Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel: 2 (Hot and Hammered, 2)

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possessive, jealous that his wife has friends, hides huge financial matters from her, does secret things like paying a security guard to watch her after work (without telling her), doesn’t talk to her and shows her no affection 6 days of the week and then has rough sex marathons every tuesday.

Rosie and Dominic did work it out on the dance floor, though, and I was there for every bit of that. Frustrated by Dominic’s failure to communicate anything to her other than lust (every Tuesday night), Rosie moves out, but Dominic will do anything to win her back, even attend marriage counseling with a hippie therapist. Well, they used to be anyway… Now Rosie’s lucky to get a caveman grunt from the ex-soldier every time she walks in the door. Ever since I sat with her in August at a book signing that we both attended, I have been "patiently" waiting for her next release.I can’t stand control-freaky people, because I *am* one of the not-the-brightest-idea babies born of that kind of rocky relationship. I found it very unrealistic that their marriage had been so rocky for years, but yet they were still so attracted to each other. I’ve never really been interested in them to be honest, but Love Her or Lose Her was way more enjoyable than I thought it would be so maybe it’s a trope I’ll have to explore. my on-going crushes on ALL of Kati Wilde’s heroes), but some of Bailey’s heroes lack the self-awareness to know they’ve crossed into alpha-hole territory.

Rosie wanted to be a restaurant owner, cooked like a pro, yet did nothing to at least learn anything about running a restaurant or work in one. I kept reading because I wanted to see what would happen to Rosie, who really deserved better, but as a romance, no. It's still deliciously steamy, but I just didn't connect with Rosie and Dominic the way that I thought I would based on our brief introduction in the first book of the series.They coexisted in a house like flatmates, and yet somehow the sex was off the charts and they melted underwear by only looking at each other. There was this giant important part of this book where they were both told to rekindle their chemistry without sex. In that book, I felt like the characters showed a lot of development emotionally, so it was natural how they progressed back into a relationship that was different than before, but still loving.

Self care is leaving the dishes and the tidying, to have a long bath with a face mask and this book. Dominic had obviously some sort of PTSD and couldn't properly talk about his feelings; but hey, the couple did 3,5 therapy sessions (wich a guy who interrupted them all the time) - and boom! Never in a million years did Rosie believe her stoic, too-manly-to emote husband would actually agree to relationship rehab with a weed-smoking hippie. The two main characters, Dominic and Rosie are in the middle of getting divorce after being married for 10 years. Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with ten years ago is nowhere to be found.They both are unhappy with lack of communication and misunderstood desires that has led to a marriage of silence. And there's also the Travis/Dominic/Stephen friendship which was equally amazing and had me cracking up more than once. Bailey seemed to be concluding the story when all the sudden she made an infomercial but-wait-there’s-more move.

They both still loves each other, but Rosie does not think Dominic can change and give her what she needs for him. But it’s definitely a trope that needs to be handled carefully, and even when handled carefully won’t work for everyone. And don't get me started with this obsession authors have about literally ripping clothes to have sex.

Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with 10 years ago is nowhere to be found. I wish they did ACTUAL THERAPY instead of whatever that was and that there was more emotion rather than lust. I admired this book because it made me empathize with two people with whom I don’t have much in common, and it made me respect their relationship even though I would not want to be in a relationship with the dynamics that theirs has (when it’s working).