine isn’t what we were. I broke us. Choked the life from us. The wolf arrived. And I surrendered. I’ll retrace my steps to show you. If you’re not done, neither am I.
How do you choose what to say when there’s a sea of words to choose from? How do you choose what to say when you’re not sure there’s a point to any of it?
“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒏.”
If the promise of the future is enough to make you forgive the past, then do it.”
This, right here, is what life’s all about. Loving beyond measure.
Some people claim love makes a person weak, but I disagree. Real love forces a person to do the hard work. It will ask you to get uncomfortable, to expose the wound, to confront what hurts you most. That requires strength. Fortitude. And above all else, compassion.
Hard-won love is sweeter.
Avery and Gabriel are sent on a journey of love, loss, and learning. I asked them to examine what happens when, even with the very best intentions, we don’t tend our own garden. What wounds shape us, making us who we are? What do we keep close, even to our detriment?
“Every day we are alive, we are experiencing. The joy, the struggle, the strife. We take little bits of those experiences, and we walk on into the next day. We can’t control what happens around us, or what other people do, but we make choices. We choose the hurts we cling to, the truths and lies we allow to mold us and shape us. You can allow the shame you feel about your mistakes to weigh you down and keep you from growing, or you can pick out what lessons you want to learn from them, and keep those instead. It’s your choice.”
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- Charlotte Lynn
- 09-05-24
Great narrators for a great story
What We Keep is my first time listening or reading a Jennifer Millikin book. I really enjoyed it. I love dual narrators. Victoria Dickson and Wesley Mercer had the perfect voices to bring the story to life.
I could feel Avery's love for Gabriel and I love their story. I love their relationship, their joys, and their pains. Everything about the couple made them realistic and relatable. I was invested in them figuring out what was next for them and the way to get to whatever was next.
I did not realize that this was part of a series, although I had not read any of the series. I jumped right in and never realized I was missing anything. I am going to go back and listen to more of this series just because I loved the characters so much.
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