The Second Chance Plan

Caught Up In Love, Book 3

By: Lauren Blakely

Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Emma Wilder

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

From number-one New York Times best-selling author Lauren Blakely comes a second-chance romance that'll make your heart feel good! Performed by Zachary Webber and Emma Wilder!

I have a big plan for my career and it most certainly doesn’t involve my ex. AKA my first love.

It definitely doesn’t entail working with him every day on a brand-new project for my jewelry line.

And it absolutely doesn’t include falling for the man all over again.

But the trouble is, he’s kind, charming, and so damn smart. Not to mention easy on the eyes. And thoughtful, too.

Also, he wants to get to know me again. To take me out for coffee, to chat on the phone, to go to museums.

It’s a dizzying, delicious courtship, but I don’t know if my heart can handle this from the man who broke it to pieces once upon a time....

Or am I willing to risk everything for a second chance at first love?

Author’s Note: The Second Chance Plan was previously titled Caught Up in Us (which is no longer available). The Second Chance Plan is a fresh new take on that second chance romance, with a reimagined plot and vastly expanded characterizations. This new version with brand-new narration contains more than 65% new material. I hope you enjoy this new edition of my first romance novel!

©2020 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2023 Lauren Blakely

✫✫ 4.5 Stars✫✫

I love second chance romance! This book is heartwarming, sweet, sexy and funny all in one.
I read the original version of this book and have to say the re-imagined version was much smoother and was easy to get lost in. Kat & Bryan had chemistry and from the very beginning you could feel their connection even all these years later. I love the past and present scenes so you get to know them then and now also. The ending was a perfect HEA <3 Really enjoyed this one!

Narration was perfect because Zachary Webber & Emma Wilder are great at what they do!

Sweet romance

This was a thoroughly enjoyable story, with old heartache battling with a torch that was never extinguished. The heroine’s personal growth was a delightful journey, navigating school, life lessons, and the challenges of being in love. The love scene contained just enough sauciness with an appropriate amount of sweetness.

I did not read the original version, but revision was well-done!

Very good book and performance

Very good performance. The story was a little dated but still very good. I enjoy all of her books but I really enjoy her most recent book story lines and audible performances.

Worth it

I don't normally like 2nd chance romances, but took a chance on this one. It was great. Not too much focus on the past while giving you the backstory and keeping your interest in the present day. Sometimes the regular time jumps between POVs can be distracting or confusing, but in this story it all worked to build to the climax.

Really enjoyed it. Hope others will, too!

Good Storyline, Narration a Bust

I enjoyed the development of the storyline, but Emma Wilder was the wrong choice for the female narrator, her voice is way too breathy- and never have her do a love scene - she missed the mark repeatedly.

Zachary Webber was great, but had limited text; he could have been allotted much more reading for my enjoyment.

There were a few times when Webber jumped in unexpectedly as Brian’s voice, when most of the time, Emma Wilder did an unpleasant delivery of the male voice. I’d prefer one or the other deliveries throughout.

The descriptions of the various locales were fabulous; they put you in Mystic, NYC, and Paris.

I loved this book the second time around too!

I really enjoyed the updates in this book. I read it initially in its old format and loved it then. But I think I liked this version better. And this time around, I listened to the audiobook, which both Emma and Zachary narrated fabulously! Great narrators can just bring that extra emotion and “wow” to a book. And these two did. When you have two of the best in the biz narrate a Lauren Blakely book, you know it’s gonna be a winner! Loved it!!

Do Second Chances Really Work Out??

He broke her heart, left her feeling adrift and unloved. Now he's back and it's messing with her future and her heart. Can he win her back, does he want her back, does she want him back? Witty, angst filled and sweetly romantic this book is the perfect Rom Com to enjoy listening to with excellent performances from the 2 different readers that helps to really bring the story to life.

Fun second chance romance

As always, there's great banter between the couple, Bryan and Kat. This is a second-chance romance as Bryan broke up with Kat five years ago. Now, they have to work together as Bryan helps mentor Kat to help her pass her class but also, so that she can really succeed with her jewelry line. I loved their interactions and their chemistry. It was a well done story, with many flashbacks showing us how they were in the past and coinciding with their present. I enjoyed the book.

I also got the chance to listen to the book through Audible Escape and Zachary Webber and Emma Wilder were both amazing, as always. I love both narrators; they are not just really great at playing their own characters but others within the story. I can almost picture them as they narrate their parts. So fun and a great listen.

Second Chances

I loved how Lauren brought these two young people back together. Brian and Kat were apart from one another due to a decision Brian made about work. He ends up being up her mentor for her final class to achieve her MBA. Kats heart had been broken by Brian and she was horrified to be matched up with him for her final class. She had a hard time forgetting her feelings for him. the book went back and forth between the present and 5 year's ago. Zachary Webber and Emma Wilder did a wonderful job of narration.

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What happens when u figure out u are still in love with your first love, when u thought u got over him? Read this book and find out...

Kat is finishing up college. One of her last classes, she has to do a mentor program. Well, her mentor turns out to be her first love thatbshe hasn't seen or spoken to in 5 years. Ever since he broke her heart.