** BOOK REVIEW- He Said Never (The Lost Corisis, 2) by Ruth Cardello

 

 General Fiction (Adult), Romance

Description

From New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello comes another burning Corisi romance about family crises, dark secrets, and unforeseen love.

Riley doesn’t want her mom to know that she’s been seeing her newly discovered family, the Corisi clan. Riley’s biological father made her mother’s life hell, and even though he’s dead, her fear of anyone who shares his last name lives on.

After attending two funerals, Gavin’s father has decided Gavin needs a wife and children to be happy. Rather than inheriting his family’s company, Gavin now must earn his way back into his father’s good graces by producing a fiancée.

Everything with Riley would have gone easier if he had just lied to her about his meeting with her brother Dominic. The truth would have hurt her, and that was the last thing he wanted. 

 He never wanted a relationship, but when he is forced to choose between business or a future with her, he realizes he’ll choose her every time.  AMAZON LINK

5 STARS

 What a great, entertaining sometimes emotional story this turned out to be.  Even how the two main character meet was fun.  It had more humor to it than I was expecting.  But without feeling like slapstick. It definitely made me smile more than once.  Of course, it didn't go very far into that until a little bit further in the story. 

Riley and Gavin are wildly attracted to each other but Riley is quick to say "no" to everything Gavin comes up with.  It stems from Gavin misunderstanding what Riley was about.  And that was just the start.  Riley also feels that she doesn't have the time for a player.  She has enough to deal with...family stuff.  Her brother Dominic is a bit of a wild card for Riley.  He has talked her into a few things to protect her that's she's not totally comfortable with.  A ritzy, expensive apartment, and Mr. Tuttle who is her driver, just to name a few.   All done to increase her protection.  Mr. Tuttle is quite interesting all on his own.  Not only is he her driver but he also knows how to protect her. 

Gavin has some unexpected family stuff of his own to deal with.  It came at left field at him. His father is acting weird to his way of thinking.  Is he okay or is he losing it?  That takes a while to get to the truth. 

Riley has more discovered family than you can shake a stick at but I loved it.  Also her best friend Teagan who shows up just a bit in the story.

All in all, it was just something that I enjoyed all the way through.

I liked how the reason for the title is shown several different times in the story.  It fit so perfectly.  

 

     "I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”