Very different from what I expected. A journey of healing both physical and mental after an accident brings all the characters together. Misunderstandings are finally communicated yet this brings more drama as Erin and Ward untangle the events happening in their past and what's currently happening to them now. Don't expect fluff and sunshine or rainbows. Erin has been dealt all the bad cards and she's just making do with what she's given. While I can see how Erin and Ward ended up together, I was just thrown by their romance as most of the time it's just Erin hating on Ward without an inkling of progression each time they were together. If you're okay with stuffy heavy emotions then give this book a try. Overall, I enjoyed the story and how the character came together in the end.

What a fascinating book. I was impressed by the storyline and the characters were all well written and complex. Where there are complex storylines combined with intriguing characters the reader experience is magnified tremendously. To have a book that is well written as well as entertaining is a delight. Reading is about escaping your world and entering another one. The word building was phenomenal in this book. Here I forgot about my own life and was immersed in the world created by the author. I would recommend this book.

Wow! Ward & Erin’s journey was in no way an easy one, but worth it in the end!

I voluntarily reviewed this book.

Can I have a love/hate relationship with a book? Please say yes because I really do. Ok let's go in order.
1- I love Erin. She is spunky, smart and I just really felt like her character was fully developed. I get her. I understand her. I know where she is coming from.
2- I dislike Ward. Not hate, but dislike. I just feel like I don't really understand him at all. I feel like his character could use some more fleshing out. He was mysterious and I had a hard time connecting to him. I hated what he did. GRRRRR, now that made me mad and was almost unforgivable.
3- I love a good slow burn. This was no insta love, this was slow, simmering, meaningful and I ate every bit of it up.
4- OK I hated reading the accents. I love Scottish men. Oh I do love them. But goodness, there were times I had no idea what was being said. I struggled, a lot.

So my love/hate with this is exactly that. How do I rate a book and I love and hate. ?sigh. It gets a 3.5 rounded down to 3 I think.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publishers, and the author for allowing me to read and review.

Her lifelife is a truly emotional book from the author unlike her previous titles i have read. A story of secondchances and full of heartache. A book that draws you in from the start.

I was not expecting such an emotional roller coaster ride when I started with this book. An emotionally gripping story. I couldn't put the book down without finishing it. Was in tears many times during my read. A well written amazing book. Looking forward to read more from Casey

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Oh lord, I wanted to like Her Lifeline but I just couldn't. I honestly have no idea how I even got to the end of this book. Just ask Andy who knew about all my suffering when it came to this book.

In this book, you will meet Erin and Ward. Now they sort of have a crush on one another when she is 11 and he is 19. However, something tragic happens in their lives that tears them apart. Her dads unexpected death and him getting a once in a lifetime chance to go to his dream college. It also doesn't help that he's best buds with her older brother who decides to stay back with his family.

Years later and another shit storm rolls into Erin's life. Same for Ward as well because Tommy, Erin's older brother and Ward's ex best friend has been in a car accident. Now he's in a coma and they are all praying that he wakes up.

Now this book has some dumb ass drama. I just didn't get it and it frustrated me so easily. I don't understand how Ward could so easily walk away from these people he called family. Then make all the bloody medical decisions for Tommy instead of his actual family. Then the whole "engagement" thing was just way too weird for my brain to wrap around.

Erin and Ward were cute but I feel like so many other things about this book just bothered me. Whether it was the scottish words that changed frequently in this book or I don't know what else. This book just plain bothered me and I definitely had to break out the wine just to calm my nerves.

Besides all of that, I'm glad I got to take a chance to read this. I'm a little bittersweet about finally finding time to read it but not liking it.

I received this book as an arc from Netgalley.

What I liked a lot about this story was the realistic portrayal of life, she works two jobs, has struggles she deals with, etc. For me, a book is so much better when you can relate to some of the characters. Nicely done!

This book was an emotional read that I was expecting. I was pulled into this book and pulling for the characters. Erin has had a crush on her brother’s best friend since she was 11 years old. They are eight years older and heading off to college. Erin’s life has been hard since her father died leaving her brother, mother and her behind. Although her mother might as well be gone as well. Things don’t get any better for her as the years go on. She wasn’t expecting Ward to come back into her life.

This was an emotional read that I couldn’t put down once I started. I can’t wait to read more of her work.

I absolutely loved this book and read it in one sitting. The pace of the story and the slow burn change from hate to love was perfect and felt very believable. Reading Scottish accents was hard on me, and I think I would have enjoyed this book even more in audio format.

I really enjoyed it. The writing was engaging, the pacing good and I liked the dual 1st person POV’s. This one definitely gets emotional and the triggers are real, but everything was well done and thought out and gave the story depth and realism. As for the characters, they were all well written and it should come as no surprise that my fav’s were Aiden and Jesse and I wouldn’t mind getting more of both in the future.

I really enjoyed this one, and especially this author. Enemies to lovers are often my favorite type of romance.

The reader really feels sympathy for Erin as a character, as she can't seem to catch a break. The reader is mean to dislike Ward from the beginning, but he really begins to come around.

Overall, a good read and I would definitely be looking for more to read from this author.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this ARC. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped I would, so I’d prefer not to leave a negative review.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet, sexy romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

Her Lifeline is a stand-alone and its a very emotional read it will certainly tug at your heartstrings, it’s a book that will take you on an emotional roller coaster as you read about family, love and loss.
Her Lifeline starts in the past with Erin’s POV and then takes us back to the present time when tragedy strikes and Erin’s older brother is in a awful accident and Ward comes back into the families life . Erin doesn’t want the man she once crushed on to be anywhere near Tommie all she sees is Ward left her brother and his best friend to set up his very successful company with the ideas Ward and Tommie worked on together she doesn’t know the real reason why Ward left all those years ago.
This story tugged at my heartstrings and just when I thought I had it all together this author threw any spanner in the works and the tears started all over again. This wasn’t an easy read and yes you will cry but this author has given us a beautifully written love story and she covered some heartbreaking situations with compassion as we learn why Ward left all those years ago we learn why Erin and Tommies mum is the way she is and we are left wondering how we would react if life had dealt us the hand it dealt this family. Emotional read that I couldn’t put down.

This might have been the most depressing and sad book I’ve ever read. I’m talking ugly crying from the word go. If you like that kind of book, go for it! It’s extremely well written and well structured. But if you’re like me and find that kind of sadness complete torture, this one is NOT for you!

Thanks to the publisher for an ARC to read and give my honest opinion!

The night Erin's father was killed and her brother Tommys best friend leaves them to go to college is the night her life started to go irrecoverably wrong. Now years later she is watching her brother lie in a hospital bed she's not sure she can retain her sanity with another loss. Her brothers best friend arrives back in their life and sparks fly.

What did I like? The chemistry between Ward and Erin is just amazing. Loved watching these two go toe to toe and Erin deserved a HEA. The situation that made Ward leave home didn't come out until the bitter end but the stage was set for Erin to get some real happiness well deserved too.

Would I buy this? An L.A. Casey masterpiece? Heck yea. Loved it and read in one sitting and a very loanable book for someone looking for an outstanding read!

Thoughts for the author? I already have another book lined up to read of hers so just enjoying being able to read for a lovely writer. I remember her first one and it was a pretty awesome book. Five huge stars of entertainment!

Oh man. Her Lifeline is beautiful, amazing,, heart wrenching and everything else in between. This isn’t your typical “I love my brother’s best friend” romance. There is so much depth.

Her Lifeline was a little too much like Until Harry, only without the chemistry and with forced emotions that did not unfold organically for me. I found myself skimming quite a bit during the second half.

***4 "My Whisky!!!" stars***

There aren't many books from L.A. Casey that i haven't read and I'm always having such a great time... This book wasn't an exception, with the only difference that this certain book wasn't so funny as the rest of them... It was more deep...
This story was about family, love, loss and how you can fight back to light from the darkness when you are heartbroken, as much as our heroes were...

"Some secrets aren't meant to be kept..."

Eleven years prior, tradegy had hit unexpectendly Erin's family...
She was just eleven years old and her world crumbled down, not only by the loss of her father, but also from Ward's flight... She felt betrayed by him and she told him to never come back...

Eleven years after, Erin is not in the best place... She is busting her ass in two different jobs and she has to deal with her mother and her issues... When her father died, her mother stayed behind, but in a way, she was dead too and Erin had mostly to deal with her... Her only safe heaven was her older brother, Thomas!!!!
And then everything are changing for once again when Tommas gets badly injured in a car accident!!! And then her world is collapsing for once again...
And upon that, Ward is barelling back into their lives and she can not stand it, since she is hating him with every cell on her body... Or doesn't she????

"I didn't want to appear weak in his presence. The last time I was vulnerable around him, he'd broken my heart, and i refused to give him -or anyone else for that matter- the power to ever do it again."

Well, Ward had his own issues when he was a kid... Issues that couldn't share with anyone but his best friend, Thomas. Together, they had plans... And then, Thomas's dad died, and he couldn't change his plans, even if Thomas did!!!
So, he left them all behind and he didn't look back, even though the guilts were eating him inside... But still... He stayed away and he became something big, but maybe the succession wasn't all at his own!!!!

But now, Tommie is badly hurt and he is determined to fix everything and be by the side of the family that once he left behind.... But Erin is fighting him off and she is making it really hard for him... but, he is determined to stay by their side!!!
But it doesn't help one bit that he is drown to his best friend's sister who is hating his guts!!!

"I was nervous, and that surprised me because I rarely got nervous, if ever. Erin got to me though, and I didn't know how to handle the knowledge of that, let alone how to handle her."

Well, this was a lovely story with its ups and downs...
Our heroes were all of them hurt by one thing or another... All of them were breaking my heart...
Erin had to deal with lots of ugly shits and her brother's accident was the worst.... Ward's return wasn't something good for her, because she was hating him and he wasn't trusting him anymore... I totally understood her reasons why she was acting like this, but in a way, she was irrational and hotheaded without reason...
Ward, from the other hand, had also made many mistakes... It wasn't right the way that he abandon the siblings when they were needing him the most and then, he made something that wasn't right.... But then, i understood why he was acting like that and my heart was hurting for his behalf for the reasons he flew away from his life...
Well, i won't say more about those two, but as you can already understand, they will become something more eventually, but the road to reach this point is full of bumps and ugly secrets...
Will they survive the truth???

"Somehow, Ward did what I'd never thought possible.
He'd worked his way back into my life... and I wanted him to stay in it."

"I'm never leavin' you."

I also want to add, that i liked very much Thommas and his lovely son, Aiden...
Their fate was so unfair...
Tommas was a wonderful person in every aspect and i loved the relationship that he was having with Erin... If i had a brother, i wish he was like that...
The aunts were awesome and very kind and for last, i left Erin's mother...
I can understand her pain over her loss, but i accuse her for her choices after her husband's death!!!

***ARC kindly provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***