Honeyed by Carrie Aarons

Honeyed
Ashton Family #2
by Carrie Aarons
Release Date: September 22, 2023

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Growing up in a house full of brothers, it’s not a surprise that Alana Ashton is the princess of Hope Crest.

Being the only female of the small town’s founding family means that while she usually gets her way, she has to work doubly hard to earn and keep respect. Veering from her expected path to follow crazy dreams, like opening her own shop, not only isn’t in the cards, it’s also not taken seriously. So when her best friend, the ex-high school quarterback with a smile of gold and a traumatic past, proposes marriage out of the blue after years of Alana not-so-secretly pining after him, the answer isn’t an automatic no.

Marrying him, and the fortune they’ll both inherit if she specifically says I do, could be just the thing to set her vision in motion. But can she keep their decades-long relationship strictly business, or will those long unrequited feelings fool her into thinking this union will be for life?

Warren Teal is the orphan no one wanted but everyone speculated about.

After his father tragically took his mother from him, Warren’s story has been broadcast in the media for years. Cue the Ashtons, who took him under their wings the first time Alana brought him home in middle school. Years later, Hope Crest’s royal family offered him a job at their renowned restaurant, and Warren thought he’d found the quiet, under-the-radar life he’d always been searching for.

Until the day he received a letter leaving him a fortune. There was just one catch; he must marry to receive it. And not just anyone, but the gorgeous, stubborn woman he’d always loved in secret but never felt worthy of. Knowing he could return the favor and grant her wildest dreams, he popped the question.

But when his past comes for the future they’re building, she gets caught in the crossfires of the danger and darkness meant for him. Divorce, and breaking his own heart, seem like the only options to keep her safe.

Even if doing so means he may never get to confess that their fake marriage is the realest love he’s ever experienced.

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Honeyed by Carrie Aarons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ashton family saga continues with Alana and Warren. They’ve been best friends since they were kids and it’s been just as long as they’ve loved one another. But keeping his promise to her father, Warren> kept his love and adoration hidden because of feeling like he was never going to be good enough, leaving Alana with few insecurities of her own. But life has a few surprises ready for our lovebirds, which leaves them needing to get married.

Being around each other nonstop soon has them falling into each other’s arms. And when they finally let out all the secrets and feelings that they both had harboring for one another, nothing will stand in their way of riding off into the sunset.

Book 2 and I’m still in love. Papa Ashton is giving me a headache and at this point I’m not a fan no matter how many times he says he’s sorry for overstepping. Hopefully for book 3 he’s more understanding and is not causing too many problems for his children.

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MEET THE AUTHOR:

Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.