If you’re in the mood for a romcom and love second chance romances, dive into this slow burn with laugh out loud moments in the 7th book of the amazing Pity series by Whitney Dineen, Pity Please.

Allie Rogers’s life just doesn’t fall apart, it implodes. After thinking she was going to get her happily ever after and move out of Elk Lake, life took a hard detour. If it wasn’t enough finding out her fiance cheated on her, add being pregnant with quadruplets. Not with Allie but clearly the consolation prize of karma arrived for him. Instead of heading down the path to the broken hearted, Allie picks herself up and heads home to rebuild her life. Even though this isn’t what she had in the cards for herself, her journey is one half of what makes this book worth the read.

Then there’s the other half, Noah Riley. After building a successful career outside of Elk Lake coaching a winning basketball team, one day everything changed and it was ripped right from underneath him. Trying to run away from his problems by laying low back in Elk Lake, he was determined to make this a temporary stop until things worked out. He had everything figured out until he encountered a certain derailment to his plans or shall I say person, Allie Rogers.Never expecting to run into his sister’s childhood best friend, who knew the unexpected would hold the key to what he never thought he was looking for.

What I love about this second chance trope for their story is how Allie was the typical best friend who had the crush on her older brother, who definitely never noticed her. Well, not in that way. Now as adults, their paths crossed, having the chance for her to finally be seen by him. Not that it had any influence on their blossoming relationship but it’s nice to see them given that second chance where their paths could cross again. It came down to the right person but the wrong time. Their chemistry is organic with the perfect amount of tension, longing and the subtle emotional pull that will keep you wanting to read more.

The small town setting sits well with these characters of the series. Each one so far, it just was part of the backdrop but for these two, I loved how they both defined the meaning of the cliche, home is where the heart is. As they both navigated through their setbacks, coming back home forced them to deal with who they thought they were going to be compared to where their lives were developing into.

This wasn’t just your typical second chance love trope, it was about when life doesn’t follow what you planned out and redefining what true happiness really is. It’s about starting over and reinventing yourself. If you love that best friend brother trope, genuine blooming love and the unexpected second amazing chance at love, then you will love their story. You won’t just be rooting for the both of them but the journey that led them to find their true happily ever after.

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