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Stan has never let his blindness hold him back, but he’s beginning to realise his love life is keeping him from moving forward.

He can’t remember a time when he wasn’t in love with his best friend. Rafferty is everything to him—his partner in crime, his confidante, and the person who understands him best. But Rafferty is incapable of reciprocating Stan’s feelings.

As a successful wedding planner, Rafferty is passionately committed to helping newlyweds begin their happily-ever-afters, but after a rootless childhood he’s equally determined not to seek his own. How can he trust in love and marriage when so many of his brides and grooms are repeat customers?

Stan is the glue that keeps the pieces of Rafferty’s life together, and as such Rafferty has always kept Stan safely in the friend box where he can’t lose him. However, lately that conviction has wavered and now Rafferty is bursting with complicated feelings for his best friend. The timing couldn’t be worse because Rafferty has realised he’s in love with Stan just as Stan is moving on.

 

Book Review

“I always wanted you even when I didn’t know what I wanted... the chapter that I didn’t know the words to, but always knew it existed. And when I finally found it and began to read, I knew I was home.” ~  J.M. Storm

 

Rafferty, of 'Something Borrowed' by Lily Morton, enjoys his job as a wedding planner, but due to his dysfunctional family, he has little faith in lasting relationships. Rafferty's idea of a relationship is an anonymous, no-strings-attached hookup. Other than his best friend Stan, Rafferty feels no attachment to anyone.

 

Stan has known for a long time that he is in love with Rafferty. However, knowing Rafferty's aversion to anything 'romantic’, Stan keeps his feelings to himself.

 

Rafferty has always believed that Stan would be there, regardless. However, when Stan starts seeing someone new, it triggers a profound epiphany for Rafferty. He concludes that not only is Stan the best friend he could ever have, but the love of his life. The question is, is it too late?

 

'Something Borrowed' is a great addition to the 'Confetti Hitched' series. Rafferty was such a rascal. If he had not been so charming, he'd have been in big trouble, but as it is, he was always forgiven. Stan's bravery and fierce independence despite his vision loss touched me profoundly. Rafferty's ability to anticipate his needs like no one else almost made me cry. Thank you, Lily, for Rafferty and Stan's tale, reminding me never to take anyone for granted.

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 286 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	22-July-2024
Price	$5.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D823Z151