Title: One More Thing
A 47 Things Novel
Author: Lilliana Anderson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Blurb
I never asked to slip on a piece of gum then fall in
love with a man who would die before the ink was dry on our marriage
certificate.
But that's what fate had in store for me. It broke me. I vowed I'd never fall in love again.
Five years later, fate had one more thing planned. It wanted to play around in my life again. Its tool? Another blasted stick of gum. Same place, only this time, it was Jude Baker, a university lecturer, who slipped on the gum.
Despite being a pacifist, Jude wasn't particularly happy about having gum stuck to his shoe and made his distaste abundantly clear.
But that stick of gum was the catalyst to a series of events where our paths would continue to cross. There would be a broken nose, a fractured hand, a cat on a lead and a crashed corporate Christmas party that would align our hearts and make me realise that I wanted to be happy again.
But there would also be tears. Many, many tears. Because falling in love was never easy, especially when you were still in love with another man.
But that's what fate had in store for me. It broke me. I vowed I'd never fall in love again.
Five years later, fate had one more thing planned. It wanted to play around in my life again. Its tool? Another blasted stick of gum. Same place, only this time, it was Jude Baker, a university lecturer, who slipped on the gum.
Despite being a pacifist, Jude wasn't particularly happy about having gum stuck to his shoe and made his distaste abundantly clear.
But that stick of gum was the catalyst to a series of events where our paths would continue to cross. There would be a broken nose, a fractured hand, a cat on a lead and a crashed corporate Christmas party that would align our hearts and make me realise that I wanted to be happy again.
But there would also be tears. Many, many tears. Because falling in love was never easy, especially when you were still in love with another man.
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Author Bio
Bestselling
Author of the Beautiful Series, Drawn, and 47 Things, Lilliana has always loved
to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has
to offer.
Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters with all the quirks you’d expect from those born Down Under.
Lilliana believes the world should know Australia for more than just its beaches and outback. Book after book, she successfully brings to life city and suburban characters much to her readers’ delight.
When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children.
Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters with all the quirks you’d expect from those born Down Under.
Lilliana believes the world should know Australia for more than just its beaches and outback. Book after book, she successfully brings to life city and suburban characters much to her readers’ delight.
When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children.
Before
Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied
humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at
university.
Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.
Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.
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47 Things
Grab those tissues cause the author was not lying that you will need them!! Sarah AKA Sweetheart and Tyler experience one heck of an emotional ride during their relationship. They may have grew up in a small town together, but didn't run in the same crowd. Escaping to a college away from their town still has fate intervening with these two. All it takes is a piece of gum and an ankle to get these two to spark something. Tyler maybe the Golden Boy, but once his mystery is revealed it actually leaves your mouth gaping because never did I expect this from his actions. Bravo to the author for this topic! No, I am not saying what it is so you are going to have to read this story.
There is a movie similar to this sorta not really, but this (book) is so much better. I'm so glad I was at home and not on the train when the tears I tried to keep from falling released. The author is not kidding you will ball your eyes out. I still have no clue how she wrote this seeing the words. My heart still breaks for this story.
I would have loved to see glimpses of Tyler's POV with all these things that occurred in the story. Sometimes fate is cruel and that was one of these times. This thing was too short is all I will say and you can take it how you wish, but I and those who have read this should know what I am getting at. When you fall, you fall and sometimes you might just have to stay grounded. All I can say without giving away spoilers is read this emotional story and fall in love with Tyler and Sarah the way I did.
One More Thing
Tissues, check! Cause you bawled your eyes out in 47 Things so we know that we will need to bawl again and again reading One More Thing. If we thought Fate intervened in 47 Things you need to think again cause Fate re-aligned again in this story. I don’t care if others agree or not, but Tyler definitely had something to do with this story. Let’s not forget that the gum comes into play again. I don’t know if you should laugh or cry at that moment. Jude Oh Jude! You have us laughing hysterically and then crying with your own demons.
Sarah is struggling to move on even after five years of Tyler being gone. Ty is just her added bonus of keeping the Golden Boy in her memories. How do you move on and still keep your first love alive? Your first love will always be your first love and as long as you let the memories stay alive it is OK to move on and love again. Tyler would agree and just ask his journals as it is written for us to see. Yes, we finally got to see Tyler’s POV from his journal entries that we didn’t get to see in 47 Things. He still makes us cry and laugh in memory. Be still your heart when moments come through between Sarah and Tyler. Some may think this is crazy, I believe and know that it is possible for this to occur. It leaves your heart tugging and beating at the same time reading this.
Jude, compliments of Tyler meets Sarah with the same Gum hap stance except a different body part. Oh my gosh, Jude experiences more injuries than Sarah did and I don’t know if you should laugh or cry at Sarah’s actions. Hilarious but it is not! Jude is quirky, but while he knows Sarah has baggage he sees something that he tries to fight off. Forget fighting a Ghost, how about fighting off the MIL. You shall see and only Sarah’s mom can put the MIL in place. I get it, I do, but it was totally uncalled-for cause Sarah could never ever forget Tyler and will always keep in memory forever.
Just when you think the tears are over and you will start to see the story of Jude and Sarah move forward here comes the ceremony with Tyler’s entire family and his BF, Alex. First you cry over Tyler’s dad finally coming to light, then his mom, Sarah’s parents, Alex, but holy tears can’t stop falling when it comes to Ty and Jude’s statements. This was a perfect tribute to Tyler and cause. The epic love story will never be forgotten and then to see where it lead with Jude and Sarah. The bond between Ty and Jude is the bond that I believe Tyler and Ty would have had. If you think Sarah’s emotions are all over the place, just know that you will feel the same way reading this. Holy tearjerker this is story worth reading!!
While it is best to read 47 Things prior to reading this story, I almost feel like it can be read as a standalone, but if you want the full background to Tyler and Sarah than you definitely should read that book first. This book does an awesome job of giving us a background though should you decide to skip it for whatever reason. Maybe cause you can only cry so much before you have to take stock in the tissue company reading both these books. Haha. This is a beautiful story, packed with emotion and worth the second chance romance that was deserved. Now go grab this book, a stick of gum and some tissues and read this story! You will not be disappointed even if you have tears stuck on your face it is so worth the emotional ride. No one said love was easy!
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