Parker and Noel were best friends growing up and hadn't talked in 10 years. When these two are finally face to face again they have a lot to sort. I personally really enjoyed it, and but not so much that they were trying to do what they thought was right without having a conversation that would have saved them a little heartache. I completely understand the rationale behind this, but it definitely had me yelling at them! Luckily, they didn't let it go on too long and they could get on to HEA! I enjoyed these characters and felt like there was still room if the author chose to write more about them!

Sweet and heartfelt, Best Friends For Never was a heartwarming read.

With quick wit, fun banter and great chemistry and connection even after a decade, Noel and Parker were everything you need from a second chance romance. Add in the fun supporting characters: the ex bully turned new bestie, the cool mom and the sneaky grandma and this is a quintessential small town romance with it's kinks, quirks, and all the love.

4 stars and a theater

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁: TH is always an auto buy author for me as I love her PNW based romances. I was so excited to see a second chance celebrity romance and this book hit all the spots! I loved the MCs history, the nicknames, the teasing, some spice and all the small town vibes. Highly recommend this AB, as the dual narration was superb.

Parker is a small town girl, she’s happy where she lives and she’s built a life for herself. She runs a Reno/Design company with her hs nemesis turned bestie. Parker’s dream is to restore the Emerald Groves Theatre. After years she finally has the chance, the only catch is the anonymous donor wants the theatre named after the movie star Noel Carter.

Noel hasn’t been home to WA in over ten years, he left when he turned 18 to make a name in Hollywood. At the time he asked the girl he loved to go with him and she said no. Returning home and running into her again is not going to be easy but it’s a small town so it can’t be avoided. Too that off with having a theatre named after you is also kind of embarrassing.

Parker knew Noel was coming come but she thought she could avoid him at-least for a bit but that was quickly proven wrong when she crashes into him at the grocery store. He broke her heart when he left and now she doesn’t know if she wants to be friends again. Follow these two as they get their second chance, it’s a cute story you don’t want to miss.

𝙁𝙖𝙫 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:

“Cause I was your best friend once Peter, and I assure you the feelings I have for you were not in the same realm as sibling like.”

“You, I want You!” Those four words have been playing on a loop for the last week.

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅:

* Ex Childhood BFFs to Lovers
* Second Chance - He’s Been Gone 10 Years
* She Stayed & He Left
* Movie Star MMC
* Reno & Designer FMC
* Restoring Local Theatre
* Steamy Waterfall Scene
* Small Town - Emerald Grove, WA
* Dual POV w/ Spice

⭐️📽️💕⭐️📽️💕⭐️📽️💕⭐️📽️💕⭐️📽️💕⭐️

A heartwarming second chance!

A delightful second-chance romance between childhood best friends, reunited after ten years thanks to meddling loved ones. The entire cast shines with feel-good Hallmark vibes, and Noel's dirty talk adds all the heat.

If you love a slow burn, found family, and best friends-to-lovers in a charming small town filled with hilarious moments, this book is for you. Parker and Axel's genuine, sweet friendship was a standout--especially since it drives Noel crazy!

I especially enjoyed the audiobook with dual narration, bringing this crazy cast of characters to life. I listened to it in one sitting!

5 Star Review Best Friends For Never (Everhope Road #3) by Teagan Hunter

Audio:
Best Friends For Never is an entertaining, well written, small town, second chance at love story that ticked the boxes for me.

The narration by Lee Samuels and Emma Wilder was spot on for these characters in my opinion. Not only are their voices easy to listen to but their performances brought all the passion, humour and drama that Ms. Hunter created.

This is Parker Pruitt and Noel Carter’s story set in Emerald Grove, Washington.

However for Parker, movie star Noel is the man who broke her heart. Now she has to pretend all is well which is difficult. When Noel’s brief stay is extended, they reconnect and it is obvious that the feelings they had are still as strong.

Will they come to terms with the past and in doing so create a future together?

You’ll have to one click to find out.

This is such a fun read! You all know how much I love a Friends to Lovers story and we throw in a movie star and a quirky small town of lovable side characters and you’ve hooked me! While a little long in the beginning it’s worth it for the cuteness once they get together and you know the full story of their past. Go check this out!!

Parker and Noel were best friends, attached at the hip until Noel left for bigger dreams of Hollywood and Parker chose not to go with him. Now, it's been 10 years since they saw each other and Noel is back in town. An anonymous donor gave a hefty sum to help kickstart Parker's beloved project - renovating the town's dilapidated theater. Their only request is that the new theater be named after Noel. 

When Noel returns to his hometown, he thinks he'll do a "drive by" visit. See his grandma, show up for the ceremony and the fundraiser and leave, but soon he sees he can't just leave Parker again. They'll have a decade of catching up, making up and Noel will have to reclaim his best friend status as he has been replaced by a surprising new person!

Narrated dual style by Emma Wilder and Lee Samuels, this second chance, childhood friends to lovers, "it's always been you" story was a delight to listen to. Emma is amazing as ever (I have listened to her forever and I still do a double take when I hear her  incredible "male voice"). She's lovely as the passionate, determined Parker. Lee does a wonderful job too. He does incredible voice work, making every character sound very unique and distinct. 

Overall, this was a fun, lighthearted rom com with no big conflicts or drama but very engaging. You just have to root for Parker and Noel.

Thanks, Brilliance Audio, for the advanced listen.

Content notes: (historical, off page) mentions of death of parents, child abandonment, bullying

This was a great small town, second chance romance. Parker and Noel were best friend in high school but he broke her heart when he left to go to Hollywood to pursue his acting career. A decade later he comes back into town. With the help of meddling grandmas, moms and friends they get their chance at HEA. One of my favorite things about this book was that we didn’t have too much miscommunication. The characters were more than willing to talk about things going on in the story and that made it feel more realistic.

This was a great easy listen. I would definitely recommend it. But would really push this book over the top was a narration. And I really enjoyed this dual audio. Lee Samuels And Emma Wilder were amazing as always.

Thank you to @netgalley, @brilliancepublishing & Teagan Hunter for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review. And to Lee Samuels And Emma Wilder.

This book had me in a complete vice. The only thing that kept me from listening to it on my netgalley app was actually working like an adult! I loved it from the start as a second chance romance but the fact that there was so much angst and heat? It had me sweating and it was NSFW (ifkyk)! I loved it so much and I wish I could listen to it for the first time again! I loved the emotions shown both from the FMC and the MMC and I just kept thinking they needed to just talk to each other you both feel the same!! Don’t wait, run to listen to this or even read it for yourself! This was so worth the wait and I can’t even describe how much I loved it because there are no real words!

This was such a cute audiobook! I loved every second of it! Parker and Noel were so adult, having solid conversations about their feelings and not running from each other, which was very refreshing.

Noel was great. He really cares about Parker and listening to the audiobook brought that out more, I think, which I enjoyed a lot. I really related to Parker! She's headstrong and has this "I can do whatever I put my mind to" attitude. She's confident and funny. As two main characters, their chemistry was off the page and I enjoyed getting to know them together too. This book never had me questioning whether or not they made each other better.

The side characters really weren't side characters, but characters in their own right. They truly felt like family to Parker and Noel. Again, the narrators were great here and really helped the story come to life. These narrators addded some depth that you can only get from really good narration.
Such a great book!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and the author for this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

🩷small town
🩷childhood friends to strangers to lovers
🩷Hollywood star x small town girls
🩷banter
🩷meddling family (good kind)

When Noel left for Hollywood to chase his acting dreams after graduating hugh school, he never expected to go 10 years before returning. He left behind family and his best friend Parker after a broken promise. Noel returns for the town theater that is being renamed in his honor. His former best friend Parker led the remodel, and they reconnected upon his return.

Thanks to VPR for ALC

It’s been 10 years since Noel and Parker have seen each other and a lot has changed during that time. Including the fact that these two best friends are no longer friends.

Noel is now a big Hollywood star who left his small town. Parker stayed in the small town she grew up, but she has become a major pillar in the community. Despite not seeing each other for a decade these two still have a ton of chemistry, however, there is also a lot of pain and hurt from how things ended between the two of them.

I enjoyed the secondary characters in this story, especially Grams, Parker’s mom, and Axel. Emerald Grove brings all the PNW small town vibes and I absolutely love that.

I went between reading the ebook and listening to the audio for this one. The audio was great and both narrators did a great job at bringing Noel and Parker to life. Definitely worth the listen.

If you’re looking for a small town, second chance, childhood friends to lovers romance check this one out.

My heart is so full after reading this book!! It’s filled with swoon worthy moments, a hollywood heartthrob actor, a meddling grandma, and two childhood best friends longing for a second chance. I really loved the small town charm in this story. Noel and Parker were best friends in highschool both active in the theater program and just really were perfect for one another. He broke her heart though when he left to chase his dream to Hollywood. Parker has really accomplished a lot in the years since high school. She has remodeled and updated several businesses in the local town and she is starting a project on the local theater after an anonymous donor gave money for the project. Noel coming back brought back all those feelings he felt for Parker ten years ago.

The audiobook is dual narrated by Lee Samuels and Emma Wilder. These two were great voices for Parker and Noel. They brought the angst and emotions throughout the story.

Audiobook review: narrated by Lee Samuels and Emma Wilder
3.5 stars for story / 4.5 stars for performance

If you like small town, low angst tropes, this one will be a good one. Noel is a movie star that comes home to support a theater revamp led by his former best friend / childhood crush, Parker. I love how the town treats Noel with reverence but also like the school kid he was before making it big. I didn’t feel a whole lot of romantic chemistry between the characters and for the first half, my hope was that they just became friends again. I really enjoyed the storyline with the reconstruction and the “will-they-won’t-they” aspect was well done because I wasn’t able to predict the outcome. Overall it’s a sweet, light-hearted, second-chance romance.

Both narrators did an amazing job in this dual narrated style. They gave every character such a unique voice full of personality. Emma Wilder really blew me away with her masculine tone and at times I forgot it was just one person behind the mic.

I really enjoyed this dual audio! This was such a sweet second chance romance between high school best friends and sweethearts.
Both narrators did a great job with the opposite POV and I felt like the voices matched the characters really well!

4 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧

This was my first Teagan Hunter book and it won't be my last. I really loved this second chance small town romance. The banter was so much fun and the side characters were a delight.

I thought Parker and Noel were really great together. The mystery of why their friendship fell apart was pretty angsty in the beginning and it was clear there was some miscommunication going on with how it all ended. There is a third act breakup, but them coming back together again was sweet as pie, so I'll take it.

The audio was really well done. Lee Samuels and Emma Wilder were fantastic and I absolutely loved this listen.

Loved this second chance, childhood best friends story.
Spicy 🌶️
RomCom
Sweet
Lovable characters

Dual narration
Both narrators did a great job bringing these two lovable characters to life

This story follows Noel Carter a movie star who is returning to his small hometown for the first time in 10 years. He has stayed away because of her. She had rejected him all those years ago. So he kept his distance.

Parker Pruitt small town girl who has her own business with a friend. They renovate anything and everything. She’s had a dream to renovate the towns theater for years but the owner wouldn’t budge. Now there is a new owner and an anonymous donor. The catch is the theater has to be named after Noel Carter the boy who left her.

Childhood best friends that haven’t seen each other in 10 years are thrown back together for an event. Both hurting still over what happened. This follows them on their journey back to each other.

Very sweet and heartwarming.
This was my first Teagan Hunter book and I am instantly a fan!

Teagan Hunter delivered in this new romance book. She is a comfort author, who provided exactly what I expect of her books in the best of ways. I loved this book and highlight recommend everyone to pick it up.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for an advanced audiocopy of Best Friends Never, in exchange for an honest review.

I just finished listening to this book, 'Best Friends for Never,' and it was like getting a warm hug! It's about Parker and Noel, who were totally tight back in the day, but then life happened. Parker went off to LA to chase his big dreams *and* big bucks while Noel stayed put.

Fast forward a bunch of years and Noel's back in their hometown because their old hangout, the local theater, is getting a major glow-up and a fancy new name. Guess who's in charge of the whole shebang? Parker! Talk about a reunion!

When these two see each other again it’s like BOOM fireworks! All those old feelings are still there, but it got even better. They spent ten years apart longing and their love just got stronger!

The story is about how they figure out where they belong and who they belong with. Both of them are worried about rocking the boat. But you just know that their destiny is to be together.

Honestly, I was rooting for these two from the start. There weren't any crazy twists or huge drama, but there was a whole lot of warm fuzzies. It was just a really feel-good listen. The people reading the book did an awesome job too – they really made Parker and Noel feel like real people! If you're looking for something sweet and comforting, give this one a shot! You won’t regret it!

This is a really sweet story - plain & simple. As someone who has only read Teagan Hunter's hockey romances, this is a bit of a departure. Still the same excellent story-telling and extremely enjoyable. I think the story came more to life with the audiobook, in dual narration by Lee Samuels & Emma Wilder, who are both excellent.

This story is a second chance romance for two former best friends, Noel & Parker. Noel, who is now a famous movie star, & Parker, the small-town girl who stayed behind. They had different dreams at 18 and when their paths veered in different directions, miscommunication & heartache stopped them from connecting again for 10 years. Now Noel is back in his small town for a theater being named after him, which is a project Parker is leading. As they reunite, they confront the past and the feelings that they never left behind...

This story is like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold night - warm, cozy & super sweet. These are two best friends who despite a decade of silence, pick up where they left off but now aren't shy to express their true feelings. As their relationship progresses over the 6 weeks that Noel is in town, both of them reevaluate what they want for their lives and come to a crossroads about whether their original paths are what they truly want. This book is filled with some great banter & I loved the supporting characters. Axel, Noel's childhood rival & Parker's business partner, really brings some great moments that push the story forward.

If you're looking for something reminiscent of Gilmore Girls vibe, this is perfect for you.

🏡 Small Town
💖 Second Chance
🎬 Celebrity x Small Town Girl
🫶 Childhood Best Friends to Strangers to Lovers
💋 Flirty Banter
✌🏻 Dual POV