Novel Confessions: No Turning Back by A.M. Madden - "It was about having that one person beside you, who knew you better than anyone."

NO TURNING BACK BY A.M. MADDEN

Book Blurb

From USA Today bestselling author A. M. Madden comes a second-chance, surrogate romance.

Helping people is what I do best. I’ve made a career around it and dedicated my adult life to it. So, when my two best friends decided to start a family but weren’t able to conceive, it made total sense for me to become their surrogate.

Once I pleaded my case, and they finally agreed, I moved from New Jersey to Florida, excited for a much-needed change. But no one could’ve predicted crossing paths with the love of my life, the one who’d left years earlier, the one man I never got over.

Ryder Carter.

Despite how much we’d loved one another, life happened and circumstances pulled us apart. But he was back now, in Florida, single and still as gorgeous as ever. Even better, he wanted to pick up where we had left off. He wanted me.

Ryder appearing when he did couldn’t have come at a worse time. Because, even as just a surrogate, I had to wonder: Would he still want me when he learned I was pregnant with another man’s baby? Would he wait out the nine months to be with me? And even more important, how could I ask him to?

No Turning Back is meant for a mature reading audience.

REVIEW
No Turning Back is the next book in the Breaking the rules Series by A.M. Madden. I discovered this series last year when I ha the opportunity to read Upside Down which followed Ricky and Cooper's journey. I "met" Riana in their book, and was so excited for her story. As Cooper's best friend she wants nothing more than to make his dreams come true. Cooper and his husband, Ricky, are searching for a surrogate to carry their child. Riana makes them an offer they can't refuse.

Riana relocates from New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale (Novel Confessions stomping grounds for the win!) to become the surrogate for her friends, but also to start fresh after she is laid off work. Once in South Florida she reconnects with the love of her life. Things didn't quite work out for Riana and Ryder previously. Their love was strong, but their lives were in two different places back then. Now they must decide if they can work now with Riana as a surrogate.

I really enjoyed Riana and Ryder's journey. There was humor, heart and heat. These are a few of my favorite things. Although, I feel like I needed a bit more from them. A few parts almost got me there emotionally, but I still felt like I wanted more. All in all No Turning Back was a quick, enjoyable read.

RATING
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5/5)

Meet A.M. Madden

A USA Today bestselling, award-winning author, A.M. Madden is also a Jersey girl whose addiction to romance started at twelve after reading Judy Blume’s Forever. As a self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she truly believes that true love knows no bounds. In her books, she aspires to write fun, sexy, realistic love stories that will stay with you long after you turn the last page. She creates realistic characters and believes there’s no better compliment than when readers felt they knew the characters personally.

When not writing, she’s busy being a wife to her soulmate, and a mother to two boys who she believes are the most handsome men on earth. She loves to cook, hates to bake, and dreams about living at the beach someday.

A. M. Madden is the author of the popular Back-Up series, as well as several other contemporary romances. She is also a published author with Loveswept/Random House and Entangled Publishing.

Her debut novel was Back-Up, the first in the Back-Up series. In Back-Up, A.M.’s main character, Jack Lair, caused readers to swoon. They call themselves #LairLovers and have been faithful supporters to Jack, as well as to the rest of his band, Devil’s Lair.