Don't Fall in Love (and how to break the rules)
This is the second book in the Second Chance Chronicles (although all the stories can be read as standalones).
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When Chrissie walks into her classroom on the first day of term, the last person she expects to bump into is new teacher Nisha, an old flame from the sun-soaked summer of her A levels.
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Following her recent escape from a cult and a bad break-up, Chrissie has set herself three rules for her new life.
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Rule one: don’t fall in love. So what should she do when her eyes meet Nisha’s one too many times across the glue sticks?
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Rule two: give back to her Kings Heath community in Birmingham, especially the children in her class.
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Rule three: question everything, especially her growing passion for Nisha when they take their pupils on a residential trip to France.
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Will Chrissie overcome her demons and find love? Can she rebuild her life after her traumatic experience? And will Nisha love her back when someone from her past makes her an offer she can’t refuse?
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Don’t miss this dramatic, humorous, feel-good story of love and redemption from the award-winning author of Swiping Right (and other disasters).
Perfect for fans of Clare Lydon, Casey McQuiston and Clare Ashton.
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This books features popular lesbian and WLW romance tropes including second chances, friends to lovers, love later in life, forbidden love, old flames, workplace romance, forced proximity, only one bed. Set in the United Kingdom you'll find all the feels and all the laughs.
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What the readers say
Amazon review:
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Brilliant! Five Stars!
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Experience has taught Chrissie she needs to stay focused and determined to follow her rules of not falling in love, giving back to the community, and questioning everything. When she ends up working along Nisha, someone she used to be very much in love with, those rules are challenged. But also Nisha is offering Chrissie somewhat a second chance, and the chance is a most tempting one.
Although this book follows on from the first in The Second Chance Chronicles, if you haven’t read that yet you can very much enjoy this one without knowing anything further. I have read the first book, so was super excited we were getting Chrissie’s story now, and I highly recommend reading the first book in the chronicles if you can first. I loved the story though, and it was perfect for Chrissie to have a chance to rebuild her life and prove that people can change. She was so disciplined with her rules until Nisha really made her want to give in and ignore them, but her heart was winning out on that and I was along for the ride agreeing at this point.
Nisha was fun and really brought out the best in Chrissie. She was encouraging and once she knew everything Chrissie had been through, she was also supportive and understanding of why Chrissie had her rules and perhaps hesitated to take the chance with Nisha. Chrissie had grown a lot as a character but was also accepting that she had more room to grow and be better. It was Nisha who helped her to realise that she shouldn’t hold back from feeling deserving of her own happiness now though, especially when she’d already significantly been making so much progress. There were lots of cute moments shared between them to balance out some of the more emotional moments, and together they actually had a lot of fun, which really made me smile. And of course being surrounded by children because of their jobs, meant there was always something going on to keep them on their toes, challenge them, and keep things interesting.
I really did love every second of this story and all Chrissie and Nisha achieved. I’m excited for their future, and it might have just been me, but there were a few little things in there that I could relate to an Easter egg or two and I loved them. A great story that I hope everyone will enjoy.