I’d never met anyone quite like Mathias Wade.
He was brooding and arrogant, but I loved him anyway.
Together we were wild and uncontained—a hurricane raging.
Then I had to leave, and words were exchanged that could never be undone.
But now I was back, and Mathias better watch out, because this bitch wasn’t finished with him.
Game. Set. Match.
All is fair in love and war, right?
Mathias Wade, the lead singer of Willow Creek, is used to getting everything he wants. Except for Remy Parker—the one that got away. Childhood friends that grew into more, Remy was the one constant in his life until she moved away. In anger, he lashed out and broke the only girl he ever loved. With temptation around every corner Mathias drowns his sorrow in women and alcohol. When the band returns to their hometown for the holidays the last thing Mathias expects is to run into Remy—but she’s back, and she’s not done with him.
Remy never forgot Mathias or the pain he caused her. When she moves back to the place she grew up to take care of her ailing grandma her heart is set on revenge. She’s determined to make Mathias fall in love with her all over again—only this time she’s going to break his heart.
But Mathias never stopped loving Remy—and she soon discovers that her feelings haven’t disappeared either.
Can two people too stubborn for their own good overcome their own demons and find the love they always deserved?
Excerpt
I jumped up on the counter and he moved to stand in front of me, bracing his hands beside my hips. I kicked my legs against the cabinets like a little kid as he stared down at me intensely. I wasn’t sure what he was looking for in my eyes, but he must have found it, because he cupped my cheek and leaned in.
“This feels like when we were younger,” he whispered. “Like no time at all has passed.” His words echoed my previous thoughts.
I closed my eyes, feeling his breath fan across my lips.
God, I’d missed him.
It didn’t seem possible to miss someone I’d grown to hate, but I did.
I was pretty sure that when someone like Mathias came into your life they were impossible to forget.
He was like the sun, burning so bright that even once he was gone I was still blinded.
“Did you ever miss me?” I asked. “Even once?” I held my breath, waiting for him to explode—because that was Mathias. He could be nice one minute and an asshole the next. I wouldn’t put it past him to kick me out for my question.
Instead he surprised me by leaning in impossibly closer and nuzzling my neck. “Always.”
So if you read Last to Know, you met Mathias already. Maddox’s super broody, angry-at-the-world twin brother. Everything Maddox is, Mathias is not. Because I really just adored Maddox and his super playful personality, it made me really intrigued to read about Mathias and who he is, how he became so jaded, and where his story could go. Enter… Remy. His one time love, his high school girlfriend, his only. Remy is so much like Mathias, although I can’t really say she’s angry. She’s been dealt a rough hand in one aspect of her life that’s caused her to stay pretty closed off from the world. Add that to the fact that she’s just a ball of spunk and has a no-care attitude, she and Mathias are pretty electric together.
Remy coming back to her hometown where she once loved Mathias was never in her plans, nor was it in his plans to ever walk into a bar and see her bartending in his hometown. When the two one-time loves meet once again, the sparks that fly are enough to burn down a home.
I must admit, I so adore a boy next door. I can’t help it. So when a bad boy truly breaks me down and makes me love him, I know it’s for a reason. Mathias is so broody and focused and angry but seeing him transform into this whole different person for Remy… ***sigh***
“You give me a new reason to love you every day.” <“People screamed the guys’ names, thrusting out scraps of paper and boobs for them to sign.” <
I think what I loved about Never too Late was that it had so many elements to it. It was steamy. Oh wow, was it steamy! Fan yourself yum. It was so sweet. Remy and Mathias together is so explosive that when those sweet moments collide with the steamy ones it made my pulse race. It was funny! I already proved that… so many great one liners and a Grandma! I LOVE you funny grandmas! And finally, it was heart racing.
Micalea Smeltzer did just a fabulous job with Never too Late, I adored it. I will say I recommend reading Last to Know first, but it would read great either way.
**I received an early copy for an honest review.
Micalea Smeltzer is a bestselling Young and New Adult author from Winchester, Virginia. She’s always working on her next book, and when she has spare time she loves to read and spend time with her family.
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