Love Restored - Carrie Ann Ryan

Love Restored

By Carrie Ann Ryan

  • Release Date: 2016-09-13
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 519 Ratings

Description

The rules were simple. Finish rebuilding the project house and keep his hands off the woman who owns it. Graham Gallagher knows tragedy and heartbreak but he's spent these past years burying the pain deep down where it belongs. He has a life he's learning to love. A job where he can make good change. And brothers that keep him sane. What he doesn't need is a hot-tempered client who gets on his last nerve. Too bad the two of them can't keep their hands off each other. Blake Brennen is a single mom who doesn't have time for growly, bearded men. Only circumstances keep them together far more than either one of them wants.  One night of temptation leads to another and they both know they need to walk away. But when the worst happens and their worlds collide, they won't have a choice but to lean on each other. Or risk losing it all anyway.

Reviews

  • Loved the characters

    4
    By sbsbrinson
    I’ve enjoyed several books about the Montgomerys and the Gallagher’s. This story contained a lot of sadness but also happiness. Well worth the read.
  • Love Restored

    2
    By DannyGirl2146
    Speed writing ✍🏼 story. I didn’t like it! Try it for yourself.
  • No

    1
    By straighttalker198
    I didn’t care for this at all. I found it lacking in everything.
  • Loving the Gallagher Brothers

    5
    By Cali Jewel
    Steaming hot beginning to what promises to be an awesomely entertaining new series. (spin off of the awesome Montgomery Ink family). Sweet, sexy and an emotional roller-coaster romantic journey to forever and healing the past. Graham Gallagher crazy sexy, brooding alpha male. Blake Brennen sweet, sexy and sassy new piercing temptation at work. The sparks fly in bright and changing colors between these two. Graham has so many demons to deal with from his past and Blake has her own even though they come from different pasts they still have so much in common. Highly entertaining late night, cuddling in bed, relaxing the day away before bed read.
  • Beautiful

    5
    By star1_1
    I went through so many emotions when I read this book. Anger, annoyance, sadness, fear, and pure happiness. I cried to many times to count. It's such a beautiful story. I almost thought that the book wasn't going to have a happy ending. The ending was as beautiful as the beginning and middle. This is definitely one of my favorite books.
  • Love Restored

    5
    By BusDriven Mom
    Great Book.Happy ending,which is awesome,Great storyline and characters.This is my 3rd book by this amazing author and totally loved it. Recommended reading every one
  • 👍😍👍 Love Restored 👍😍👍

    5
    By 👍❤️😃👍❤️
    Awesome 👏 book by Carrie Anne Ryan about a new spin-off series featuring the Gallagers - 4 brothers who are extremely close & owners of a construction company. Well developed characters and storyline. Love it & totally recommend it 👍😍👍
  • Great read!

    5
    By Elizabethdlewis12
    I read the Montgomery inked books so I couldn't wait to jump into this series as well. I can say it didn't disappoint! It was a quick read that kept my attention.
  • I'm in love again

    5
    By Acworth Von
    Love Restored Gallagher Brothers Book 1 by Carrie Ann Ryan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved this book! The characters were so rich and beautiful! Blake is a spirited, head strong, no-nonsense tattoo artist (her painting is the ability to tattoo on skin because apparently women born in her parents circle did not pierced and tattoo themselves) Blake Brennen may have been born a trust fund baby, but she’s created a whole new life for herself in the world of ink, piercings, and freedom. This is book one of the Gallagher Brothers series it's a spin-off of Montgomery Ink series. Things happens when a broken man uncovers the truth of what it means to take a second chance with someone who is unexpected but just what he needs and Blake finds herself attracted to someone who looks like a bad guy but he treats her like he is attracted but is understandably aloof because of past events. The storyline has drama and is scorching hot. I definitely felt her despair at being afraid about her child and her being lonely. I would love to read a follow up story for them! I have fallen in love with Graham and his brother in this book. This is a unique love story and it's well written and the characters appeared quite believable. The yearning of love and the pain of losing someone with all your heart and not having that love returned in kind was heartrending. Upon the conclusion, you discovered the reason behind Blake and Graham loneliness , your heart breaks for the pain from them both. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and I believe others will as well. If you love drama, laughs and scorching hot scenes, then this is a must read for you. This is, in my opinion, a 5 Star piece of calorie-free brain candy—and that's good. That's what I love about my romance. It is an interesting and enjoyable story. I actually love reading Carrie Ann Ryan books no matter what genre. I feel this is a Five Stars beginning to a Awesome series, I absolutely positively love this book. Yes a Unexpected delightful romance with a few twists and spellbinding the whole way through. Thoroughly enjoyable and great to read. I always give my Compliments to the author. The book presented the characters well and included excellent storyline. Thanks. Your characters are full, rounded and interesting, your plot rises and falls like perfection. I was very impressed with this book; the writing is excellent and the plot keeps me entertained till the last chapter. An great spin-off that kept my (electronic) pages turning late into the night. I've read several books by this author, and so far, I have enjoyed everyone of them.
  • New series!!

    5
    By Cyanpooh
    I received a copy for a honest review I have been waiting on pins and needles since Ryan announced she was doing a spin off of the Montgomery Ink series, and since she introduced us to the Bearded, Inked, Pierced, Brooding, and panty melting hotness that is Graham in Ink Enduring I've been waiting breathless with anticipation for that day to get here. Well wait no more!!! Graham is the workhorse of the Gallagher Brothers Reconstruction Company, he is the head foreman of the business. Blake is a heiress who is the executor of the estate that owns the house that the Gallagher Brothers will be working on. She also isn't what she seems as Graham finds out. When Graham and Blake meet, it's at a anniversary of sorts for him and not a good anniversary either and he is a a** to her, as she reminds him of his ex. But, as I've said Blake is not what she appears. Yes when the first met Blake looked like a heiress, what she really is though is the newest member of the Montgomery Ink family as she is the piercer and tattooist that Maya just hired and she has a big secret. Fate has a way of pushing people together even if they don't want to be pushed, and fate wants these two together. Chance meetings at hockey games and the grocery store make these two realize that the reason they are so snarky to each other is the attraction that they're trying hard to resist. Real life, that's what makes Ryan so good at what she does, she pulls from real life. The experiences that these characters go through, both past and present, could have happened to anybody and that's what makes you hurt when they hurt, cry when they cry, and love when they love. There is sooo much you need to know, but I'm not telling!!! Just know this, even if you've never read the series that this is spun from, you will love this book and will not be lost. You will be sucked into their world and want more, whether that's waiting for the the next Gallagher or diving into the Montgomery Ink series, first one's free BTW, it's a addiction that there is no cure for.