Review: The Title says it all!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
I received an ARC for an honest review....I love Lacey's style of writing, this book was no exception, although I did find myself with tears welling up in my eyes through many parts of the book.Imagine running into your first true love after twenty years of being apart.Mia and Adrian had met when she was 15, he was her first love...the one she thought about and couldn't get out of her mind. They never really broke up - they separated, as they lived on two different continents.  "Distance was an enemy neither of us had conquered until now."Imagine Mia's surprise when she's on a girls night out and sees her one true love, the one she never really got over.  "Fate. Second Chances.  Because I can't stand living without you anymore".  Those were enough words to send Mia over the edge, even though she had been the one to stop writing to Adrian, she had never really moved on, she just locked those memories away, and when he stepped back into her life if was almost as if they were never separated.Adrian had kept tabs on Mia over the past 20 years and had recently got in contact with her mom, so he knew exactly where to run into her.  The spark and connection between the two of them was electric.  He assured her that they would take baby steps, and he wouldn't push her into anything she wasn't ready for, although he longed to make up for his past mistakes and make her his wife.  He also put her needs and the needs of her children first.Adrian had explained to Mia when she came back that last summer, and he was with someone else, he was with her because she was pregnant with his child.  In a lot of ways he and Mia were alike as they were both single parents as their partners both had problems with alcohol, not to mention they had never really forgotten the bond that the two of them shared.Adrian tells Mia he'll be there as long as she wants him to be.  "You and me.  We are the real deal.  I've never loved anyone the way I loved you."  He reminds her, "You wanted me to be your first, and I want you to be my last."  Every time Adrian brings up marriage, Mia tells him she can't, she can't fail him.  Yet she knows in her heart he is everything she has always wanted.Mia thinks she's pushed Adrian away when her ex rushes over to tell her that Adrian was leaving the country.  She takes off to the airport to try to stop him.  She's crying in the airport because she thinks she's the one who is causing him to leave, when he's suddenly there by her side.  He explains the misunderstanding her ex might have had that brought him to that conclusion.  They take separate cars and head home in the pouring rain.  Talking via bluetooth, Adrian assures Mia she'll be alright as she hates driving in the rain - they tell each other I love you, when suddenly there's a crash.Adrian is in an induced coma to help him recover. Mia calls his son Matt, who rushes to be by his dads side.  In the hospital, Matt asks Mia if she love his dad.  He assures her that his dad will pull through for Mia.  "My father's biggest regret was always losing his first love."Matt and Mia are talking about first loves, and him not wanting to make the mistake his dad did, so he is putting a ring on his girlfriends finger the minute he gets back home.  He asks Mia if she'd marry his dad if he asked, and she says yes.  Suddenly Adrian squeezes her hand.Even after 20 years, you can't deny your first love.