Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel

I like this book so far…I am half way though it and I like it better than the 1st one. It’s more mature then the 1st part. If you are married and like romance I think this is for you!!!

A marriage in trouble story is basically the most serious of second chance romances, which we all know I have a love/hate relationship with. But Rosie and Dom loved each other so much, and you were pulling for them the entire time. I loved this story. Rosie and Dominic Vega had a picture perfect relationship, until they didn't. How did it happen? Rosie doesn't know, she just knows she can't live like this anymore. Rosie has always wanted to open her own restaurant, but she's shelved her dreams for a long time, never thinking it was the right time to act on them. Dom has gotten so quiet in the years since he came home from deployment, and Rosie doesn't know what to do when he just doesn't talk to her anymore. He just works and comes home, and things never change. They've been dancing around their issues for years, and when things boil over, they're both left not knowing how to move forward. When Rosie finally decides to leave her husband, her love, her childhood sweetheart, she thinks there's no going back. But Dom isn't willing to give her up without a fight. He agrees to do WHATEVER it takes to make her come home, and when she proposes last resort marriage counseling, he doesn't bat an eye. Their marriage counselor was hysterical: a pothead hippie, with office decor straight out of the 1960s. But, he certainly knew his stuff, and he helped them realize they weren't speaking the same love language. As an aside, I learned about the 5 Love Languages in my pre-marital counseling class. And thank god for that, because my hubs' language and mine are VERY different. In fact, they are the same as our hero and heroine. Dom (and my own husband) shows his love with acts of service, and Rosie (and me!) with words of affirmation. This struggle resonated so strongly with me, as we've had to learn to interpret each other's languages over the years, and its not easy. Watching them struggle to understand each other just really hit home in my heart. And Dom's letter to Rosie? *Swoons Forever* Rosie and Dom had flaming physical chemistry like whoa, but their emotional intimacy had been sorely depleted. Watching them find their way back to each other's hearts was painful, and beautiful, and I just loved their love so much. They both had gotten so bogged down in the day-to-day, that things were totally out of control before they knew it. I'm sure everyone can relate to that in some way. But they both compounded the issue by not communicating, and not sharing their feelings, along with other important truths, and it just made everything worse. Rosie and Dom's friend group is truly outstanding, and seeing all their interactions were as enjoyable as they were in book 1 (which I also loved with my whole heart!). Having a new face added, in Wes, and seeing his spark with hilarious Bethany was so great, and I can't wait for their book up next! This book had my emotions on a yo-yo the whole time, but always, I was pulling for Rosie and Dom. Hoping they could each get out of their own way, and make the changes they needed to make to be all they could for each other, and for themselves. They both learned how to support each other, while letting the other person fly, and it was so satisfying. I highly recommend this story.

I was excited to read this one! I had asked for married couple romance recommendations in a Facebook group, and Love Her or Lose Her was one of those mentioned. I read the first book in the series to prepare and met Rosie and Dominic there.⁣ ⁣ I enjoyed seeing a couple make an effort to work on their marriage. The therapy scenes with their hippy therapist were funny but also had some tender moments. Discovering each other again through the process was beautiful to watch.⁣ ⁣ I loved that through it all, Rosie continued to pursue her dream of owning her own restaurant. I feel like she needed that as a way to come into her own and be the confident woman that was there all along. Dominic's growth throughout the book was exponential. He goes from a silent provider to a man fighting every day to show (and in his case, tell) his wife how much he loves her.⁣ ⁣ I still loved Georgie's character and her ability to make her siblings uncomfortable. Also loved the build to book 3 between Bethany and Wes!⁣ ⁣ My only issue was his name for her - honey girl. While I loved the "baby girl" thing from the first book, this one didn't roll off the tongue in the same way. It felt a little awkward and forced.⁣ ⁣ Overall, I enjoyed this one but Fix Her Up is still my favorite of the 2. Looking forward to September to read about Bethany and Wes!⁣

I really enjoyed this book and getting to see Rosie and Dominic's love story as they try to navigate their way through understanding each other on a deeper level and reconciling their marriage. I love how this book focused on love languages as the couples main flaw in the first place (besides lack of communication) was them not giving each other the love language that speaks to them. I really enjoyed Rosie as our MC - she was so cute and I loved that we also got to see her have more faith in herself and going after her dream which is to start her own restaurant. I loved her friendship with Georgie and Bethany and it was so fun to get lil sprinkles of their lives in this book too as I loved them in Fix Her Up 🥰 I still have mixed feelings about Dominic overall. I didn't really like his "olden day love perspective" in the sense that he was only focusing on him being the sole financial provider and that was enough for a successful marriage. Like he didn't really consider what Rosie wanted or even communicate with her to understand what she actually needed. But with that being said, he did have a lot of character growth and I really liked seeing him getting out of that narrow mindset and opening himself up to change and bettering himself for their marriage.

came in good condition, can’t say the same for my other books