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Always love to read this author, very heart warming, she really writes the perspective so emotionally.

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One More Promise by Samantha Chase is a good fit for those seeking a heartwarming and uplifting story about redemption, forgiveness, and the power of second chances.

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Samantha Chase. What can’t you do? What storyline can you NOT just blow out of the water?

I just loved Dylan and Paige’s story! Samantha has this innate ability to take characters that normally would be so above our league, and bring them down to a level that is just so relatable and HUMAN. They are flawed, and have issues that we as readers go through as well.

Both characters want their own HEA, but are they willing to get out of their OWN way in order to get there?

Fantastic book! Always enjoy reading Samantha Chase’s books!

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Samantha Chase is always one of my go-to summer authors, and I don't honestly know why I sat on this series as long as I did, because it's wonderful. Rockstar fabulous, and tasteful handling of recovering from addiction, plus awesome characters, escape from a terrible family dynamic, and lots of laughs made this perfect for the long weekend.

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I love Samantha Chase. She writes real life and relatable characters and stories. Filled with emotion and drama ... you can't help but be sucked into the pages. Its a light and easy read, and the romance was perfect. While a bit predictable, these stories are always enjoyable and entertaining.

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One More Promise is a book that I could not put down. I was excited to keep reading about Paige and Dylan. The story had spunk, love, strong characters, a fun setting, and a great storyline. I loved that the characters were relatable, even the famous band members. There were unlikable characters that were necessary for the story to flow and be true to life but most were likable.

My feelings while reading were up and down. I laughed, I sighed in contentment, I smiled, and I had tears all while reading page after page of this wonderful story. I laughed at the fun Dylan and Nora had. I was content with their relationship and how real it was. I cried at how both characters were treated by friends and family but loved how strong they both were, especially when they were together. I was in awe of how together these two were able to conquer anything.

This is the perfect heartwarming and loving story. The characters were amazing and the storyline was fast paced. I recommend picking up your own copy and enjoying the story of Nora and Jack.

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I’m a sucker for books about rock stars, bands, musicians and I know it is because music has always been important in my life, so I easily fell in love with Samantha Chase’s Shaughnessy: Band on the Run series. This book deals with a band member who made some big time mistakes which landed him in rehab and he is now trying to keep on track, get his life in order, and be a better person. I liked the realism of it, the fact that he makes mistakes, he owns them, he learns to apologize and mean it, and how he begins to realize that other people matter in his life when he hurts the woman who has called him out, made him live life again, and believed in him even when he didn’t believe in himself. One More Promise is filled with forgiveness, hope, laughter, and love and it was a joy to read.

Dylan Anders knows he has a tough road ahead of him; he isn’t foolish enough to think he has his addictions kicked and he is seriously committed to helping the literacy campaign his manager has set him up with especially since he knows he can shut himself off from the world. He figures he’ll be working with an older librarian type and it will be a good start and a safe assignment and then he meets Paige Walters and his world is turned a bit upside down.

I loved that Paige wasn’t impressed by Dylan’s celebrity and while she was enamored with his looks, his past haunted her and she wasn’t shy about letting him know. Her honesty was something that was refreshing and something Dylan admired. This relationship built over time as they spent lots of time together on the campaign, but also a lot of time sharing with one another both discovering that their need for parental approval set them on their respective messed up paths. I appreciated that while attracted Dylan didn’t want to draw Paige into his messed up life, he really was trying to be a better man and I think it set the tone that Paige tired of his excuses took matters into her own hands. They brought out the best in one another and supported each other, something they both desperately needed in their lives.

I appreciated that Ms. Chase didn’t shy away from the stigma of rehab, or the issues that come with sobriety especially for someone in the public eye. I thought she was respectful of the issues addicts face and that each day is a challenge and for that I applaud her.

Both Paige and Dylan were struggling in different ways and while they were pretty good at communicating sometimes they lost their way. It was good to see them learn from their mistakes, learn to apologize, and work on their relationship along the way.

I love the way Ms. Chase immerses you in her books and One More Promise is no different; you embrace the characters, you cheer their accomplishments, you feel their sorrow, and you rejoice when they find love and that is the mark of an excellent story.

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I loved how One More Promise paired together two very different people who were struggling with family issues. Paige plays by-the-rules and struggles daily with not being able to live up to her family's expectations. Which is made even more difficult by the fact that she works at her father's PR company alongside her perfect sister. Dylan is a recovering alcoholic, fresh out of rehab, who often wonders what path his life would have taken had his parents dealt with his teenage rebellion rather than ignored it.

When Dylan shows up to fulfill his community service hours through a literacy project at Paige's PR firm, the two do not get off on the right foot. She envisioned the project as a collection of wonderful authors, not rock stars with bad reputations. As they begin to spend time together, Paige realizes that she had Dylan pegged wrong all along — and when a "fake" relationship is formed between the two of them for the tabloids' sake, it's not long before real feelings start to develop.

The story focuses a lot on Paige and Dylan as characters; her father does get involved in causing some drama between them, but it is a pretty angst-free story. The romance develops at a nice pace, and there are many tender moments between the two as they learn how to support one another and find their inner strength to grow as individuals and as a couple.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Argghh!! I am loving this series!! Each new book gives readers an amazing and emotional journey to devour. It's incredible!! Right from the first few pages, Samantha Chase draws the romance lovers in with complex characters and real life issues with One More Promise. It made for a spectacular reading experience.

Paige is one tough cookie. She works for the family PR company and her biggest competition is her sister, and a father who deserves a slap up side the back of his head. (He really frustrated me!!) Anyway, Paige finally sees her opportunity to work on a campaign which she's excited up and to come out from behind her sister's shadow. She just needs to work with Dylan Anders, a rock star and recovering addict, to create the ultimate Literacy Now event.

You can probably imagine what happens. Sizzling chemistry. Tense moments of sexual frustration. Heartbreak. I don't want to wreck anything for any but it's truly awesome. Scene to scene I was bewitched by these characters and I loved the time I spent with them both.

I thought that the author put both characters through individual struggles as well as ones connected to their budding relationship. It was a blast to read and I highly recommend checking this one out!

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I've enjoyed Samantha Chase since her first novels. This one for me was just okay. I found parts a little cheesy but also entertaining. I will continue to read things from Chase.

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A quick and dirty rock star romance! I loved the dynamic between Paige and Dylan. And I loved how their romance blossomed. Each was perfect for the other--they needed each other to really make themselves whole, especially when facing some serious adversity--recovering from alcoholism as well as dealing with family drama.

I couldn't flip the pages fast enough to see how they came through with their HEA! Perfect afternoon read!

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This is the first book I have read by this author, and I must say that while I enjoyed the writing style and the character development, the story was just ok for me. Dylan is this bad boy rocker who lived the whole lifestyle, booze, sex drugs and rock and roll for a long time and ended up getting into an accident while drunk and is now in the process of changing his whole life around. Paige is very mousey and doesn't like to stand up for herself against her family, even though she has great ideas and does all the work any way she doesn't get any of the credit she deserves.

The relationship between Dylan and Paige flows pretty well, I like that they actually took time to get to know each other before actually jumping in the sack. The author let the anticipation build up until the point where we were waiting for it to happen. It wasn't all just sex. There was actual content in the book which I thought was great. Overall it was a well written book, but parts of the story line fell kind of flat for me.

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Samantha is the master of sweet romances. I loved the bad boy persona, trying to be better. And all he leading men are always the sweetest guys. Can't wait to read more from this series.

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To be honest, I had a bit of a mixed reaction towards One More Promise. Since this was only my second book of Samantha's, I felt a little lost for a good majority of the book. I knew it was connected to The Shaughnessy Brothers series, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how. So that kind of played tricks on me until the characters clarified things. Note to self: Finish The Shaughnessy Brothers before jumping into the next book! Another reason why I had a mixed reaction towards the book was Paige. It took me a good chunk of the book for her to get on my good side. Once she did, however, I was firmly planted in her corner. I just wasn't a fan of how she judged Dylan when she didn't know him.

Now, on to what I loved about One More Promise. I loved Dylan and Paige together. Dylan saw through Paige's defenses and it aggravated her. He refused to believe the bullshit she uses as an excuse and pushes her to admit that her family is using her. She hates the mirror that Dylan has in front of her face, but it's for her own sanity. As for Paige, she shows Dylan what could be. He can be the man that can have it all and his future isn't dictated by the actions of his past. Paige shows him that he's worthy of love, which I adored.

Once I got past the hurdles that were tripping me up, I couldn't put the book down. Although I bit of trouble with Paige, I ended up loving all of the characters. Well, except for Paige's family. They kinda sucked. One More Promise is a well-written, character driven story that, while I struggled a bit with it, I ended up really enjoying.

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“One More Promise” is about an unlikely pairing. Good girl and rule follower Paige Walters meets bad boy musician Dylan Anders. Yet, as we go into the story, Samantha Chase swap things a bit, then we see Paige and Dylan in entirely different lights.

This has always been Chase’s strength as a writer. She develops her characters so fully that we begin to see them in three dimensions. Paige and Dylan fall in that category; and we just can’t help but fall in love with them.

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WOW, Samantha Chase has written the perfect book that touches you in every way. I LOVED, LOVED it!!!! It was so beautifully written it’s like the characters are part of your family. You want them to be family, it’s so emotional. It has drama just like every family so much so you’d like to slug a few members. But Paige and Dylan are perfect together! Dylan the ultimate reformed bad boy and Paige the professional businesswoman. They have the perfect chemistry...it flies off the page. Samantha’s writing is flawless and always puts her heart in every story. An overall fantastic read that I would definitely recommend!

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I absolutely loved this book. Samantha writes the perfect combination of angst and romance. You can get mad at a character then love them in the next sentence.

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Paige Walters is working on starting a literacy program, wanting to leave her PR job. Now she meets Dylan who has just gotten out of rehab and yet is still searching for something to fill the void that is missing since the band is on hiatus. Wanting to work with this program for his own personal reasons from when he was younger. He gives himself to the program. He is still fighting himself, his addiction and the steps he need to make in order to improve himself. Leaving his house is step one for him, and he thinks everything is going good until someone goes and breaks it all up. Paige believes him and with her help they are able to overcome the first hurdle. Now though he feels that because of his past he will always be looked upon as a failure and a drunk. When the pressure gets to be too much he calls for help and he also needs help in fixing things with Paige. This is when he tells her about his past and why her program is so important to him. A wonderful book to go along with the other books in this story. Very much worth the read.

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When I found this author a couple of years ago I never thought I would fall in love with her characters and be on pins and needles waiting for her next release. Someone who brings characters from pages into your heart that's the kind of author Samantha Chase is. When I was offered this book early to review I couldn't pass up the chance. If anyone has doubts they should grab any book by her and start reading right away. Characters you can fall i love with, be mad at, root for, and sometimes even want to throw a punch at them. Then she is the right author for you.

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An amazing story of coming back from being at the bottom and finding true happiness. The chemistry and love that the main characters find is worth the journey in the book! Another smash from Samantha Chase!

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