A Wilder Wedding (The Wilder Brothers #7.5)

Carrie Ann Ryan

Blurb:

The Wilders know their weddings and this time it’s for one of their own.

Naomi and Amos have been the secret backbone to the Wilder Brothers’ Retreat and Winery for years.

They’ve also loved and hated each other along the way.

Their on and off again relationship has always worked for them, but now it’s getting in the way of the next Wilder Wedding.

If they don’t figure out what they want, one of them will have to do what they feared: leave the Wilders.

But if they take that leap, they might just break.

Or finally have what they’ve always wanted.

Each other.

Themes: Novella, Contemporary

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

Many of us have wondered about the true story of Amos and Naomi since the beginning of the Wilder Brothers series began and Carrie Ann Ryan Finally gives us their fraught and tragic love story as they come together, fall apart, and then finally win their HEA. I was truly rooting for Amos and Naomi to get their HEA, but I hated the way that Amos kept breaking Naomi’s heart and leaving her hurting even though her love for him never waned. Amos is the kind of protective male that has never really embraced his emotions and learned to express his emotions in anything more than the physical way. While he obviously cares deeply for Naomi, he fears that he will hold her back and he wants her to be able to achieve all of her goals in life without getting in her way. Naomi wants badly to succeed in her career, but losing the man she loves is not part of her plan to get there, but she can’t be around him day-in and day-out without being with him. Only when he is truly forced to accept the possibility of Naomi no longer being in his life, does Amos come to understand what truly losing her will mean to him and he steps up to show her that he can change. The love between these two is strong and passionate and that push-pull is heart wrenching until they finally find their way to peace. I loved getting to know Naomi more, seeing her growing and pushing for what she wants and deserves from life and demanding her due. Amos is a typical dude that needs some sense slapped into him and thankfully the Wilders are there to provide that for him. It was great to see all our favorite Wilders woven through this story and I loved the wedding scenes for sure. I am dying to see more of Amos and Naomi in future stories in the series now that they have found their HEA and gotten their relationship figured out. Carrie always manages to give her readers that bit of closure that we need as we become invested in the characters in her series and this Naomi/Amos novella is a perfect example, Carrie on!

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