one of my favorite KA Tucker novels. Impecable writing as always , filled with depth and emotion. A must read.

"You'll make friends for life here. People you can call up twenty years from now, for anything, and they'll be there for you. I promise you, you won't forget these days, ever."


I loved this tender, second-chance romance!

With 'Say You Still Love Me' KA Tucker brought back all of the memories I had of going to camp when I was young. Although I had a slightly different experience, I still crushed hard on a few boys.

Sixteen-year-old Piper Calloway grew up in a wealthy home and has had everything given to her that she could ever want. Except for this summer. Rather than going to Europe with her friends, her mother insists Piper work as a camp counselor at the same camp she worked at when she was young. She wants Piper to experience camp without luxuries, and experience the 'normal' side of life and 'normal' people. She's trying to teach her a life lesson; to be appreciative for all that her family has while staying grounded. What her mother and father didn't count on was that Piper would fall in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Kyle Miller is the popular 'bad boy'. He's the one all the girls want but are afraid to go after. Except for Piper. When she sees Kyle, suddenly, the idea of a 'normal' camp doesn't seem too bad. They hit it off immediately. Kyle and Piper enjoy all the experiences camp has to offer during the day while falling in love with each other at night. Their camp experience doesn't end on a good note, however. The two leave in wake of a tragedy and with promises to not only stay in touch but to see each other as often as they can.

That was then.

Now, Piper is 29-years-old and in line to take over her father's business. She's highly successful and wealthy in her own right. She's a woman with power and one who the men who have worked for her father for years, aren't too keen on. They don't want a young, inexperienced, entitled female to become their boss, it reeks of nepotism, right? Surely a young female can't handle running a company! To say navigating the "good ole old boys club" is difficult, is an understatement. When Piper is positive things can't get any more maddening, she discovers the boy she once loved is now a man working security at her building.

She hasn't seen or heard from Kyle since the two left camp. Even though she's not sure she wants the answers, questions begin swirling in her head, "Why is he here?", "Where has he been?", "Why didn't Kyle answer or return any of her calls?".

I loved the intensity of their relationship, both past, and present. Tucker captured the feelings of teenage love, perfectly!

K.A. Tucker never disappoints. She is an automatic one-click for me. I loved how the author laid out this story with chapters from their past, and then chapters with the present, rather than flashbacks throughout the book.

Piper Calloway comes from money, but not all the people she met while spending a summer as a camp counselor did. It only took one glimpse of Kyle and she knew she was a goner. Kyle is not the "type" of guy she is supposed to be with. They are from different lifestyles, different statures in society, or say that is her father's opinion, not Piper's.

Things between Piper and Kyle begin to develop and I loved the two of them together. Kyle may have looked the part of a bad-boy, but he was anything but. The two of them loved spending time together and would sneak off as much as possible to be with each other. But when a tragic incident occurs, things change for the entire group at camp.

Her father didn't approve of her relationship with Kyle, and he made sure to do everything in his power to stop it, even if it meant lying to his daughter.

Years pass and Piper never truly got over her first love, so when she thinks she sees him in the lobby of her building, her heart begins to beat a little faster. Does Kyle remember her? Did their summer together mean as much to Kyle as it did to Piper? Will their different lifestyles keep them apart again? Does money really matter? Can two different people who come from two differently 'types' of life make it work? Are their too many obstacles standing in their way? Will her father continue to meddle in Piper's life, and do whatever he can to keep Kyle from her?

When secrets are revealed, will Piper be able to forgive those that hurt her? Be sure to one-click Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker.

Say You Still Love Me follows Piper Calloway, a powerful corporate woman with the world at her fingertips during present day, and thirteen years prior when she meets her first love Kyle at Camp Wawa. At 29 after a big promotion at her father's multi-billion dollar real estate development company, Piper discovers her first love, Kyle (who broke her heart) is now the security guard at her building.

What Worked for Me:
I loved how powerful and strong Piper was, even with insecurities relating to Kyle. I enjoyed reading about her success, how she handled difficult men in her very male-dominated industry, and stood up for herself. I also really enjoyed the alternating timelines and the nostalgia of camp and first love.

What I Didn't Love:
My only complaint about this story is that the majority of the detailed "steamy" scenes are in the past when Piper and Kyle were in high school. I understand the concept of setting the stage for their romance, but I think the descriptions could have been a little more mild when discussing that time, and the steaminess could have been utilized better in present day, not describing teenagers.

My review will be posted to Instagram at: www.instagram.com/readingandsunshine in July, closer to publication date.

Well that was just lovely and boy do I want to go to summer camp. Flipping back and forth between time periods actually worked really well in this book and I liked both stories equally. Great summer read.

This contemporary romance told for alternating characters and timelines was just okay for me. The story was definitely interesting (young love, found again after a decade). The book had several love scenes while the characters were teenagers that were fairly graphic and felt inappropriate to me personally since it's an adult novel. I found myself siding most often with the parents and wondering where the adult supervision was- I guess that's me aging into a parent as a reader ha! To me, it read more like a young adult novel with only slightly greater depth. It was a quick read, but not one I see myself recommending to others readily.

I love everything K. A. Tucker writes, so I was excited to read her newest book, SAY YOU STILL LOVE ME. This story is enthralling, emotional and drew me in from the first page. I loved the characters; they are realistic, engaging and I felt myself right there with them.

This story goes back and forth in time and had me guessing how it would end. It is about friends who meet at summer camp as teenagers and their stories and lives are intertwined throughout the years.

Kyle and Piper feel genuine and are easy to connect with. What I liked most about Piper is that even though she is wealthy and privileged, she is also down to earth and caring. Kyle, on the other hand, is full of contradictions. On the outside, he is confident and in control but he has learned to hide all his baggage and vulnerabilities. What I admire most about Kyle is that he cares so much for Piper and he is willing to do anything for her. Their love is strong and it lasts throughout the years. This refreshing, emotional love story about young love, made me laugh and cry.

Second-chance romance meets camp-counselor young love in this newest book from K.A. Tucker. Switching between present day and the past, Say You Still Love Me tells the story of Piper Calloway, the daughter of one the of the country’s biggest real estate developers, and Kyle Miller, a young man born into a family of criminals. I enjoyed reading Say You Still Love Me, there is a lot going on between the flashbacks and a couple of little side stories, but as a romance the book never grabbed me.

While I loved Piper’s perspective as a younger woman in the business world and how she dealt with adversity there, she never seemed to mature emotionally between the flashback chapters and the present. Kyle also seemed to standstill and I wasn’t able to get a feel for him as an adult. The lack of character development stole the intensity of the second chance romance and left me feeling ambivalent about it.

There are a couple of side stories that saved the book for me, including Piper’s ex-fiancé David. He’s my favorite character in the book as we see him grow up just a bit between the beginning of the book and the end. He’s shows some nice strength of character that I really appreciated and I’d love to know more about him! There’s also a mystery surrounding Kyle’s best friend, some shady corporate dealings that Piper tackles, and a twist or two that readers have come to expect from Tucker.

K.A. Tucker is one of my favorite authors so I was very excited to find this book. Simple Wild was one of my favorites last year!

This story fell short for me. I didn't really like the characters. While Piper was a successful business woman it seemed like she was only there due to her father. The men at her business took advantage of her and mistreated her - including her father - but she never really stood up for herself. Kyle also seemed to let life happen instead of taking control. I guess I like more assertive characters.

That being said I won't pass up another book from Miss Tucker!

This was my first K. A. Tucker book and I really enjoyed it. The romance was cute and the jumps between the past and the present were well constructed, leaving mystery about what exactly happened in the past, while also still tying it to the events of the present.

Overall Say You Still Love Me is a sweet and romantic second chance love story.

K.A. Tucker has been one of my favorite authors for years. Simple Wild was one of my favorite books from last year. To say that I was excited about Say You Still Love Me would be a major understatement, but the fantasy was better than the reality for me.

Say You Still Love Me has many sweet moments and the excitement of "first love" as well as a bit of the revenge of showing an ex how successful you've become. The trouble for me came with the pacing of the story. I normally really dig a story told in two separate times, but for some reason, about the time I caught the groove of one story arc, the time would shift to the past (or present) and I would be thrown off the rhythm.

This story has a lot going for it, but it just fell short of what I know Tucker can do.

The Simple Wild was one of my favourite books of 2018, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on K.A. Tucker's new book. I'll admit, this one didn't appeal to me quite as much as The Simple Wild, but as someone who worked as a camp counselor as a teenager and also works in a male dominated field, I thought me and Piper could probably relate.

Overall, I liked this book and it kept me engaged throughout, but it definitely couldn't hold a candle to The Simple Wild. I was looking forward to a slow burn romance, which I got to a certain extent, but mostly this book just left me scratching my head about who the intended audience is.

Say You Still Love Me is about 29 year old Piper Calloway, a senior VP at her Dad's billion dollar development firm, Calloway Group. Piper is slated to take over the company when her father retires, but as a young woman, she struggles to be taken seriously in this male-dominated environment. Piper is thrown further off guard by the arrival of her first love, Kyle, who takes a job as a security guard in her building. Piper and Kyle fell in love 13 years ago at Camp Wawa when they were counselors at 16. The relationship ended suddenly and PIper always wondered what happened to Kyle and his sudden reappearance forces her to confront questions that have been buried in the past.

The story is told in alternating timelines between 2006 and 2019. The 2006 timeline is a whirlwind camp romance, while the 2019 timeline is more of the slow burn romance I was looking for. 16 year old Piper is totally head over heels for Kyle and acts how you might expect a dopey teenager in love to act. Whereas 29 year old PIper is a high-powered executive who's trying to figure out her love life while also running a billion dollar company.

Which is why I questioned who the intended audience is. As a 28 year old, I was thrilled to read a new adult book about a successful young woman in her late twenties. I was less interested in reading about a gushy teenager having her first romantic and sexual experiences.

I really think this book is intended for young professionals rather than young adults (teenagers), and no offense, but as a 28 year old, I don't want to read about Piper's first fumbling experiences with sex. I'm not a prude, but I don't really think this book is appropriate for 16 year olds, which begs the question, who is it appropriate for? I don't have a problem with sex scenes in young adult books because we all know teenagers are having sex, but I'm more a fan of the less-explicit, cutesy love scenes. These are definitely explicit adult sex scenes and as an adult I don't want to read about two 16 year olds experimenting with blow jobs.

So a lot of the romance made me uncomfortable because I felt too old to be reading it, even though I think I was the intended audience for the book. I also struggled to buy into Kyle and Piper's romance 13 years later. I do think that your first love holds a bit of a special place in your heart, but these two dated for 6 weeks and then never saw each other for 13 years. I did believe that they would still be attracted to each other and maybe pursue something, but I didn't buy into the whole no-one-else-measures-up-to-you, I've-been-missing-you-for-13-years bit. Mostly because it's kind of sad. I had to agree with Kyle that he and Piper came from such different backgrounds, it was never going to work between them. Everyone changes and grows an inordinate amount between the ages of 16 and 29 and I thought it was a bit disingenuous to pretend like they were still the same people.

So as a romance, this didn't really work for me. But part of what made the Simple Wild so great was that it wasn't just a romance. It was a book about family relationships and choices. If you removed the romance from The Simple Wild, it still had a lot to offer. That's what I was hoping for from this book and like I said, I was excited to read about an ambitious 29 year old woman trying to make it in real estate development and construction.

Piper was pretty baller as a VP, but unfortunately I didn't love this story line either. I was thrilled to see a young woman in a position of power, but I was disappointed by how she got there. Was she deserving of a senior partner role? Potentially - I think she had the skills to get there some day, but I'm sorry, as a 29 year old, she was definitely only there because of her father. I was angry about how a lot of the men treated her, but I couldn't help but agree that it was nepotism that put her there and that's not the kind of role model I'm looking for. I felt like I was supposed to believe that she got to her position by her own merits, but she so obviously didn't. It's so hard for women to get senior management positions and it was irksome to see someone who only made it there because of her father. It was uninspiring.

I also struggled to like Piper. She was a spoiled rich girl. I like that Tucker's heroines are flawed - Calla definitely got on my nerves sometimes, but at the end of the day, she really grew as a person and I loved watching that process. Piper answered all of her problems with money. She really doesn't understand how people like Kyle live and her privilege and wealthy father provided her the opportunity to basically live in ignorance. I saw the ending coming a mile away and I was disappointed in Piper for never checking in on her friends after camp or following up on the "incident" that we wait the whole book to find out about.

Kyle talks about how grounded Piper is being nice to her assistant and talking to the old security guard every day and letting her friends live in her penthouse, but I thought those were all just signs of being a normal, nice human being, nothing extraordinary. Piper was a total Daddy's girl and I always find those kinds of father-daughter relationships creepy. Like she's your daughter Kieran, she's not your possession. You have no right to make decisions for her or keep things from her. But I think a lot of girls will still probably like this because America romanticizes the father-daughter relationship and creepy, overprotective, possessive behaviours. It was just not for me.

Unfortunately the writing of this review is diminishing my opinion of this book and I'm struggling to find what I did like about it. I didn't like Piper's dad, who demonstrates textbook signs of emotional abuse, I didn't like how entitled Piper was, and I didn't like how easily she forgave some pretty sketchy things that Kyle and her Dad did. Even her friends were a bit of a mystery to me. I understand why she stayed friends with Ashley, but I never really understood Christa or how they ended up being friends. They seemed to have nothing in common.

Overall, I just couldn't suspend my disbelief for this book. I know romances are sometimes over the top, but I prefer ones that are more grounded in reality. I didn't think this book had a whole lot going for it outside the romance and since that didn't cut it for me, it didn't have a lot to offer. The writing is still good though - I didn't struggle to read this - even though I didn't enjoy the subject matter. Tucker is good at writing witty dialogue and I thought that held true in this book, it just wasn't as good coming from two lovestruck teenagers. 2.5 stars rounded up.

Thank you for the ARC of this book. My reviews can be read on my GoodReads page at https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1335387-kelly.

I love K.A. Tucker (The Simple Wild is a favorite of mine) but this one just missed the mark for me. I felt like it was formulaic and it’s never a good sign when you find yourself wondering why the hero and heroine are so smitten with each other. The relationship felt like more of a teenage infatuation than a long lasting true love. Great author, but this one was just not for me.

Say You Still Love Me is gonna take you back to your summer camp days, y'all. And for those of us who never went to summer camp days, it'll have you thinking that maybe that was a missed opportunity, especially once you get to know Piper and Kyle. Their slow burn-second chance at love romance was engaging with almost every other chapter flashing back to their first meeting and subsequent weeks at camp, falling in love and getting to know each other and chapters devoted to their here and now. Lest you think it's all a nostalgia filled sepia toned throw back, let me inform you that K.A. Tucker also gives her characters conflict and trouble in their adult lives too. It's most definitely a novel of our time--touching on class and privilege and sexism--while giving us a chance to understand and know the younger versions of Piper and Kyle and how that impacted the older version of who and what they are now.



Say You Love Me will be a hit for romance readers in the waning summer months of 2019. It's throwback to summer camp mixed with an interesting look at the characters in years later will make it hard to put down.

A great summer read about Piper, a high-powered real estate exec, reuniting with her first love Kyle, a security guard in her building. The story shifts in time between current day and 2006, when Kyle and Piper met as summer camp counselors.

I have a soft spot for second-chance romances and I enjoyed the point of view shift between present-day Piper Calloway and 2006 summer camp counselor Piper. This book is a nostalgia trip for millennials. I can only imagine how tempting it'd be to fill this book with early aughts references. Tucker chose not to fill this book with teenagers quoting Borat and for that I thank her.

Piper is a powerhouse and I loved her. She takes her story by the reigns and drives the plot more than any other character. The men in this book are passive, while she cuts to the chase. She doesn't have a particularly strong character arc, but I wouldn't consider that a weak point here. Sixteen-year-old Piper is brazen, if a little insecure, whereas twenty-nine-year-old Piper plows through the faintest of doubts to move forward.

Kyle is every boy from the wrong side of the tracks we all loved as teenagers. While Piper remains steadfast, seventeen-year-old Kyle and thirty-year-old Kyle are completely different. It was interesting to reconcile the two. He's rough around the edges but loyal and kindhearted.

Together, they had excellent chemistry. I rarely react audibly to books but their story made me go "aw" a couple of times.

I really adore K.A. Tucker's novels and this one was no different. I could see myself in Piper, I too had a boy I was in love with at 17 that I thought it would last forever.
I liked how it went back and forth between present day and the past. I loved how her relationship with Kyle developed at Wawa and then how it developed when they found each other again.
The family dynamic was on point, as many of us look for our parents approval in life. But despite their differences I think Piper had a good relationship with her family.
I liked that she, Ashley, and Christa stayed friends and ended up living together.
I really adored this book, Tucker has a way with romance and building on everything. I knew the other shoe was going to drop somewhere near the end, but I was glad with the way everything turned out.

I’m always a fan of Ka Tucker novels. This was a very good read. Not one of my favorites but definitely worth the read and very sweet and touching!!!

Super strong femal lead + boy from the wrong side of the tracks .... Sign me up!!! This book did not disappoint!! How did I not read anything before this point by K.A. Tucker?!?! Such an incredible romance author! This story was amazing!!

Thank you Netgalley for an advance copy for my honest review.

Piper has lived a privileged life until her mom forces her to work as a counselor at a summer camp. Kyle works at camp Wawa to get away from the mess his family has created of his and their lives. Naturally the two fall in love but their summer is cut short and they lose contact. Cut to 13 years later when Piper sees Kyle leaving her office building and the two reconnect.

This book is told from the present and the past, and done in a really wonderful way. I really enjoyed finding out small bits of the story throughout but never knowing the full details until the end. It left me wanting to know more and not wanting to put it down!