Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel: 2 (Hot and Hammered, 2)

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ultimately, this book tackled it all wrong for me, the silly therapist, the over sexualisation, the over possessiveness of Dom. Ever since I sat with her in August at a book signing that we both attended, I have been "patiently" waiting for her next release. Also, if you disliked Travis (the love interest from Fix Her Up) for being too hyper-masculine, you will definitely not like Dominic. 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. There was this giant important part of this book where they were both told to rekindle their chemistry without sex.

It always led to one of them having an orgasm and then also sex so I didn’t really see how they were successful in that area and since this was a giant issue Rosie had with her marriage in the first place, I didn’t see how this was solved. This book shows the couple really working to fix their relationship and falling in love all over again, one step at a time. Dominic knows he can not live without Rosies and is willing to do anything to bring her home - even seeing an unconventional therapist. I can’t stand control-freaky people, because I *am* one of the not-the-brightest-idea babies born of that kind of rocky relationship.I wasn't sure what to expect from a story with an already married couple and I didn't love them in the first book but I truly enjoyed the first 40-50% of the book and that's why I'm giving it 2 stars instead of 1. I loved their journey to finding each other again and discovering that they both played a part in the unhappy state of their marriage. And there's also the Travis/Dominic/Stephen friendship which was equally amazing and had me cracking up more than once.

Additionally I hated this author's writing style, moments that I could tell were meant to be comical made me cringe. Love Her and Lose Her would have to be my least favorite book out of all the books within this companion series. i tried to convince myself that it was only because they had minor roles and that this installment would give them their chance to shine, but im still feeling indifferent towards them. These two people can't even look each other in the eyes without the woman's thighs becoming sopping wet and the man shifting uncomfortably in his jeans.I pray to god Tessa Bailey treats my girl Bethany with some respect in the next book or I will fight someone. No amount of rock hard penises and wet vaginas make up for the lack of genuine emotional or physical chemistry on the page.

I would absolutely recommend Love her or Lose her, It was fun and flirty and I found myself constantly comparing things to my own marriage.

It's still deliciously steamy, but I just didn't connect with Rosie and Dominic the way that I thought I would based on our brief introduction in the first book of the series. Overall, this book was entertaining and I didn't hate it, but it definitely had more strikes against it than positives for me and I am sad. As a result, my attention waned a bit, and I kept being surprised that I hadn't reached the end yet. It was interesting rereading this book as there are definitely scenes I was anxious to get to, and some that were not as captivating as they'd been in the past. For a romance book to work, you have to see the romantic leads and compatible and believe that they could work off the page which I found to be lacking in this book.

I thought having Dominic so clearly loving Rosie and admitting to himself, Rosie, and the readers that he would do anything for her gave the tone a good underlining simmering heat. While some may find that problematic, I didn't mind Dominic at all, especially because he learned how to communicate with Rosie throughout this book. I was torn between wanting to wrap Dom in my arms to tell him that keeping a stiff upper lip is not healthy, and shaking some sense into him. Love Her or Lose Her approached and picked at intricate issues of long-term relationships but Bailey's focus on heavier sexual lustful tones kept it from achieving the deep angst ridden emotional path I thought could be felt wanting to burst from this couple and personally wanted.The whole book was about conquering fears and dreams and learning to support and be supported in that which is something I think everyone has had doubts with!