Ruby-librarian who wants to be comfortable in her own skin, so she can date. Griffin – football player, who is in a PR nightmare involving his twin brother. When Griffin steps in to help Ruby, overcome her into intimacy issues, he learned after a while, he will have to win her heart! Ruby wants to build confidence so she can date and find love. However, she does not want to get her heartbroken. When the two old neighbors get together… Oh the lessons that Griffin teaches Ruby! Great book and love this author!

This was amazing. At first, it was odd to not be reading about familiar characters after finishing her Wilder family series, but it sucks you in quickly. Another easy 5 star by the author.

This was a really enjoyable easy read from an author who I love. She's torn my heart out recently with some of her series (looking at you Wilder family) but this is relatively angst free which made for a refreshing change. There are some emotional elements in here, but nothing too heavy. As usual with the author the story flowed really well although it did happen in quite a short timeframe. The multiple epilogues at different points helped round things out a bit and gave a nice end to the story. Overall it's a 4 to 4.5 star read for me I think.

I totally fell in love with Griffin and Ruby as a couple. They were adorable and the banter and snark with Griffin's friends/teammates was top notch. Lauren and Marcus as side characters were top tier! And I am definitely looking forward to learning more about Barret - the responsible twin. I'm definitely swooning at the idea of a bunch of football players watching P&P and getting all excited at Mr Darcy's hand clench...

The story between Ruby and Griffin starts with a big misunderstanding, a funny one. She mistakes him for an escort, even though he is a massive star due to his career as a football player. And the even bigger feud with his twin brother. But the main characters have met at some point in the past.
Ruby is a very complex character and once a part of her history is revealed her personality makes sense. Personally I think if that particular thing would have been revealed a bit sooner, maybe just to us the readers, it would have made it easier to understand her struggles and the reason for them.
Griffin on the other hand has been written as close to perfection as you can. His character development has been one of the best k have read in a very long time. Initially he comes across as your usual football player: rich, playboy, not a lot of depth and fairly shallow. It turns out that he is one of the most astute, attentive and dedicated people.
What I liked about this book:
The main characters relationships starts on the premise of friendship and it actually develops into a friendship. While the chemistry between them is obvious, this felt like a friends first, attraction later.
The plot was good, the storyline made sense, their personalities made sense once you learn more about Ruby’s condition.
My absolute favourite bit: Marcus. I want one of them.
What I disliked about the book:
Honestly not a lot. As I previously mentioned, if Ruby’s condition would have been revealed earlier to us readers, I think it would have allowed us to connect with her a lot more on an emotional basis. And her personality would have made a lot more sense, not that people are not allowed to have a different personality, but due to her condition it would have made her a lot more complex.
I would have liked as well to understand a bit more where her hang ups came from her previous relationship, maybe a few more details, that part felt a bit incomplete.
I personally did not like the connection amongst Griffin, his twin brother and his twins ex. I felt that to be a tad unnecessary and a bit uncomfortable.

Overall the book is well written, the storyline concludes without any plot holes or anything left unanswered. The spicy parts are well done, not too graphic, not tame either.
I would recommend this book.

This was a great book! If you love sports romance books then you will love this book! The romance and banter is great and the story is fast paced

Thank you so much to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the early chance to read and review “Lessons In Heartbreak.”

I absolutely adored this book. I was hooked from the premise: sports romance + shy librarian, but this book had so much more emotional depth than I was expecting. I really enjoyed Ruby and Griffin together and their journey from friends to lovers. Initially, Ruby came across as a little uptight and rigid but as more of her backstory becomes known, it makes perfect sense and as a reader, I felt very connected to her. I definitely recommend this one to readers of contemporary romance and I cannot wait for the second book in the series. I will be bingeing the authors backlist immediately as well. 5 stars.

Thankyou to netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really struggled with this book, it's everything I usually go for sports romance, small town and sprinkle some spicy lessons in there and this should have been the perfect read for me. However, I just didn't connect with the characters or the story fully, this could completely be a me thing as I am definitely a mood reader so I wouldn't say not to read it and there may be a time when I reread it in the future and fall in love thats just unfortunately not the case this time.

Dare I say this is my new favorite Karla Sorensen book?!?!

I absolutely LOVED this one!!!! The dynamic from start to finish was incredible, and the relationship between Ruby and Griffin was so beautiful. The dating coach trope is not something I have read too much, but I was here for it.

Like Karla literally had me high school giddy and in the edge of my seat for HAND HOLDING!!!! Like I cannot explain to you how much this scene affected me and I can’t wait for everyone to experience it.

I truly, truly LOVED this entire book. Ruby and Griffin were incredible, and Karla wrote them so beautifully. As always with her books, the friends and family were written soooo supportive and so fun, and I’m secretly hoping for more Marcus and Lauren (please please please).

I can’t wait to see what’s never for this series!

This was a good palate cleanser romance. I’ve been in a big book slump lately and this helped me just read and turn my brain off. Not my favorite but definitely was what I needed in the moment.

Griffin has to work at getting Ruby to open her heart!

Librarian Ruby Tate needed someone to help make her more comfortable with dating and hiring an escort as a dating coach was the way to build her confidence. She never expected to mistake her former neighbor Griffin King for the escort since she hadn’t seen him and his twin brother since her family had moved to Colorado as a teen.

Football star Griffin King was stuck Welling Spring by his agent trying to hide from the media storm when he said too much about his twin brother while he waited to sign his new contract for Denver. But finding out that Ruby needed lessons about love was what he was looking for in his future.

I loved reading about Ruby and Griffin because he had to work trying to get Ruby to open her heart and mind about love.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the author and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Lessons in Heartbreak, and I loved it! I’ve always been a Karla Sorensen fan, and a sports romance with a librarian MFC, sold a thousand times over!

A great book for me is where I am able to fall for both main characters separately and get behind them as a couple. This was definitely the case with Ruby and Griffin. Each were going through a significant transition point in their lives and navigating it as best they could. A really enjoyed that they had the childhood history but also didn’t allow that to cloud getting to know each other as adults.

They were slow burn in the best way, being friends and supporting each other before they were anything official. The storyline with Griffin broke my heart (and I can’t wait to watch it repair in the next book) but I loved that it gave Ruby the opportunity to stand up for him and be 100% in his corner.

As a massive Jane Austen fan, I loved the sprinkling of her books throughout this one. Football players and Jane Austen? A winning and hilarious combination I didn’t know I needed. Excellent start to the series, and I can’t wait to read more. Thanks again for the ARC!

Another touchdown by Karla. In this new football series, we are introduced to Ruby and Griffin. Griffin a star football player and Ruby a small-town librarian. These two use to live next to each other growing up but haven't seen each other in years. Ruby needs someone to teach her about dating and enlists the help of Griffin. What ensues is a sweet heartwarming connection between two friends that have more in common than you would think. Be prepared for some secrets to be revealed, some nice spice and a typical knockout book by Karla Sorensen. Already looking forward to the next book in the series.

Griffin is a misunderstood bad boy of football. The fun loving twin who finds himself when the quiet girl from his past shows him that it’s ok to be who you are!!

Griffin and Ruby are serious couple goals. My goodness their love had me swooning and falling so hard right along with them. Griffin….book boyfriend PERFECTION! I love the Jane Austen refrences and just how easy it was to fall into the pages of this book and not want to leave.

Also as a Colorado girl and Denver loving fan this book had me giddy that it takes “place” here. Though it was the quirky, strong librarian and her hilarious, literature loving footballer that kept my attention and had me in love with everything about this book.

Perfect book to hold you over until football season comes again.

Lessons in Heartbreak was my first Karla Sorenson, but will not be my last! I loved how easy to read this was! It totally pulled me in and kept my attention (at a time when my focus is nil). The lessons, childhood acquaintances, opposites attract tropes are always a lot of fun for me.

At its core, this is a story about fear, and if we can be brave enough to love someone, when the future is unknown or downright scary. It also is about the roles we find ourselves playing due to the expectations of others and how it can be so tough to break out of those patterns.

I loved how Griffin got sucked into Jane Austen adaptations and romance novels. How he was always really listening to Ruby. I really identified with Ruby in many ways. From the Type A achiever who was a bit of a shy nerd in HS, to having had a major health scare. I totally felt that pressure to be what was expected, and cause no one to worry. The only part that didn’t quite work for me in this book was that she had gotten to 30 and was in this situation.

While Griffin is a professional football player, this takes place in the off season, so the sportsball impact is small. Ruby is a librarian, and in the current climate where funding for libraries is being slashed, the storyline about the library hit close to home.

This was a fun read with a lot of heart and I really enjoyed i!

I am so happy this is a series because I can't wait for the next book to come out! I love when a romance book isn't just all fluff, but has great character development, and we can see them grow and learn about themselves and overcome obstacles, and its not just all sunshine and rainbows, and this has this in spades. It Is kinda a childhood friends to lovers because Griffin and Ruby were neighbors when they were younger until she moved away, although she had a crush on his twin brother and they never were friends.

Ruby was feeling very insecure with her, eh, dating life, so her friend Lauren convinced her to hire a professional escort to give her lessons to help her learn how to be more comfortable. Griffin, who is now an NFL player, is in town, staying at his agent's house on a timeout after getting into some trouble bad-mouthing his twin brother at a press conference, recognizes grown up Ruby at the coffee shop where she was supposed to meet the escort and offers to help her.

Who is the teacher and who is the student?

I love Karla Sorensen books. She writes relatable stories with just the right amount of romance. Ruby and Griffin’s story was cute - I liked the backstory of how they knew each other when they were younger. Ruby’s health back story gave depth to how one lives their life. It was a pleasure to read the ARC. Thank you NetGalley

Ruby and Griffin’s story is the stuff dreams are made of! Ruby Tate is a smart, wholesome, soft-spoken librarian in Welling Springs, Colorado, trying to rebuild her confidence. When she runs into her childhood crush—now NFL superstar Griffin King—at her local coffee shop, she’s less than thrilled. She remembers him as cocky and unreachable, and at first, she can’t stand him. But what she doesn’t know is that Griffin is about to become very smitten with her.

Determined to win her over, he starts reading all her book recommendations (even the steamy ones) and watching her favorite movies—yes, including Pride and Prejudice. What begins as him helping her feel comfortable around men again slowly transforms into something deeper, as Griffin unexpectedly falls hard. Their love story is everything I adore in a rom-com: witty banter, heartfelt moments, and a delicious slow burn that leaves you aching for more.

Lessons in Heartbreak is the first book in the Kings series. This was also the first Karla Sorensen book that I have read and it wont be my last. Lessons in Heartbreak follows the love story of Ruby and Griffin. Ruby a shy, small town librarian hires an escort to help overcome her fear of intimacy. Instead of the escort, she meets Griffin a handsome pro football player, who was her childhood neighbor., who accepts the job of her dating coach. This book contains some of my favorite tropes: small town, opposites attract, good girl/bad boy, and dating lessons. Also I really connected and related with the main characters, which made the story more heartfelt. Reading this book felt like I was watching one of my favorite rom-coms from the 90s/ early 2000s. Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lessons in Heartbreak was a fun read! The tropes are so good and were executed well. Like so many, I love some spicy lessons, I love fake dating, and he's. freaking football player. Say less, Montlake. Karla wrote it so I'm reading it!

I loved the meet cute(ish) uncomfortable moments when Griffin and Ruby met/reconnected. It was pure gold, I was cringing and laughing and enjoying every word! The book only took off from there, weaving through some fun and lighthearted moments and some deeper ones. I think Ruby's struggles are super relatable. I have definitely felt lost and out of my element at times, and I only wish I had a Griffin to guide me!

Griffin was an above par hero with all the things we love. I loved how he fell hard and fast for Ruby and was so determined to make her his. I loved how he had to navigate moments that we don't always see MMCs figuring out in real life and I enjoyed his story as well.

Overall- cute, cozy and spicy. A fantastic trifecta!

In all my years of reading Karla Sorensen books, I haven’t met a book of hers I didn’t like. She writes some of the most heartfelt stories, and I will always be coming back for more.

Now this book: Griffin and his twin (!!!) brother were Ruby’s next door neighbor way back when. She used to climb the tree between their houses to watch them play sports. She may have even had a crush on his twin, because all Griffin did was tease her.

Fast forward to today: Ruby has a fear of intimacy (don’t worry, it’s a good reason and was explained and handled with care), so she decides she will hire an escort to help her get over it without risking heartbreak.

But as she sits in the cafe waiting for said escort, the person who ends up sitting down is none other than Griffin himself. The annoying twin she hadn’t seen in years.

And the job is his. 😏

I will never stop recommending Karla and her books. Don’t sleep on this!