Book #2 in the Van Allen Brothers series by Kimberley Ash is more a look at family relationships than a romance. “Forget Me” concentrates on Laurel Moore’s return from NYC to her hometown to keep her family bar running after her father’s death. In so doing, she reconnects with her past love, Jonah Van Allen who has shed his “bad boy” image to become a psychologist with a PhD under his belt. While their relationship rekindles and burns brightly, both of their families are brought into the story and it quickly becomes a treatise on dysfunctional relationships: with mothers, brothers, fathers, in-laws, employees, friends..... You get the idea. A large part of the story centers around Laurel’s skills as an innovative chef and her creativity, which is evident in the dishes she whips up in her kitchen. The family dynamics and how they affect Laurel and Jonah are at least as important as the affair itself. In the midst of all the goings on the pacing falters here and there, enough so that I kept finding things other than reading to occupy my time (heretofore unheard of). However, the characters are well drawn and the dialogue is authentic. As previously noted, the plot is tightly interwoven and aside from some steamy love scenes, it’s most definitely family centric.

My thanks and appreciation to Net Galley for providing an ARC and the opportunity to submit a pre-publication review of “Forget Me”.
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This second in series about the son’s of Peter Van Allen, a broken and deeply flawed man, was a good read. The sons - first Lucas and now Jonah - are intense and troubled so this, while definitely a romance, is not a light read. Jonah reunites with Laurel, whom he dated a decade ago. He credits her with putting him on a better path and had become a psychologist and given up drinking but he still thinks he doesn’t deserve her and, to top off things, his mother doesn’t think he deserves her and doesn’t think he’s capable of love - projecting her own feelings about her ex-husband Peter onto their son. Jonah sets up all kinds of boundaries - both physical and emotional - with Laurel whole they both fall in love. It takes time with his newly discovered brother Lucas and Laurel again calling him to task to wake him up to a more full healing and opening him to truly loving and being loved by Laurel. I only wish we’d gotten deeper into Laurel and Jonah when they were younger. Can’t wait for Matt’s book next - definitely more under the surface for the supposedly “golden child.”

This is Laurel and Jonah‘s book, laurel left her prestigious job as an assistant chef in one of NYC swankiest restaurant to go back home and take care of her mother and her brother after her father passes away. Her brother is turning into a drunk just like her father was and her mother is not faring any better! Laurel is definitely having a tough time of it! two of her top people at her little greasy spoon up and quits because they don’t like the way she’s running things, in walks Jonah, her first love but now reformed bad boy to save the day! Jonah comes up with some very good ideas on how to help Laurel run her restaurant, he’s cleaned up his act and now he’s a psychologist! This book was good, definitely worth reading , it was kind of lagging in places? But it moved along smoothly, nothing jumps out at you but still an ok read! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

A heartwarming romance about second chances and learning to allow oneself to fall in love. The chemistry between Laurel and Jonah was steamy hot and you're able to feel it through the pages. Their personalities mesh well together and when old family drama starts to broke down what they thought was a solid relationship you can't help but root for them to fight through the chaos to end up together. This fun and sexy read definitely landed Kimberley Ash in my must read list.

A second chance romance for Laurel and Jonah. She left town ten years ago, after splitting up with Jonah - he was too much like her father, an alcoholic and someone she kept trying to save.

Covers some serious issues, so not an easy read in places, but a good book.

Ths is my first time reading this author and she kinda blew me away. This is not a light read. It shows two sides of the coin of alcoholism and throws a romance in the middle of it. It was serious and enjoyable and writtend extremely well. Laurel is the daughter and sister of alcoholics. She is home after her father dies from his addiction and she wants to save her brother while turning their family pub into a restaurant into a family dining location rather than the corner pub.

Meanwhile her first love, Jonah lives across the street and he was once an alcoholic who has turned his life around even if he avoids emotions because its tied to his memories relating to alcoholism. As I said its not light reading but it was highly entertaining and I really enjoyed it.