Dear Heart, You Screwed Me

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I may fall in love again, but his heart would always belong to mine. And mine would always be tied to his.” They get drunkenly married before they even know each other, like at all. And he’s allll in??? Like being protective and wanting to stay married despite not knowing her? I wished we knew him a little better at this point so I could get more behind it. A love story between two teenagers: Reese and Killian. employee-employer romance. Romance centred on the father figure. Numerous styles are represented. Pros: Always interesting to read books written by authors from different countries. Was cool reading things like “kerbside” instead of “curbside”, makes we want to research the difference. I absolutely loved Reese, she’s been through so much and I was not expecting that prologue to have me in actual tears. Throughout the whole book Ashlee Rose is very talented with her writing for making us readers really feel the emotions and oh boy were there a few.

I loved Killian to start, he was surprising over the top jealous and possessive, which is my favourite kind of hero, and I was here for it and highlighting a lot that came out of his mouth. The connection between him and Reese was the best, they had fantastic chemistry. Plot? Depth? Anything? Dear Heart, You Screwed Me, gave me nothing. The chapters were jumpy and there was no plot. Elijah's death at the beginning felt like it had very little relevance to the story, it was only there to add depth to Reese but I didn't feel it. Killian's arrival in the novel was bleh. I didn't find any build up or interactions before the random accidental marriage happened and after that their relationship development wasn't great. And then the twist with Adele… I needed more information. Killian says she’s not a big deal, but they had a child together and were obviously in each other’s lives for 21 years. And he never says when they stopped sleeping together? He says he hasn’t since he and Reese married but does that mean they have been for all this time?? I don’t think Reese was properly curious/jealous about this, but maybe that’s just me. I would’ve felt better if she was in the story, but her and Killian hadn’t been together since Connie was born. (Also Adele gave her up for adoption… so it’s not like Killian still even had to see her? He said Connie was their tie together but she’s not a part of Connie’s life *at all* so why would he still need to see her?)I loved the epilogue, where Reese is in Adele's place at the PR company, where she belonged, where her talents were respected and so was she. I laughed so hard when she and Killian were about to get intimate and how frustrated Reese was that she threatened him saying she'd used her vibrator who wasn't named Killian😉to deal with herself and her water just had to break as he entered and he thought it was the climax. It was a typical moment but I couldn't help but laugh, as the words both of them said, it had fit so well with the story. Mine. Killian’s thoughts only revolve around Reese. He needs her like oxygen; he wants her so badly. Once he turns around, she’s already in bed. It’s incredible. He finally met the one. Finally, he runs into her again. They are hampered by impediments. Putting them in a position where they have to pause and consider their options. Together? Separate? Distant love?

dear heart, you screwed me” is so much more than a romance book. it was so good to see how reese would deal with her grief. i’m one of those who lost someone important and seeing how the author describes how the heroine feels created this huge connection i felt with her. I’ve never lost my first love to a tragic accident (thank God), but having experienced other loss, I don’t think it’s healthy to be debilitated by grief, constantly reminded of this person, and constantly crying 2.5 years later. I know grief never really leaves you, but for every minute, every situation, every thought to be grieving as if it had just happened? I dunno. It was somewhat annoying and distracting, but it made a point.

i just loved how the ENTIRE story was connected. they were literally meant to be. the beginning to the end. everything. connected. Lastly - he has Elijah’s heart! That wasn’t needed in my opinion, it made things a little too cliche. Its not an easy love story for Reese and Killian, theres a lot of angst, push and pulling but when these two get together.... *chef kisses* its amazing the spice is so freaking good!!

I really wanted to like this book. I read the books and followed the plot closely, yet I couldn’t help but feel that I was missing something crucial. The initial flutter of attraction. He just kept making the same mistakes again and over. It seemed to me that the plot was constantly trying to top itself. And at that point, I was like, WTH? Ultimately, everyone was satisfied. Um ok. No more drama, please. To put it simply, I was pressed for time. She was no good for me. I was no good for her. But she was my kryptonite, and you can bet for sure that I was hers.” An age gap / best friend's dad romance? The tropes could not get any better for me, they are two of my favourites, but they fell short. Nothing about Killian presented as a man nearly twenty years older than Reese. His age was literally just a number here - nothing about him was older. How they still argued like teens to his Chris Brown music choices - it just felt off. This book is one hell of journey, a journey of highs and lows, a journey of joy and pain, a journey of love and loss, a journey of hilarious moments and heartbreaking moments, and let me tell you its honestly worth every moment! I fell deeply for this book and it instantly became my favourite of Ashlee's which in fairness isn't hard because she is an incredible writer and I'm instantly hooked by her books! Sometimes sex ruins a book. This is one of those times. It was just unnecessary at times especially during the major conflict. You don’t want to talk your feelings out? That’s fine. But how hard is it to keep it in your pants. Hate sex, angry sex, make up sex? I hate it all. I will never understand it. The need to have someone touch you when you are angry? I just don’t get it.She lists how she needs to get her life together: stable job, stable housing, etc. Then in the next breath makes an appointment for IVF via sperm donor. In that process, finds out she’s already pregnant. Goes home and then wonders how she’ll keep a baby alive if she can’t keep a houseplant alive? Um, what?

Then the sudden psychic scene with a message from the dead ex that allows her to officially and magically move on. The rain clouds even parted, and she was bathed in sunlight. PDF / EPUB File Name: Dear_Heart_You_Screwed_Me_-_Ashlee_Rose.pdf, Dear_Heart_You_Screwed_Me_-_Ashlee_Rose.epub I do think that the “Best Friends Dad” aspect of this book was kind of a second thought for me, simply because you don’t even find out that he is the dad until after the 50% mark, and he and Connie (Reese’s friend) aren't even close. I would define this as being an Age-Gap/Boss romance over a Friends Dad romance. Overall, it was a cute, heartfelt romance and I do recommend it. If you are looking for witty banter, heart wrenching moments, great plot with spice (and characters that are too bull headed for their own good), then this would be a great book for you.Reese and Killian - an age-gap romance. Boss/employee romance. Daddy dom romance. It hits a lot of genres. I despised Adele, even more, when Reese heard her on the phone with someone, laughing and saying that she was going to get rid of her. All I wanted to do was enter my Kindle and flip her off, but Reese did that for me. It was a risky move but with Reese's personality, you expected it and again I wasn't annoyed that what I expected actually happened. Reese moved in Killian while they both were trying to stay away from each other, you knew it was futile, but I could t get enough of how the sexual tension was pouring off the written words. In 2018, she decided to try her hand at writing, a few months later Something New was published. After vowing to finish the Entwined In You series and leaving it at that, Ashlee got the itch to continue and has many more romance novels up her sleeve. Killian wasn’t really my favorite hero, and I felt like he got away with a lot of mistakes just by using sex, so that got annoying after a few times. I think my main problem with him was that he used his relationship with a character that he had a (sexual) past with whenever him and Reese weren’t talking. I do appreciate how he handled Reese telling him about her past heartache, and he was your typical possessive, jealous boyfriend, which I love btw. But I wanted to throw my kindle after reading the gender reveal/birthday party scene. Yet another thing he ultimately gets away with. In the end I do believe he redeemed himself, I just wish he had to have done more groveling. Ashlee is a housewife and mother who, when not doing those things, enjoys reading romantic comedies with strong male leads.