Review: modern day tale of second chances
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
In the third installment of Annalisa Nicole's Running Into Love series SECOND CHANCE we get Adrian Wellingtons story, and as the name suggests this is a tale of lost love and second chances. Adrian was married young, many years ago to his childhood sweetheart Shay. Young love as they say can be tricky and after being in a serious car accident involving both himself and Shay, which left  Adrian unable to realise his dream of a professional sports star, and a wife, Shay disappearing after the accident and serving him with divorce papers.When both Shay and Adrian literally collide on an ice skating rink all these years later, they are both left shaken and angry, and then being forced to work together on a project neither can lose, old hurts come to the surface and they both have to decide if the other is worth this chance they have at healing old wounds and reconnection, is this their second chance??Annalisa'a writing has an almost modern day fairy tale quality to it, and what I love is that there is no unnecessary angst in her stories. Sure there is drama and yes sometimes heartache but Annalisa is an author whose books I pick up when I want to remember that love can conquer all.The similarities between each of the books in the Running Into Love series are there, but Second Chance had less of the fairy tale and a dash more realism for me. Lost love, past hurts and two people trying to move on from someone they've never truly forgotten. While I loved getting to know Adrian & Shay's story I didn't feel as invested with this couple as I did with others in the previous books. I'm not sure I could even tell you the reason for the disconnect, I was connected, I was invested but I lost my way a little in the middle and found myself wondering more about Chloe and Max, two members of the extended Wellington clan. Two characters I desperately hope get their HEA. Despite losing my way somewhere along the way, Annalisa drew me back in towards the end, she once again had me invested and left a smile on my face as I finished the last page.If you haven't picked up this series yet, do yourself a favour and pick up Take A Chance and start there.