Her Second Chance Forever Groom: Sweet, Christian Romance. No Regrets Christmas (Bachelor Texas Rebel Romances Book 5) Kindle Edition

I love Lorana's books they are always good and have good storylines. You dont have to worry about being overwhelmed with bad language and sexual scenes. Just a good clean romance.

I absolutely loved this book and I will recommend her books to anyone who loves romance novels. She keeps you involved from page one until the end.

Loved how Emmitt stepped up to the plate and embraced his past mistakes. Loved how Carter bonded with Emmitt. Great sweet romance!

I had to apologize for ignoring my family to get through Emmitt and Mia’s story! This book caught my attention immediately and kept it through until the end. I would love to go on and on about what I liked, what scared me, what I wanted to happen, etc, but you will just have to read the book for the details :)Everyone has past regrets; I love how the players embraced their coach’s attitude to live life to the fullest (and in so doing, tackle their biggest regret). I love that Emmitt recognizes the difference between saying you have faith and living your faith... and the impact that has on our choices.I just love Carter; younger kids make me happy and he was such a great lil man!I am so glad to have an ARC; this review is my own.

After the death of the team's owner, the players challenge each other to honor his memory by trying to fix their greatest regret. With some time on his hands, Emmitt faces his fear and goes to apologize to Mia for abandoning her right after he was drafted to a pro team. Mia is now widowed, with a young son, and struggling. She wants nothing to do with Emmitt, but he manages to meet her and try to apologize. As tragedy strikes her son, though, she's willing to lay down her pride so that Carter can get the help he needs. In the process, their relationship gets a second chance, but can she truly forgive and trust Emmitt again. While I wondered how Emmitt could just walk away, his apology and explanation is heartfelt and sincere. I liked later on the explanation of how a good person could be influenced to do something against their character, and I liked how they both realized that they could have been doing things that would have made their relationship better the first time around.What I liked: Carter is darling. Mia is a good mother struggling to get by after life has given her a number of trials. Emmitt is trying to show that he's changed, and his generous and caring nature comes through.What I liked less: The romance and Mia's initial forgiveness seems a little fast for me. Likewise, her anger later in the book seems immature, and I wanted to see just a little more working through the problem in the end. Emmitt's guilt is just a little heavy handed too. I'm not certain if the author intended for reveals in the storyline to be obvious or not, but they were.Overall: Is it classic literature? No, but the story does well with what it sets out to do. There's an obvious Christian theme along with the idea of redemption, but I thought it was handled well. I'm fairly new to Lorana Hoopes' writing, but I'll gladly read some of her other books as they come out.I received an Advance Reader Copy and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Some of Emmitt's teammates decide to spend a week getting rid of their regrets, to make amends. Emmitt wasn't sure if he were ready to face his biggest regret, leaving his girlfriend without a word five years ago. Emmitt now is a character that I loved. He's truly repentant and feels guilt over how Mia is having to live. He knows she wouldn't be in such bad straits if they had lived the life they planned together. Mia is a widow working hard to provide for her 4-year-old son after her husband was killed. I loved the faith journey shown in these character's lives, including how they recognized if they had been growing in their faith together that they wouldn't have committed the sin that drove them apart. The plot has some twists and turns and moves quickly. There's a great HEA and a very satisfying epilogue. I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to friends and family. I plan to read more of this series and more from Lorana Hoopes. I enjoy her writing style and her plots. I got my copy through KU.

Past regrets have a way of not staying in the past. They continue to come up in the present and you have to deal with them. This is what happens with Emmit Brown. He's a professional football player and he left his one true love behind to play football but the problem was, he continued regretting it because he left without saying goodbye or anything else and he has felt bad about that for 5 years. He's finally going to do something about that. Although he's always been a Christian, he hasn't "walked the walk" so to speak....but he's a different person now and he let peer pressure stop him from doing the right thing before. I loved Emmit's character and it's a lesson for all of us. It's never too late to do the right thing. He goes back to his hometown to "do the right thing" with Mia and good thing because she's in a pickle! Mia and her son, Carter, are great! They were very realistic - a single mother (widow) and her son who have fallen on hard times. I enjoyed all the characters in this book and definitely recommend it. You CAN right a wrong if you swallow your pride and go for it!I received a copy of this story from the author but was not obligated to review it. These opinions are my own.