Romance author Chloe Liese will melt even the coldest heart with Only and Forever, the sweet and steamy romantic conclusion to her long-running Bergman Brothers linked series.
Avid romance reader Viggo Bergman believes in happy endings so deeply that he's opening his own bookstore that will specialize in romance books. When the sophisticated and chilly Tallulah Clarke, Viggo's college crush, walks back into his life with a bad case of writer's block and in need of somewhere to live, the two strike up an agreement: they will help each other with their struggling professional ventures and become roommates--as long as they can keep their hands off each other.
Perhaps the most swoonworthy of the Bergman leads, Viggo is romance-reader catnip, with his reckless good looks and love of crocheting bookstore decorations. But Tallulah's more skeptical approach to happily-ever-afters brings the fantasy humorously down to Earth and makes for the perfect opposites-attract chemistry. Liese handles details of Viggo's ADHD and Tallulah's type 1 diabetes with her typical sensitivity. These aspects of both characters add welcome texture to the novel, contributing to a broadening of the romance genre toward a wider scope of love stories. Most delightful of all is how this final book in the series brings the whole colorful cast of Bergmans (and their significant others) back into the fold. With her characteristic joy, tenderness, and generosity, Liese reminds readers why they fell in love with this motley crew to begin with, as well as what it feels like to be part of a loving, chaotic, and perfectly imperfect family. --Alice Martin, freelance writer and editor