Caitlin has always been the princess of her family. Being the only daughter of the head of a mafia family, she has had a lot of times when decisions were made for her. For as long as she can remember she has liked Callen. The problem is, that Callen is her brother’s best friend. Callen has been told by his best friend in no uncertain terms that his sister is off-limits. He has been keeping his feelings at bay for four years, but living under the same roof has taken its toll and they both give in to the feelings for one night. When that one night leads to a surprise pregnancy, the cat’s out of the bag and everyone knows what happened between the two of them. 

I was excited to see how this book would go. We have Caitlin Beneventi, whose dad is part of the mafia, as well as an overprotective brother in Maddox. I loved Caitlin in this book. She stood up to everyone and stood her ground. Caitlin had such strength through all that happened with both Callen and her family. With her strength, we also saw her stubbornness. I thought Callen was such a sweetheart. Doing what he thought was right, he worked hard to regain Caitlin’s trust. I loved how willing he was to tell Maddox and his family about them being together, it was refreshing to see rather than hiding. 

As with any book in the Kroydon Hills universe, we have several characters from previous books coming in offering advice and friendships to both Caitlin and Callen. I did love that we got to see more of Caitlin’s brothers, as well as music star Lilah. I’m excited to see whose story we will get next! This book was both heartbreaking and comforting. You will go through a range of emotions, often from page to page. Callen and Caitlin are imperfect, but their love is beautiful.

This book has one of my typically least favourite tropes in an accidental pregnancy, but Bella Matthews managed to make me love this story and brought me to tears. I loved Callen and Caitlin together and their story was wonderful. You can read this book as a standalone, but all of her books are connected and I recommend reading all the stories for a greater depth of knowledge of the characters you encounter. 

I’ve always loved Bella’s writing and this book truly knocked it out of the park. If you love a book with heart, this would be the perfect one for you! Thank you to the author for an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine. 

Read if you like: brother’s best friend, football romance, black cat energy, touch her and die, surprise pregnancy, forbidden romance