One More Round (Pinecrest Ridge)

One More Round

Author: Amber Palmer

Genre: Contemporary Romance / Small-Town Romance

Book Rating: ⭐ 9/10

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

Olivia Hart spent her entire life chasing the future she promised her father she'd have.

At thirty-seven, she's finally CEO of her family's successful record label—but achieving her dream has cost her more than she expected. She's divorced, overwhelmed, and constantly forced to choose her career over time with her daughter, Charlie.

When a family emergency calls her back to Pinecrest, Tennessee, Olivia sees an opportunity to escape the life she's beginning to resent.

Then she runs into Duke Bennett.

Her brother's best friend isn't the carefree man she remembers. Duke is now a broody, stubborn single father carrying wounds of his own—and he makes it perfectly clear he doesn't want Olivia back in his life.

Avoiding each other would be easy…if their daughters hadn't become inseparable.

After-school playdates and Saturday soccer games force Olivia and Duke together again and again. Slowly, irritation gives way to understanding, attraction, and a connection neither of them expected. For the first time in years, Olivia begins to feel free—and Duke starts giving her hope for a future she thought she'd sacrificed long ago.

But Olivia's return to Pinecrest was never supposed to be permanent.

With her old life waiting for her, she must decide whether to return to the legacy she's spent her entire life building or risk everything for the family, love, and happiness she's finally found.

Emotional, heartfelt, and deliciously romantic, One More Round is a mature small-town romance about second chances at happiness, redefining success, and realizing the life you're meant to have may look nothing like the one you planned.

Tropes / Mood

Brother's Best Friend • Small-Town Romance • Single Parents • Their Daughters Are Best Friends • Broody MMC • Career-Driven FMC • Forced Proximity • Mature Romance • Family Drama • Emotional Healing • Starting Over • Found Family • Choosing Love • Small-Town Charm • Spicy Romance