Try Over

A Second Chance Romance (Aloha Series, Book 4)

De: Jill Brashear

Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith

He wants a second chance.

I want revenge....

And I'll do anything to get it.

Two years ago I left Hawaii with a broken heart and a sunburn and never thought I’d go back.

Then I got the invitation to my best friend’s wedding. She’s marrying the surfing world’s biggest dreamboat. And she wants me as her maid of honor.

There are two big problems:

• The wedding is in Hawaii
• The best man is the same gorgeous tour guide who broke my heart

I never want to see Bones Keakealani again. In fact, I wish a piano would fall on his head. But he doesn’t feel the same way about me. He’s insisting he deserves another chance. He promises he has a good reason for breaking my heart, but it will take more than promises for me to forget my heartbreak or my desire for revenge.

I plan to drive him crazy with my rich, handsome (and fake) wedding date.

Because even though the sexy Hawaiian is every bit as tempting as I remembered, the last thing I want with him is another try.

©2022 Jill Brashear (P)2023 Jill Brashear

Book 4 - Aloha series

This is book 4 in Brashear's Aloha series and while I've read / listened to Brashear before, this is the first in the Aloha series I've had the pleasure to listen to. I really enjoyed this insta love romance. I loved the throwback to the 60's. The storyline took me on an emotional roller coaster, and I was captivated from the very start. Adding to all that already goodness is a great cast of characters and dual narration which for me is always a plus. This is Bones and Penny's story and one that won't disapoint!

This book was given to me for free at my request and I voluntarily provided this review.

Sweet Romance

This is the fourth and last book in the Aloha Series. This is a great addition to the series. I loved Bones and Penny's second chance to love. In this installment, we are back to Hawaii for the wedding of Lou and Keoni (Try Easy, book 1). I liked this setting, and the magnificent scenery. Their story is beautifully written, emotional, passionate, and engaging. Great narration from Kaleo Griffith and Henriette Zoutomou. I enjoyed it.

Great retro read with amazing narration

Love love love books that take place in Hawaii. Jill does an amazing job sharing cultural information around the traditions, people and land. Penny and Bones are instantly attracted to one another from the start. They have an easy and fun relationship that they know is short lived due to their living arrangements. However they want to make the best of the time they have together….and do they ever!! But with every happy love story comes challenges and real life struggles - differing cultures, family acceptance, living locations, along with compromising on so many other things. There is intense passion, drama, misunderstandings but these two make this second chance romance work. I enjoyed seeing the characters from the other books and learning where they are in their lives. Love this series! Kaleo Griffith and Henriette Zoutomou did a fantastic job with their performance. The emotion and personality they brought to each character was perfect. I’ve read/enjoyed the book but also enjoyed the audiobook and how the amazing narrators bring these characters to life.

Another fantastic Brashear 1960's Hawaii throwback

I love Jill Brashear! She writes such unique romances, and I do adore her 1960's throwback "Aloha" series. These ones are very special. Try Over is book 4 in the series, and follows Penny (Henry, from book 3's cousin) when she first visits and falls for Bones, and then a few years later when she returns for her friend's wedding... the friend who stayed behind when she left the first time.

Penny thought she and Bones had fallen in love during that brief holiday, and she was ready to change her life and stay, just like her friend was doing... but he broke her heart and told her he didn't love her and she needed to go home - he only did flings with tourists. Meanwhile, he was listening to the advice of an elder who knew future things (not quite a psychic), but things didn't seem to be quite going the way she promised.

Fast forward the 2 years when Penny returns for the wedding and doesn't even want to set eyes on Bones, who happens to be the best man - so they can't avoid each other. Penny tries to do her best to keep out of his path, spending more time with her cousin, but - well, I'm sure everyone knows how a second chance romance is going to turn out, but with Jill Brashear being the brilliant author she is, she takes us through a very beautiful and loopy rollercoaster with a lot of unexpected twists to get us to the end, and it's worth every tense moment to get there.

I highly recommend this book - especially the audio version! Narrated by Henriette Zoutomou, who is a perfect fit for Penny, and Kaleo Griffith, with an excellent Hawaiian voice, an exact match for who I would expect to hear as Bones, you can't go wrong with this audiobook!!

I received an advance listen copy from the author and Home Cooked Books Promotions, and this is my honest feedback.

Bones & Penny!

Bones & Penny. Our couple that has incredible chemistry and when they finally make a go of it, Bones breaks her heart. Now two years later, Penny returns to Hawaii for her best friend's wedding, and is ready to seek her revenge. Will she be able to do it or will her feelings take over? Will Bones care or even want her back? This is a wonderful story of second chances. First off, Hawaii is a beautiful setting, and it only makes me want to go back! All the snorkeling and diving is enough to keep me on the hook. Bones is the man! But he takes bad advice, at least I think it was. Penny has made her new life, but the niggling in the back of her mind has never let Bones go. The story is packed with good friends, gorgeous scenery, the evil villain and a romance that had me pulling for them the entire time! I didn't not read the other books in the series, but this could stand alone. It's a wonderful escape, almost like a mini vacation!

Kaleo Griffith and Henriette Zoutomou tell this story with a fantastic narration. Full of the emotional pulls and angst without being over the top, this made for total entertainment, tugging the heart strings and making me happy.