Waiting on You (Blue Heron, #3)

by Kristan Higgins

Colleen O'Rourke is in love with love...just not when it comes to herself. Most nights, she can be found behind the bar at the Manningsport, New York, tavern she owns with her twin brother, doling out romantic advice to the lovelorn, mixing martinis and staying more or less happily single. See, ten years ago, Lucas Campbell broke her heart...an experience Colleen doesn't want to have again, thanks. Since then, she's been happy with a fling here and there, some elite-level flirting and playing matchmaker to her friends. But a family emergency has brought Lucas back to town, handsome as ever and still the only man who's ever been able to crack her defenses. Seems like maybe they've got some unfinished business waiting for them--but to find out, Colleen has to let her guard down, or risk losing a second chance with the only man she's ever loved.

• ISBN10: 0373778589
• ISBN13: 9780373778584
• Publish Date: 25 March 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Hqn
• Edition: Original ed.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 457
• Language: English

Reviews

[Linda]

*I received a free ARC of Waiting on You from Harlequin HQN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review*

Great story, cute heroine, and a lot of romantic tension.

This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews

[Cocktails and Books]

I adore Kristan Higgins books. She creates these wonderfully wacky and flawed characters who make you laugh and can make you reach for a tissue. But I think she absolutely outdid herself with WAITING FOR YOU (sorry Firefighter Meade...I think you've been bumped by a certain hot Spaniard).

Colleen O'Rourke has lived in Manningsport, NY her entire life. She might be knows as the town flirt and town matchmaker, but she struggles with finding someone who has the same effect on her like Lucas Campbell did. But her broke her heart and built his life in Chicago. So she was prepared when Lucas shows up back in town to take care of his uncle and help his cousin get "settled". But what Colleen discovers is sometimes that first love is your only love and you have to figure out how to forgive to move on to your HEA.

I don't think there is much I could say that would do Colleen or Lucas any justice. They were both wonderfully flawed and still struggling with decisions they both made when they were younger that changed their relationship and the course of their lives. They both may have laid a little bit more blame on the other for what happened (they were both incredibly stubborn), as they reacquainted themselves with each other and started to individually re-evaluate what had happened in the past, they realized they both played a hand in what went down between them, they both still loved each other and in order to move forward they had to forgive what happened. It was easy for either of them and there were often some very comical situations, because you couldn't help but laugh at most of the things that came out of Colleen's mouth, but they eventually got to where they needed to be.

As with any Kristan Higgins books, the secondary cast of characters play almost as big of a role as our hero and heroine. Colleen's mother and her "Team Menopause" group of old ladies had me rolling, Connor, Colleen's twin could sling a barb or two back at her, and Lucas' cousin Bryce and his "romance" with Paulie often left me smiling.

If you're looking for a book that will have you falling in love with a group of crazy, funny people, definitely pick this one up. You'll lose yourself, for a few hours, in the small town of Manningsport, NY.

[Rowena]

Full review to come.

[Lorelei's Lit Lair]

She never ceases to amaze me! Every time I think Kristan Higgins has outdone herself with each masterpiece she writes, she just awes me over and over again! I sincerely don't know how she does it. Each Hero and Heroine in her books are just amazing. The Blue Heron series is a familiar, witty, full of laughs, swoony romance (the feeling of -butterflies in your tummy-kind) and real life drama series. Higgins writes it in a way that just draws you in, making you feel like you're right there, or playing in your head like a movie. You really get to connect with all her characters. WAITING ON YOU was just another gift! Another one out of the park! It made me laugh, cry and swoon, all half way through the book, and I got my happily ever after, too. Just brilliant and real! I'm happy to see Colleen get her HEA and Lucas, known as the Spaniard, just swept me away with his gypsy eyes and heart. *Sigh*
I definitely and highly recommend WAITING ON YOU along with the first two of the series, THE BEST MAN and THE PERFECT MATCH to fully appreciate the BLUE HERON SERIES and to not miss a thing for a wonderful reading experience. Ill say it over and over again, once you read one of Kristan's books, you'll be HOOKED ON HIGGINS!
I received a ARC for my honest opinion and most certainly recommend this author to anyone who enjoys contemporary romance, with real, down-to-earth heroes/heroines/characters, lots of laughs and heart!

[Lindsey Gray]

Review to come!