Is It Possible to Have Love Twice in Your Life?

About the Book

Book: Memories in Morro Bay

Author: Emi Hilton

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 12, 2022

Summary: Asher never expected a second chance at love, not after he tragically lost his first. With a broken heart and shattered life, this doctor carefully put the pieces of his world back together, only for his walls to crumble when he walks into a patient’s recovery room and meets Layla, the woman from out of town who put her life on hold to care for her aunt… The woman who challenges everything Asher thought he knew.

Layla’s love, dedication, and passion give Asher a hope he thought couldn’t exist. Everything about Layla draws Asher in… But he can’t escape the guilt of falling in love again, of moving forward, even though his heart beats for Layla.

Their romance can only go so far before Asher’s past causes him to question their future, as Layla returns home and forces herself to move on. It feels impossible for Layla to fathom life with anyone else, and Asher is determined to prove just how far he’ll go for love.

When given their second chance, Asher and Layla will find out if love can truly forgive and overcome.

About the Author

Emi Hilton is a California native who was born at March Airforce Base, while her father was an Officer in the US Army Combat Engineer Battalion. An English Professor for a mother, Emi followed in her footsteps and graduated from Brigham Young University in English. While in college, she took a year and a half break from her studies to serve as a full-time missionary for her church in the Canary Islands. When Emi isn’t writing, she enjoys training for marathons, fishing off local piers with her husband and three sons, or visiting her other love, Spain.

My Review

I am not much of a contemporary romance kind-of-girl, but I am so glad I read it. This book has a sweet romance story, plus a message intertwined in it. It was the perfect book if you love hallmark movies, which I do.

Layla has her life planned out. It looks like she has or will get everything she’s ever wanted, except a man. A genuine man. The kind of man that she’s dreamed about. The kind of man she’ll introduce to her parents, walk down the aisle to, be father to her children, and grow old with. She’s finally met that guy…except he’s a heart-broken widower.

Asher has lost the love of his life and expects to never find love again. Then he meets Layla. Oh, it is so sad. He starts falling for her, but then he feels like he is betraying his late-wife.

Oh my. I felt so bad for Layla and Asher. They’re perfect for each other, but they have their issues. She has trust issues; he is afraid to experience love again only to risk losing it.

In this book both characters have to trust God. They had to let it go and give it to him. No matter how many times we try it on our own, we are going to fail because we can’t do it alone. With grief, we have to hand it over to him because it will ruin our lives along with other lives as well.

This is a clean read. There were no language or sexual stuff, aside from a few kisses.