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The Write Choice

Leade Park, Book 3

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By: Allie Samberts
Narrated by: Megan Carver, Benjamin Farmer
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Loving someone is seeing their worst moments and choosing them anyway.

When Katie and Brandon unexpectedly became parents, they were just starting to fall in love with their baby and each other. Life was good.

Now, seven years later, Brandon has a wife, two kids, and a career in New York City. He’s just having trouble figuring out how to balance it all.

Katie—eight years sober and immersed in motherhood—is frustrated with her husband’s late nights and her own loneliness. She’d love to fill the gaps with her art, but she doesn’t have much time.

Suddenly, Brandon is offered a golden opportunity: taking over his parents’ architecture firm. The catch? It’s in Chicago. But when Katie’s sobriety is put at risk, he makes a quick decision to transplant his family to suburban Leade Park, Illinois.

Katie begrudgingly gives Brandon two months to persuade her that this move will be better for everyone. If he can’t, she’s going to pack up the kids and go back. With or without him.

With the kids in school, she’ll have time for her art, and they’re finally reunited with friends and family. It should be easy to convince her, right?

But the familiar pull of the job and the unfamiliarity of a new place have them slipping further away from each other with each passing day.

Can Katie and Brandon blend their visions and design the life they want? Or will they choose to go their separate ways?

©2024 Allie Samberts (P)2024 Allie Samberts
Contemporary Romantic Comedy Marriage
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Realistic views of a relationship and real life struggles. Relatable, which is nice. Growth of the couple and teaching each other to communicate. After reading a dong popped up that captured the story well … Dean Lewis - All for you.
I did find the fmc a little selfish in her needs as the kids got older, possible PPD which isn’t addressed, the epilogue shows some personal growth with her.

Growth in marriage 😍

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Limited communication/miscommunication between fmc and mmc. Annoying fmc with unrealistic expectations of a husbands role in family life bearing in mind she doesn’t work and he does. mmc makes an important family decision without consulting his wife. Almost dnf but carried on in the hopes it got better….

A shame I really enjoyed the first 2 books.

Miscommunication and main characters were hard to warm to

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I almost gave up on this and eventually ended up skipping the odd chapter simply in the hope that it would get better. Spoiler, it didn’t. The female lead does not show any proper signs of growth. She’s quite selfish and has very limited compassion. Something that may cause from chronic depression or PPD but neither are addressed or even touched on in the so-called therapy chapters. Her supposed inferiority leads to a complete lack in even attempting to integrate or change herself in any way.
The male lead tries literally nearly everything to help his spouse. Yes, he has his flaws, but if the response from your spouse would be basically nothing, no appreciation, just continued freezing out - well, you’d eventually get a bit tired wouldn’t you. And he doesn’t give up!
Bottom line an important lesson that others can’t make you happy if you are not content with yourself. Sadly a lesson she doesn’t learn.

Lacking in so many ways

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