Wait for Always

4.25stars-heart break, captivating, consuming

4.25stars- WAIT FOR ALWAYS is the fourth instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult COASTAL CHRONICLES erotic, romance series. This is businessman Ash Talmadge, and fashion designer/boutique owner Amelia Ballentine’s story line. WAIT FOR ALWAYS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading book one HOLD THE FOREVERS where Ash Talmadge’s story begins. WAIT FOR ALWAYS follows several timelines crossing over with all of the previous instalments.

NOTE: For fans of KA Linde, there is a slight cross over with the author’s CRUEL Series. If you have not read the Coastal Chronicles series or book one, there may be spoilers in my review.

Told from first person perspective (Amelia) jumping between several timelines WAIT FOR ALWAYS follows the acrimonious romance and relationship between Ash Talmadge and Amelia Ballantine. Amelia Ballantine has been in love with her brother’s best friend Ash Talmadge for as long as she can remember but an errant kiss would break her heart when she watched from the sidelines as Ash Talmadge fell in love with someone else. Life, loves, heart break and betrayals would continue to push Ash and Amelia together but through it all, Ash struggled to move on from the one that got away. What ensues is the back and forth, building romance and relationship between Amelia and Ash, and the potential fall-out as the past continues to control our story line hero.

Ash Talmadge has lusted after his best friend’s sister, a young woman two years younger but a woman who had yet to experience the world. Walking, falling, dropping or crashing in and out of one another’s lives for years, would pull at the heart but none more so than our story line heroine. Amelia watched from afar as Ash’s life imploded, as he continued to pine for a woman who had fallen in love with someone else, while Amelia battled between head and heart knowing she had given her love to a man who loved someone else.

The relationship between Ash and Amelia is fraught with palpable sexual and emotional attraction. Ash struggles to move on from the woman he claimed he would always loved, while Amelia realized she would never experience the love she so wanted from Ash. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include all of the previous story line couples, as well as Amelia’s father Doug, his wife Kathy, and Amelia’s mother. There is history between businessman Nolan Holden and Amelia’s cousin Marina-here’s hoping the author has plans for their story.

WAIT FOR ALWAYS is an emotional story of family and relationships, denial and grief, love and heart break, acceptance and understanding. The premise is captivating and consuming; the romance is emotional and exciting; the characters are struggling, determined and charismatic.