It pains me to write this because I typically adore K.A. Tucker's books, but this one was a DNF for me. I am normally all about second chance romances, and I liked the summer camp concept. However, I couldn't connect with this story or the characters. There wasn't anything specific that I disliked; I simply couldn't get into the story. Perhaps I will try again at a later time, but until then I'm going to call this a case of it's not you, it's me.

Say You Still Love Me is the perfect summer read. It made me wish I had gone to a summer camp as a teen. It was a great blend of young love and adult romance.

Kyle and Piper met as camp counselors one summer when they were teenagers and it was love at first site. These two were from different sides of the tracks, but that didn’t matter to them. They fell hard and fast for one another. It was the best summer of Piper’s life until something happened that pulled the two of them apart. After that, Kyle sort of disappeared from her life. A decade passes and she doesn’t hear a peep from him. Until one day at work, she sees him…

I was confused to what Kyle’s motives were. It was apparent he was back in Piper’s life for a reason and even though I adored teenage Kyle, I wasn’t sure about adult Kyle. It didn’t take long to see that he was a good guy though, and very much there for Piper and her best interests. He’s always been there for her in some way or another, even if she couldn’t see it.

This book went back and forth with each chapter. One chapter would be Kyle and Piper’s time at camp, and the next chapter would be the present. There was a lot of build up to what happened that summer as well as the present. I couldn’t stop reading and as soon as I got invested in a time period, it would jump backward or forward. Even though it could be a bit distracting, I think overall it worked for this book. Parts of this book felt like a YA novel and the other half felt like a contemporary romance.

I really did enjoy the camp aspect of the book and watching Kyle and Piper fall in love. I also loved the current plot and watching them rekindle their romance. This book was very well written and character driven. It was so easy to get invested in the story of Kyle and Piper.

If you love second chance romance, books about first love, and books where the hero is from the wrong side of the tracks, pick this one up. KA Tucker always delivers. The writing was fantastic and this is one sweet and sexy romance you don’t want to miss!

Bottom line, K.A. Tucker is an auto-buy author for me. I love her writing. I love her characters. I love her books. So, it comes as no surprise that I loved her upcoming novel SAY YOU STILL LOVE ME.

It’s been 13 years since Piper and Kyle have seen each other. Not since they spent the summer as camp counselors when they were teenagers. Piper is now a high-powered executive at her father’s multibillion-dollar real estate development firm and trying to prove herself to her colleagues, and herself, that she deserves to be where she is. Things get all the more complicated for her when she runs into Kyle, a new security guard at her father’s firm and the boy who happens to be the first love of her life.

Alternating between that summer at camp and the present day, you learn what happened all those years ago and how that has molded both Piper and Kyle into who they are today. I loved the back and forth between timelines. It allowed the details of the past to be revealed in interesting ways and it made for an unputdownable read because I just had to know what happened! You also get the perfect mix of that sweet and all-consuming first love and a second-chance romance, with just a bit of mystery mixed in as it’s slowly revealed what really tore these two apart.

If you loved Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren or Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner (two of my personal favorites), I think you’ll love this one too! It releases August 6th and I’ll post a full review closer to pub day, but I encourage you to pre-order it because it’s seriously the perfect summertime read.

My first time reading from this author and won't be the last. I just devoured this book and finished it in a day. A great second chance love trope.

I kept seeing lots of readers talk about how much they loved K.A. Tucker's "The Simple Wild" (which I do still need to read), so when I saw that she had a new book coming out I knew I wanted to give it a try - and I was not disappointed! I read this book during some work travel and it was the perfect read for that.

Piper Calloway's life has a lot going on at the moment; she's just been made a VP at her dad's real estate firm to get her ready to take over from him. This also means she's left to deal with being a strong woman in a male-dominated field where she's questioned at every turn and has to work with her ex-fiance every day. As if all of that wasn't complicated enough, her first love from camp, Kyle Miller is now working in her building as a security guard. She hasn't seen or talked to Kyle since that summer and it seems he doesn't even remember who she is at first. But she quickly realizes that not only does she still have feelings for Kyle, but the same may be true for him.

This book was the perfect mix of sweet and emotional with some girl-power thrown in with Piper's work life. This story was told alternating between present day and flashbacks to Piper's summer at Camp Wawa. I was rooting for Piper and Kyle both as a couple and individually throughout the book and all of the ups and downs thrown at them. The camp portion of the book made me nostalgic for those high school summers and my own camp experiences (albeit very different from those in the book). This is the perfect summer read!

4/5 stars

I am a huge fan of KA Tucker and when she puts out a book I can guarantee a few things.... I will read it without reading the description and I will love the book! That was exactly when I did when I saw Say You Still Love Me on Netgalley and I did love it!

I love how this book goes from past to present, KA does it with such ease that I was never confused what time I was reading. KA writes second chance romance like no other. She adds enough drama and angst but just enough.

I will read anything and everything KA Tucker writes and I can also guaranteer that I will be sad when I am done.

Say You Still Love Me by KA Tucker

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A Favorite Author
Part Adult Contemporary Romance
Part YA Romance
Love at First Site
Summer Camp
Corporate Real Estate
A Tragic Accident

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☆4.5☆STARS - GRADE=A-




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I haven't been able to finish a book I was reading (rather than listening on Audio) in less than a week in quite some time. I found myself actually wanting to read this. So thank you, KA Tucker, for that. I've always liked this Author's stories and this one is no exception.

Told in alternating chapters between their teen years at Camp Wawa and their 30's in Lennox, NY (actually, a real city just spelled differently), made for a very interesting story. I found the past and present tenses equally compelling. I didn't think this was going to have anything hard hitting like most of her books do, but by the end...I found myself shedding a few tears. It was sad, and the ending doesn't wrap everything up in a perfect little bow, but it was a satisfying ending...it was more like real-life tends to be...a little messy but still doable.




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Plot⇝ 4.5/5
Main Characters⇝ 4.5/5
Secondary Characters⇝ 5/5
The Feels⇝ 4.5/5
Pacing⇝ 4.5/5
Addictiveness⇝ 5/5
Theme or Tone⇝ 4.3/5
Flow (Writing Style)⇝ 4.5/5
Backdrop (World Building)⇝ 5/5
Originality⇝ 4.7/5
Ending⇝ 4.5/5
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Book Cover⇝ I don't know that it fits the story...it's not like they ever sat on a dock overlooking a lake with colder-weather clothes on. They did stand on a cliff, though...but whatever.
Setting⇝ Lennox, NY & Camp Wawa
Source⇝ I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
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For Piper and Kyle, it was lust at first sight when they met at summer camp. Skip to 13 years ahead and she’s about to be running her huge family business, and in walks Kyle back into her life... and her office. But why!? You’ll see! This book switches between past and present, which I usually hate but that’s mainly because I wasn’t ready for their story to stop in either time frame. It was heart breaking, touching, relatable, and will guaranteed make you want more. See them love unconditionally, see them take on all odds and ways of life, a crazy father, and see why he came back

Tucker does it again with another romance tinged with seriousness.The main protagonist, Piper, is strong and comes to her own. She fights for what she wants and learns how love can break through even the worst of secrets.

K.A. Tucker cemented herself as one of my favorite writers with this novel. I am always so invested in the story and can't wait to see how it ends up, and this was no different. I loved it!

Say You Still Love me is a second-chance romance and it is done so well!

Piper is a VP at her father's billion dollar real estate company and having to deal with a lot of people who don't think she deserves that job. Kyle is a security guard and he seems not to remember her.

I loved that she was the rich and powerful one and he was the boy from the "wrong side of the tracks". Their backstory, at summer camp, was swoon worthy!

I loved Piper's character, because although she was rich, she was not at all spoiled or pretentious.

I loved this one. It's steamy and emotional.

KA Tucker is now a must-read author for me. Her storytelling is top-notch and her characters are very well developed, compelling and relatable. Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance with perspectives both in the past in the present. We get to watch the hero and heroine fall in love as teenagers and then reconnect as adults. I love how their love story unfolded in bits and pieces, getting just enough to keep us hooked without giving it away all upfront.

Kyle has had a rough upbringing. A guy from the wrong side of the tracks, he falls head over heels for Piper pretty much the moment he lays eyes on her. But this isn’t really insta-Love in my opinion. The way Tucker winds the story together gives you the feeling that even as teenagers, these two had really deep feelings for one another. Their love story isn’t all hearts and flowers. There are some darker elements involved that really kept things interesting, especially when they reconnected as adults which lends to a total page turner. This is a book where I thought about the characters even after putting the book down.

The writing is excellent. The story is engrossing. Fans of KA Tucker won’t be disappointed with this one. I loved it!

As always, K.A. Tucker writes in such a way that keeps me hooked beginning to end. Say You Still Love Me is her newest Contemporary Romance novel that still has me reeling!

The novel goes back and forth between then and now highlighting the changes in Piper Calloway's life. Then, 16 years old working as a camp counsellor at Camp Wawa, and now, 29 years old running her father's multi billion dollar company.

She's left most of her past in the past, including Kyle, but she becomes overwhelmed when he's decided to show up in the present. There are so many questions left unanswered and so much mystery as to why he disappeared.

I loved the fact that the author went back and forth between past and present, it made things much more interesting and kept me hooked throughout. It made me feel completely nostalgic about my own teen years and I was seriously giddy for the characters in the book.

This book was so much fun to read, it reminded me of summer and being young again! One thing I appreciate about the author's writing is that she can switch genres effortlessly making each book completely different but equally enjoyable to read.

While I'm not a huge fan of books that go back and forth between past and present day, this one was entirely enjoyable. K. A. Tucker simply has a way with words and turns them into such deep characters and wonderful stories.

In Say You Still Love Me, Piper and Kyle meet as camp counselors one summer. They come from very different worlds and part on less-than-grrat terms. When they run into each other 13 years later, neither is sure of it's fate ... or torture.

Such a good read! I love Tucker's books and this is another winner.

Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance and is told in alternating timelines between 2006 and 2019. Piper Calloway is a senior VP at her dad's very successful company and is slated to take over when her father retires. Piper struggles to be taken seriously in this male-dominated workforce and while I love that premise, I was a little disappointed with the follow through.

In a time when women's issues are so prevalent in the media, I thought it was wonderful to see Piper as a woman with a high powered career but Piper's character came off as a little entitled and whiny...which took away the ability for her to be a likeable character. It was clear in the storyline that she only had that position because of her father, not because of earning it herself which just rubbed me the wrong way. It had the opportuntinty to show a woman facing adversity and who through hard work and perseverance got to where she was today and instead it became a lot less inspiring.

As far as the romance, Piper is reunited with her young summer love when Kyle starts working as a security guard at her father's company. I loved the idea but it just didn't feel believable to me because it all felt very formulaic. I often wondered what she and Kyle had in common besides their previous "teenage infatuation". A lot of just seemed contrived and not realistic...but I think I just wasn't the right audience for this one.

I can clearly see why many readers love K.A. Tucker's writing because she truly is gifted at witty dialogue and this was certainly easy and engaging to read. Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy of this book.

Kyle and Piper met one summer as camp counselors. Something major happens while they are at camp and Piper always wonders why she never heard from Kyle after their summer romance. Thirteen years later, Piper runs into Kyle, who is now working in her building. She can't help wondering why he is there and if it means anything. This story alternates from the present to the past to help show what happened to them and why it was so surprising to Piper. Piper feels like Kyle is hiding something very crucial from her, but she can't figure it out.

I won't give anything else away, because this story takes you through a great series of events. K.A. Tucker does an amazing job of getting you to remember those feelings of being a teenager and first loves. She also makes you really feel the feelings of the characters, and I found myself feeling what they were going through. Not many authors can really dig deep to get you to feel all of those emotions, but Tucker can. Every book of hers gets better and better, and this one is no exception. I found myself returning to my favorite scenes after I finished this book. You don't want to miss out on this one!

Kyle was the boy that Piper never forgot from her short time as a summer camp counselor. He was her first love, and then he just disappeared out of her life. Now he’s resurfaced, a security guard in her father’s building, and he acts like he doesn’t even know her. Why did he vanish from her life then, and why is he back now?
This was the first of KA Tucker’s books that I’ve read. While I enjoyed it, there was one main thing that kept me from loving it:
I cannot stand the billionaire trope in romance novels. At least in this one SHE was the wealthy one, not him, but still. Why does someone have to be filthy rich in an attempt to make romance more appealing? (And good lord how many billionaires are out there - because if I’m to believe these books, all I have to do is be awkward or quirky or blasé about them and they’ll knock down my door.)
Also, a minor detail, and as this is an ARC I’m sure it’ll be remedied, but a side character was alternately referred to as Krista and Christa.
Now for the parts I enjoyed - the friendships, both in the past and present; the flashbacks to summer camp; that Piper was in a strong position of power for her career, and especially that her dad respected her as such. I liked that the romance was there but not gratuitous or ridiculous in its description.
Overall, this was a fun, light summer romance.

I initially struggle in general with past/present alternating chapters each with a continuous storyline. They have to be done right in which I have to be invested in both time periods in order to enjoy the story. I think this book is a huge slow burn, and I kind of struggled with getting to the end, which I started to skim some. I also wasn't connecting with Piper and Kyle as a couple from both time periods. Some parts of this book were sad, but overall I think the reader needs to be in the right mood to read this book.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Say You Still Love Me is a wonderful second chance romance. I love how the female lead is a powerful woman in the present, but found myself loving her more in the past when she fell in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. This book is told in both perspectives; past and present, and really works for their love story. While I personally enjoyed the past the most, I did love seeing how the two came together in the future despite some secrets that could have kept them apart.

K.A. Tucker is a wonderful writer and I am always excited for her next novel. This is a wonderful book and I know is going to be a hit with romances readers this summer. I very much recommend it.

I have absolutely loved some of K. A. Tucker's books and Say You Still Love Me sounded perfect for me: a mash-up of Dirty Dancing (girl at summer camp defies rich father to romance a blue collar guy) and The Parent Trap (camp hijinks and divorced parents). The storyline switched between a summer camp romance in the past and a second chance at love story in the present. Points for mashing up two great romance scenarios!

In the past, Piper is a rich girl who falls for a wrong side of the tracks guy. In the present, she has a an overbearing rich father, an absent shopaholic mother, a vain, douchey ex, and a preppy, golf-obsessed colleague who she thinks is out to make her look bad at work. On the positive side, she also has her two BFFs from camp days who live in the huge apartment her father gave her, a donut-loving security guard. But then that gorgeous wrong-side-of-the-tracks former boyfriend pops up out of nowhere.

I’m crazy about second chance at love stories so I think my main obstacle to loving this was Piper. In the present day, she’s pretty annoyingly perfect. She was constantly describing what she was wearing and damn, did she think she looked good. She thought a lot about how her dresses were tight in a way that flattered her toned arms and slender curves. What made it worse was that Piper had a history of being pretty unkind when evaluating other women. She literally says that one of her best friends is “afflicted” with a “thick layer of brown freckles” (huh?) and the other is “stocky” but makes the best of it (yikes!)

I’m also all for a rich girl/boy from the wrong side of the tracks story and I did like Kyle. But since Piper got much less relatable as she got older, that made it hard for me to root for these two or see them as an ideal match.

I can see that others on my Goodreads timeline have loved this, so you should definitely make up your own mind. I remain a fan of K.A.T. but I’m going to go read Burying Water #2 as I think I never got to that one!