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    When You're Ready

    By J.L. Berg

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    Before my husband Ethan died, he wrote me a letter.
    For three years, it's sat unopened in my bedside table... waiting.

    As a widow and a single mother, I'd made peace with a quiet life.
    After all, I lost the love of my life. No one could ever replace him.  
    But then, I met Dr. Logan Matthews and everything changed.

    He appeared like a white knight, caring for my injured daughter as he slowly mended the pieces of my broken heart.

    The letter Ethan left me has three words written on the envelope, When You're Ready.

    So, I guess the question is...

    Am I ready... to love again?
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJL Berg, LLC
    Release dateJul 25, 2013
    ISBN9780990346005
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    When You're Ready
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    J.L. Berg

    J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready series, the Walls series, the Lost & Found series, and more. When she's not writing, she can be found cuddled up, watching a movie with her family, obsessing over fandoms, or devouring anything chocolate. A California native, she lives with her high-school-sweetheart husband, their two beautiful girls, and their two pups in historic Virginia.

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    • 5/5
      Hold on to your hearts and bring out the tissues! Yes, I really mean it.

      As our book begins, Clare's husband Ethan is writing a letter to her to be opened "when she is ready". He is dying and wants to make sure his last words to her will help her rebuild her life after he is gone. Of that does not set the mood for you... please note that he is leaving behind his wife that adores him and his little girl, Madie, who is barely two years old.

      Three years later, Clare is back at the same hospital in the ER. Madie is sick with a possible concussion and Clare is freakin' out. She is afraid to lose Madie, feels the guilt that Madie hurt herself and she did not realize how bad it was until a couple of hours after Madie fell. To top it off, she keeps having flashbacks to when Ethan was dying at this hospital.

      And then her whole world is flipped over backwards when she meets the doctor in charge in the ER... Logan Matthews. Cupid must have been hiding in the ER somewhere because Logan, Clare and Madie end up feeling the incredible pull to each other. Beyond a doubt, they all feel they should be bound together and the trust and love should begin.

      I enjoyed reading this story. It is not all peaches and cream after they meet, but it is a story of a courtship. The courtship a man conducts to seduce his future partner as well as the courtship for the love of a child without a father who opens up this very unusual and kind man.

      Put your DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door and enjoy this story like I did.

    • 4/5
      I adored this book! Just adored it!

      Clare lost the love of her life and is left with a broken heart and a baby to raise. Clare knows that she will never find a love like that again and settles into raising her daughter and resigns that she will be alone forever.

      Logan thinks that he will never love. He spends his nights having one night stands, never getting attached and never opening his heart. That is until Clare shows up one night with her sick little girl in his ER. He feels a pull towards her he has never felt before. Clare feels it too, and they begin a dance of will we/won't we, can we/should we.

      What I really loved about this book was that there wasn't manufactured drama. It was a real relationship. It wasn't without bumps, but it also wasn't insta-love. It was a sweet love story.

      Logan was just...*sigh*. The way he fell in love with Maddie. The way he respected and embraced the memory of Clare's husband. The way he was so determined to make it right and make it forever. It was just...*sigh*

      There are some heart wrenching moments. I had a gasp moment and was pretty pissed for a bit, but I got over it :)

      Here's where I tell you if you should read the book or not. Yep, you should. Absolutely. It's a great story, the characters are wonderful and it isn't a cliff hanger! Go get it. Get it now!
    • 4/5
      I fear I will give away too much of the story to write an honest review. This book had me in tears from laughing and crying. Definitely an emotional read, but oh so worth it!!!
    • 5/5
      This story is raw, it is full of emotion. It will grip you right from the beginning and not let you go until the end.

      Clare has been left a single mother and is barely surviving.. Her husband suddenly passed away from Cancer and she is left alone to raise their infant daughter.She has not dealt with the death of her husband yet either. She has a Letter marked " When you're ready" and it is still unsealed and she cannot bear the thought of opening it.


      She moves through the motions daily in her life with her daughter,and work. That is until Logan enter's her life. Logan is brought into the picture when she takes her daughter to the hospital, he is the doctor on call.

      Logan has his own secrets although he is a doctor he is the estranged son of a multi billionaire, who is better known for his womanizing than his skills in the ER!

      when these two meet in the Er they both feel an instant connection, and Maddie is the one who brings them together.

      Everything is not easy for these two and we get heartache, laughs, and mending of hearts as well. Clare's Family and friends play a big roll in this story and they are what helps these two along the way.

      "I have so many things I want to say to you, so many words to write. But how do you fit a lifetime into a letter?"


      This book made me laugh, it made me cry, it made my heart break, and it made my heart heal again. It is definitely a must read about second chance love and what happens when you find it.


      "I love you." I told her without hesitation, saying the words I've been holding inside of me for far too long. "I've loved you Clare, every minute of everyday, since the very first day."