Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel (Hot and Hammered Book 2)

I like this book so far…I am half way though it and I like it better than the 1st one. It’s more mature then the 1st part.If you are married and like romance I think this is for you!!!

Tessa Bailey is one of my favorite authors. This book is The Hot and Hammered series book 2. She writes beautifully and has such amazing content to her stories that you wouldn’t want to put it down. There were a lot of steamy scenes and emotional content. The book has both male and female protagonists POV’s simultaneous which makes it so much easier for us to understand what both of them are going through. Personally, I find it very refreshing and a preference.The book is about a couple struggling to find meaning in their marriage. They had been hopelessly in love at some point in their lives but have lost the connection over the years because of a lack of connection and conversation.Tessa and Dominic go on to show how both the people in a marriage have their own struggles and feelings which are sunk so deep in leading to a beautiful relationship falling apart.Marriage is not a job; it shouldn’t be like a routine. We should love our special one with everything we have and make sure to tell them and show it to them that each day that they mean the world to us. Understanding each other’s needs and requirements is very easy if we pay attention.Now therapy is considered to be a taboo in our society. But it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for most. And when two people don’t know where their relationship is going, they should definitely talk to another person or rather a professional about it with absolutely no guilt or shame.

Le livre est arrivé en parfaite condition. L’histoire est excellente et on peut facilement se lier aux personnages.

Nicht allzu anspruchsvoll aber auch nicht einfältig und somit für mich die perfekte Urlaubslektüre.

A marriage in trouble story is basically the most serious of second chance romances, which we all know I have a love/hate relationship with. But Rosie and Dom loved each other so much, and you were pulling for them the entire time. I loved this story.Rosie and Dominic Vega had a picture perfect relationship, until they didn't. How did it happen? Rosie doesn't know, she just knows she can't live like this anymore. Rosie has always wanted to open her own restaurant, but she's shelved her dreams for a long time, never thinking it was the right time to act on them. Dom has gotten so quiet in the years since he came home from deployment, and Rosie doesn't know what to do when he just doesn't talk to her anymore. He just works and comes home, and things never change. They've been dancing around their issues for years, and when things boil over, they're both left not knowing how to move forward. When Rosie finally decides to leave her husband, her love, her childhood sweetheart, she thinks there's no going back. But Dom isn't willing to give her up without a fight. He agrees to do WHATEVER it takes to make her come home, and when she proposes last resort marriage counseling, he doesn't bat an eye.Their marriage counselor was hysterical: a pothead hippie, with office decor straight out of the 1960s. But, he certainly knew his stuff, and he helped them realize they weren't speaking the same love language. As an aside, I learned about the 5 Love Languages in my pre-marital counseling class. And thank god for that, because my hubs' language and mine are VERY different. In fact, they are the same as our hero and heroine. Dom (and my own husband) shows his love with acts of service, and Rosie (and me!) with words of affirmation. This struggle resonated so strongly with me, as we've had to learn to interpret each other's languages over the years, and its not easy. Watching them struggle to understand each other just really hit home in my heart. And Dom's letter to Rosie? *Swoons Forever*Rosie and Dom had flaming physical chemistry like whoa, but their emotional intimacy had been sorely depleted. Watching them find their way back to each other's hearts was painful, and beautiful, and I just loved their love so much. They both had gotten so bogged down in the day-to-day, that things were totally out of control before they knew it. I'm sure everyone can relate to that in some way. But they both compounded the issue by not communicating, and not sharing their feelings, along with other important truths, and it just made everything worse.Rosie and Dom's friend group is truly outstanding, and seeing all their interactions were as enjoyable as they were in book 1 (which I also loved with my whole heart!). Having a new face added, in Wes, and seeing his spark with hilarious Bethany was so great, and I can't wait for their book up next!This book had my emotions on a yo-yo the whole time, but always, I was pulling for Rosie and Dom. Hoping they could each get out of their own way, and make the changes they needed to make to be all they could for each other, and for themselves. They both learned how to support each other, while letting the other person fly, and it was so satisfying. I highly recommend this story.

“..twenty-seven was too young to settle for unhappiness. Discontent. Any age was too young for that.”Do you know what your love language is? Gosh, this book really made me stop to think about that. I’m honestly not sure what mine is. I’d love to sit down with Armie and have a wee chat about it.I loved him so much, he definitely gave a ‘raised eyebrows’ first impression but I quickly started to see the methods behind his madness.The Minions marshmallows scene in particular will always make me chuckle.. and the tent scene.I was torn between wanting to wrap Dom in my arms to tell him that keeping a stiff upper lip is not healthy, and shaking some sense into him.He done so many things for Rosie, little things that would have made her feel cherished and appreciated but he didn’t want to get credit for ‘doing his job' as her husband… It hurt my heart.I wanted to do the same with Rosie. Her insecurities ran so deep that when she stopped loving herself she also stopped loving her husband.I love that we got a look into their past, to see what their love was like before the silence. Then we got to be there to witness them falling in love all over again. It was intense and beautiful.Friendship, love, respect, betrayal, heartbreak, honesty, community, and hot sex. This book has it all.Question, when are we getting a Bethany and Wes book?I need it! xP

I really enjoyed this story of Rosie and Dominic and their marriage in trouble romance. These two have to find their way back to one another after years of taking each other for granted and losing sight of what the other needed. I liked that going to therapy was a big part of this story - that made it feel real. And while Dominic frustrated me at times (man just TALK to your wife) and the resolution was one that felt like it happened quickly and without much fuss - this was still a great story that I liked reading.