Wes and Addie Had Their Chance: A Love Story, by Bethany Turner, is the unofficial Book 3 of the Adelaide Springs series.
Addie’s in her hometown, recovering from a few hard things, and she’s not ready to discuss anything related to Wes, which makes life interesting since he’s big news as the country’s forerunner for president.
When Wes shows up, hoping for redemption, things get interesting for Addie, especially since she keeps tripping over him.
The prologue of Wes and Addie Had Their Chance had me laughing out loud and firmly taking Addie’s side. But as so often happens in real life, things aren’t always as clear-cut as they appear.
As you get to know Wes, you wonder if he wasn’t the villain you thought he was.
Wes and Addie Had Their Chance is a second-chance romance with hints of a redemption story. Both Addie and Wes wrestle with what they lost and also handle grief, which makes some portions of it heavy.
Wes and Addie Had Their Chance will remind readers that sometimes love means giving someone a second chance after they hurt you. It means being willing to listen to the other person’s side and empathizing with them.
This novel will also remind readers of the importance of clear communication and truly listening to what the other person says and not just responding.
Wes and Addie Had Their Chance may be read as a standalone, but it is best enjoyed if you’ve read Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other and Cole and Laila Are Just Friends first.
If you like second chances or later-in-life romances, check out Wes and Addie Had Their Chance.
I received an advanced reader’s copy from the publisher through NetGalley; a positive review was not required.
About Wes and Addie Had Their Chance: A Love Story
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Wes left Addie at the altar two decades ago . . . and that was supposed to be the end of the story.
When her life crashes and burns in a flurry of secrets and redacted information, Addie Atwater-Elwyn hightails it home to the tiny mountain town of Adelaide Springs, Colorado–back to living with her dad, back to working a low-paying job, back to a life of disappointments. Growing up, nobody expected their local girl to become a high-ranking CIA analyst, married to a gorgeous CIA operative. But that was Addie’s life until she lost . . . well, everything.
Now she’s trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life with a little help from old friends. But there’s one old friend she knows her life is better without–Wesley Hobbes, her childhood sweetheart who left her standing at the altar when they were eighteen years old. Truth be told, Addie would be perfectly content never seeing Wes’s stupid face ever again–which makes it very inconvenient that he’s now a beloved senator and presidential frontrunner, his face everywhere she looks. But that has nothing to do with Addie personally. He might make history, but in her book, he is history.
So, when the unwelcome Wes appears back in their hometown, no one rolls out the red carpet–not Addie and not an entire town that was forced to pick sides (and unanimously chose Addie) decades ago. Senator Hobbes certainly won’t win the popular vote in Adelaide Springs.
Wes, meanwhile, is sitting on a few secrets of his own, including the political scoop of the decade: he’d seriously rather gouge his eyes out than spend another minute in politics, much less ever go anywhere near the White House. Addie knows there has to be more to the story, and her curiosity is clouding her judgment. You can take the girl out of the CIA, but it’s not so easy to shake the CIA out of the girl.
Of course, it’s not just curiosity (and the acknowledgement that his face isn’t so stupid after all) that’s been reawakened inside her. But after more than two decades, it’s too late. Wes and Addie already had their chance. Right?
About Bethany Turner
Bethany Turner has been writing since the second grade, when she won her first writing award for explaining why, if she could have lunch with any person throughout history, she would choose John Stamos. She stands by this decision.
Bethany now writes pop culture–infused rom-coms for a new generation of readers who crave fiction that tackles the thorny issues of life with humor and insight.
She lives in Southwest Colorado with her husband, whom she met in the nineties in a chat room called Disco Inferno. As sketchy as it sounds, it worked out pretty well in this case, and they are now the proud parents of two teenagers.
Connect with Bethany at seebethanywrite.com or across social media @seebethanywrite, where she clings to the eternal dream that John Stamos will someday send her a friend request. Text her any time at (970) 387-7811.