Only When It's Us

by Chloe Liese

Other authorsNelson Hobbs (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher), C.J. Bloom (Narrator)
Digital audiobook, 2021

Rating

½ (60 ratings; 3.8)

Library's rating

Description

Fiction. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: **Revised and Expanded 2021 Edition** Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster brimming with laughter, tears, and slow-burn sexiness in this new adult romance that tackles the vulnerability of love with humor and heart. Ryder Ever since she sat next to me in class and gave me death eyes, Willa Sutter's been on my shit list. Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa is the kind of chaos I don't need in my tidy life. She's the next generation of women's soccer. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. And a temper that makes the devil seem friendly. She's a thorn in my side, a menacing, cantankerous, pain-in-the-ass who's turned our Business Mathematics course into a goddamn gladiator arena. I'll leave this war zone unscathed, coming out on top...And if I have my way with that crazy-haired, ball-busting hellion, that will be in more than one sense of the word. Willa Rather than give me the lecture notes I missed like every other instructor I've had, my asshole professor tells me to get them from the silent, surly flannel-wearing mountain man sitting next to me in class. Well, I tried. And what did I get from Ryder Bergman? Ignored. What a complete lumbersexual neanderthal. Mangy beard and mangier hair. Frayed ball cap that hides his eyes. And a stubborn refusal to acknowledge my existence. I've battled men before, but with Ryder, it's war. I'll get those notes and crack that Sasquatch nut if it's the last thing I do, then I'll have him at my mercy. Victory will have never tasted so sweet. Only When It's Us is a frenemies-to-lovers, college sports romance about a women's soccer star and her surly lumberjack lookalike classmate, complete with a matchmaking professor, juvenile pranks, and a smoking slow burn. This standalone is the first in a series of novels about a Swedish-American family of five brothers, two sisters, and their wild adventures as they each find happily ever after..… (more)

Collection

Publication

Tantor Audio (2021)

Original publication date

2020-03-27

User reviews

LibraryThing member firesbrigan
I LOVED this book.
I was a huge fan of the Tough Love series and generally really love the way Chloe Liese writes. Oftentimes authors who write characters or stories that have an important aspect/ arc around loss, trauma, and disability can either overemphasize such things or brush past them in a
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way that’s pretty unrealistic. Chloe Liese writes stubborn, capable, endearing characters whose sense of self intercedes w their disability or trauma in a way that feels healthy and real; it both is an important aspect of who they are but never the sum of their worth or purpose in the story.
Willa and Ryder are two of my favorite contemporary romance main characters I’ve ever read, and their dynamic is funny, heartwarming, and intoxicating. Also as a soccer stan big points for the sports aspect in this book.
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LibraryThing member sdbookhound
I had heard about the Bergman Brothers series and had it in the back of my mind as something I wanted to try. It took me a while, but I finally got to read Only When It's Us, the first book in the series. I have to say that I really loved this book. I loved how Ryder's hearing loss was treated as
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part of this story. His feelings were very raw and real in how they were portrayed. Willa's story was also realistically written and I could completely understand her reluctance to go out of her comfort zone and go after what her heart wanted with Ryder. The whole Bergman family was fun and I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
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LibraryThing member jmoura01
This book was first published on March 27, 2020, and this is a reread for me. Let me just say, I loved it even more this time around! Also, really liking the new cover. This is a great introduction to the whole wonderful Bergman family. I thought the representation of Ryder’s disability and his
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struggle with hearing aids to be spot on. 4⭐️from me.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley, Shelf Awareness and NetGalley for this complimentary ebook. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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Language

Original language

English
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