On the road to reelection, the passionate bond between the congressman and the journalist gets tested at every stop. Threatened by shameless media sensationalism and jealous exes, Brady and Liz now have to learn to trust each other despite what they read in the papers.
In the finale to USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s sexy Record trilogy, Liz and Brady may be setting off fireworks along the campaign trail, but can their love transcend politics as usual?
4.5 Red White and Blue Stars!
Review by Nicole Lorenzo
Liz
Dougherty is still reeling from how much her life has changed in just a matter
of days. For the last two years she has dreamed of being back with Brady, and
now it’s no longer a dream but reality. Congressman Brady Maxwell loves her and
plans on announcing their relationship to the public. It all seems surreal;
after all that they have been through could this really work?
“ I seem
to be a game changer.”
“Understatement.
You’re more than the game changer. You’re the game and the team and the league
and the whole universe of sports wrapped up into one neat little package.”
Liz
and Brady both knew that announcing their relationship to the public would come
with some backlash. Liz’s secret identity as Sandy Carmichael was also revealed
and the papers have gone wild with the story. Liz finds herself on the other
side of things when she is suddenly the one hounded by reporters and having
outlandish stories about how she is a whore and a home wrecker written in the
paper. And as if things couldn’t get worse Liz gets relieved from her position
as Editor at the college paper and her dream job falls through. Her world is
spinning out of control and it’s all because of one man. But she refuses to
give up on them.
“It’s
worth it?”
“You’re
worth everything…..”
Liz
is having a hard time finding herself and adjusting to being thrust into the
public’s eye. She feels like she can do nothing right and she keeps winding up
in the paper as gossip. She is truly worried of hurting Brady’s chances of
re-election. But he won’t hear any of it. Brady has made it clear that she left
him once before so he can have his career; he won’t let her do it again. He
regrets not going after her all that time ago, and now he is determined to keep
her by his side forever.
“They say
the measure of a man is what he does with his power. I’ve come to find that I
have no power without you.”
Brady and Liz find out they have multiple
people feeding stories to the news and plan on releasing a story that could
hurt Brady’s chances of being re-elected as congressman. Liz is having a hard
time deciding on her future plans. Due to the scandal, Liz has been faced with a
lot of slammed doors where her career is concerned. And it makes her think, is
their love really worth risking Brady’s career? If he doesn’t get re-elected
will he blame her? Resent her? With all these odds against them do Brady and Liz
have a chance to be happy after everything they have been through? Or will it
all have been for nothing?
“Love blooms in the most
unlikely places. It flourishes in the most difficult circumstances. And it
lasts despite all reasons it shouldn’t.”
This
is the book I have been waiting for.
After reading the second book in this series I couldn’t wait to get my
hands on this one. We were being teased with the fact that Brady and Liz were
going to get back together and I was sooo grateful when they did. Brady and Liz have had an instant connection
from the second they laid eyes on each other and it hasn’t lessened in the two
years since they have been together last.
We get to see a side of Brady here that I really enjoyed. He’s emotionally raw when it comes to Liz
now, instead of closed off and secretive. We knew he wanted her in book one but
he makes it clear he needs and loves her here and I love the progression. Liz gets a whole lot more than she bargained
for when she decides to go back to Brady. Her life is thrown in a tailspin and
she handles it better than I expected she would. I felt like this was a
beautiful way to end the series, and the epilogue is just what I hoped and
wanted it to be! I am secretly hoping
for a Novella so we can catch up with maybe Savannah or even Clay! ;) But “for
the record”… I LOVED IT!
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