The Wright Mistake (Wright, #3)

by K.A. Linde

A new stand alone enemies-to-lovers romance by USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde...

I always wanted a nice normal boyfriend. The kind you could bring home to your parents. Instead, I fell for Austin Wright.

We tried this once and failed. Hard.

I swore the bad boy Wright who set my body on fire would never get a second chance, because our love is heroin laced gasoline—addicting and destined to go up in flames.

• ISBN10: 1635760992
• ISBN13: 9781635760996
• Publish Date: 12 October 2017 (first published 6 October 2017)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 12 April 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Diversion Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 340
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

This one was definitely an emotional story, but I'd do it again for that ending.

Who?
Julia, the head of HR at Wright Construction, who is running from something in her past.
Austin, the wayward Wright brother best known for his aversion to relationships and his partying ways.

What?
Julia and Austin previously had a fling. It was six weeks they had never forgotten, but Austin had ended it and broke Julia's heart. Now Austin wants to "date", but Julia has reservations due to Austin's issues with alcohol and women from his past.

Why?
I really loved the story portion of this book. I love second chance romances, and Austin's attempt to commit coupled with Julia's attempts to support Austin and show him that she believed in him, when he really didn't believe in himself tugged at all the right heartstrings, however I found myself fast forwarding through some of the sex scenes as certain things are just not my thing. This did not run the book for me though, because I thought Julia and Austin were a great couple. Both had some serious baggage, and the hardest part of this story for me, was waiting for them to get their personal issues resolved in order to be able to be with each other. Austin really gave his all this time around, and I loved watching the way he tried to show his love to Julia. The best part came later, while they were working on themselves. It was then, that their love really grew, and it was a beautiful thing to watch. Hold on to your heart, because something major and BIG happens. It cracked my heart in half, but it definitely was a catalyst of sorts and moved the story in a good direction.

As with all well written companions, we get to check in with past couples, and get peeks at who might be next. I feel like Linde has been building something between Morgan and Patrick for a few books now, but I also thought I notice another foreshadowing for another coupling. I may be wrong, but if I am right, it will be interesting, and I suspect, super emotional.

Overall: Another great Wright book, where a broken hero and a broken heroine take us on an emotional journey on a rocky road to their HEA.

[Cocktails and Books]

This review was originally posted on Cocktails and Books

Lordy! This was a tough one to get through. Austin did not take the easy path and Julia didn't cut him any slack. But when you get to that epilogue it was worth it. 

Austin had issues.  If you've been following this series, you know Austin and a bottle of alcohol were best friends.  Everyone knew it and everyone turned a blind eye to it.  But it's the woman whose heart he broke that finally makes Austin realize something has to change in his life.  

Austin and Julia's relationship isn't easy.  When he was somewhat sober, Austin was practically the perfect boyfriend.  He was sweet, funny and was proving to Julia that he wasn't the guy she thought he was.  But you knew he was going to fall, because at the rate Austin had been living a stumble wasn't going to force him to make a change.  

Julia may have kept a somewhat eagle eye on Austin's alcohol intake, but it seemed like no one else in his was as diligent.  His brothers and sisters knew he had an issue, but they never intervened.  His best friend never stepped up because a drunk Austin is a fun Austin.  I spent a lot of time while reading this book wishing someone would step up.  How could they just let him drown himself the way he was?

This was a tough read, but I think K. A. Linde did an awesome job of weaving a story where Austin screws up and had to figure out what he wants.  Austin had to learn to love himself and learn how to deal with his parents' death.  He had to take that step and journey, which made getting to the HEA of this book so, so satisfying.  Austin lived a pretty easy life, but he proved that he could grit it out, learn from his mistakes and live the life he wanted.