On the Surface (Imperfect Love, #3) by Nikki Ash

Review by Nancy Another exceptional read! On The Surface is hands down one of my favorite single parent, second chance romance novels. Nikki Ash not only wrote an amazing story, she turned me into mush. On The Surface is the third book in the Imperfect Love series. If you have read the previous books, which you should, you probably thought the same way I did, there is no way Nikki Ash was going to make me like the heroine. Not only did I end up liking her, but by the end of the book, she became one of my favorite heroines. Celeste grew up in a broken home, she never met her dad and her mom was too busy being drunk. From a very early age, she learned that the key to her happiness was going to be money. As she got older her dreams became more ambitious. She thought the only way to get out of her home situation was to find a wealthy man to marry. Love was never in the picture. Her view on love had been tarnished by her mother and no one would change that. Except she did fall in love, it happened when she was only eighteen. She fell in love hard and fast. She was willing to give up all her dreams and ambitions for the one she thought she loved until he broke her heart. Jase was absolutely dreamy! He looked like your typical bad boy, but he was far from it. Also from a broken home, he went to school, opened his own business, and took care of his siblings. Jase had everything he could want, including a teenage daughter. The only thing that was missing from his life was a significant other. He had found love once, only to have her run away without an explanation or a second glance. Ever since “the one that got away” he had dated and had been in short relationships, but his heart always belonged to her. One misunderstanding destroyed what could have been an everlasting love. Years later Celeste and Jase are brought together by mutual friends. To their surprise the chemistry they once had had only intensified as the years passed. Both had suffered hardships and grown since the last time they had seen each other. Could it be as easy as just re-connecting? They once thought they had fallen in love and lost it, this was their second chance at that everlasting love. But now there was a third person to consider, Jase had a daughter. In order for their relationship to work, they had to learn to love and accept the changes that came with the time they spent apart. Nikki Ash could not have written Celeste and Jase’s story any better! It was an absolute page turner, probably my favorite book in the series. I love that we got a glimpse of the other couples from the two previous books, but more than that, I loved that she gave us more on Jase’s brother and sister. I can NOT wait to see what Nikki Ash writes next! ***ARC provided by the author for an honest review***

Release Date: June 22nd 2019

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