How We Loved by Lauren Runow
A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance
Leighton River #2
Release Date: March 14, 2024
ABOUT THE BOOK:
We’re just friends, is the biggest lie we’ve ever told ourselves.
Maya
Everyone assumes I’ll end up with Ben Turner.
That’s the trouble with living in a small town. There’s no such thing as privacy.
No one understands that we’ve been in the friend zone our entire life.
But what I’m having trouble understanding these days is why Ben hates my new boyfriend. It’s almost like he’s trying to ruin my relationship.
So, what’s a girl supposed to do when her best friend is standing between her and her happily ever after?
Ben
I promised to always protect Maya.
And if that means keeping the jerks in town away from her, so be it. She deserves better anyway.
But she thinks this new guy is the one. She’s wrong. He’s not good enough for her.
Hell, I’m not good enough for her.
So, when he lets her down—and I know he will—I’ll be there. I’ll do whatever she needs.
Because I’m not about to let anyone ruin my relationship with the most important person in my life.
How We Loved, book 2 in the Leighton River series, is a friends-to-lovers, new adult/sports romance with plenty of emotional and angsty moments and some spicy times. Preorder it today and get ready to fall in love with Maya and Ben.
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When Dalton played us this song at my house last month, all I could think about was Maya. She was always this thing in my life that I had so many feelings for, feelings I wasn’t sure I even fully understood.
But she was also like poison to me, poison that I knew I had to stay away from.
At least, that’s what I always told myself.
Now, I’m not so sure.
When the song says, “She’ll probably be the death of me. But damn if it ain’t sweet,” I feel that shit so deep in my soul that it hurts.
I don’t know what I thought we would become or how our lives would be when we were older, but I know I never imagined my life without her. That was never even an option.
Now, I feel like she’s slipping away, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
I sing at the top of my lungs, “My pretty little poison,” hoping it heals whatever is going on in my heart and my mind for at least the time being.
Right now, that’s all I can ask for. I’ll have to figure out the rest as time goes by.
There’s one thing for sure though: she can’t cut me out of her life completely.
I wouldn’t survive it.
How We Loved by Lauren Runow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a captivating story about friends too afraid of telling each other how they feel. The story is filled with compassion, friendship, and love. Ben and Maya were easy to love. Trevor, on the other hand.. his fate at the end of this story was really satisfying.
The emotional journey this story will put you through, with unexpected twists, and the relatable topics of the characters made this story a wonderful read. Overall the story was beautifully written and engaging and I’m looking forward to seeing what Lauren Runow has in store for us next.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
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MEET THE AUTHOR:
Lauren Runow is the author of multiple Adult Contemporary Romance novels, some more dirty than others. When Lauren isn’t writing, you’ll find her listening to music, at her local CrossFit, reading, or at the baseball field with her boys. Her only vice is coffee, and she swears it makes her a better mom!
Lauren is a graduate from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and is the founder and co-owner of the community magazine she and her husband publish. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.
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