repaired in love

Second chances by Emma Nichols

For as long as he could remember, Sebastian had been cursed. It began with the tragic death of his parents when he inherited the modern art gallery. It continued every day when he looked in the mirror and saw a monster where a man should be. He’d tried everything without success. Then he happened upon her, his cure, the one who could give him a second chance at life, love and happiness. After years of repairing what her father destroyed during his drunken rampages, opening a shop for repurposed and redesigned furniture seemed a natural progression for Marisa. When Sebastian hired her, she finally had a chance to get paid to do what she’d done for years for free. It seemed like a win, until he proposed. The moment they met, Sebastian was drawn to her. Of course, losing everything in thirty days if he didn’t marry was a huge incentive. So he asked and she refused. An experienced negotiator, he never gave up when he had his heart set on something. For Marisa, marriage wasn’t on the table and love wasn’t negotiable. Still, always quick to see the best in others, she looked at him and saw a project, her ultimate redesign. Maybe even Sebastian deserved a second chance.

I loved this kind of fairy tale. A lot of things I felt were fairytale like, like: the uncle, the father, the girl, Mattie, the money and of course Sebastian who feels like he is the hunchback of the Notre Dame. I kept reading and reading, I loved it so much. It was truly a case of second chances for Marise, for her father, for Mattie and for Sebastian. Marise worked her way into Sebastian’s heart, while he was captured in her’s. I simply adored it. Now I want to read book 1 too, “First a dream”.