The Anabel and William Duet: A Football Romance by Anna B. DoeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a bind up of books 1 and 3 in the New York Knights series. These books were originally released as Lost & Found: Anabel & William #1 and Forever: Anabel & William #2 in 2017 and 2018 respectively. If you don't want spoilers for what happens in book 2 read that before finishing up book 3, but you can read book 3 without having read book 2 as it follows a different couple. This duet tells the story of Anabel, a young woman from Croatia who is trying to find herself. She has just completed college and like most twenty-somethings isn't sure what to do next. When a job opportunity as an au pair in the United States presents itself, she decides to take it. This gives her the chance to travel a bit and decide what comes next. What she didn't expect was William Price to crash into her word and shake up her plans. She didn't come to the US to find love, and because she is only there for a year she isn't interested in a relationship. Will isn't going to give up that easily and he is willing to wait for Anabel to come to her senses and give him a chance.
I'll admit it took me a long time to warm up to Anabel. She was very stubborn and inflexible for a good part of the first book with regards to her relationship with Will. She slowly came around though and we watch her go through an emotional transformation. Will on the other hand is super patient with her an willing to wait while she figures out what she wants. He likes that she doesn't care about his fame, status, or money. Because it takes Anabel so long to figure out her own feelings, this is a very slow burn romance and the pacing of the story a little on the slow side for me. It does pick up toward the end of Lost & Found and the pacing of Forever is much faster. By the time I got to the 2nd book I was completely invested in the couple and where their relationship was headed. In the 2nd book we get a taste of what it is like to be in a long distance relationship and how much stress that puts on a relationship. This has great side characters as well.
Overall, I enjoyed exploring this title from Anna's backlist. This is a solid slow burn romance and I'm looking forward to reading book 2 and exploring JD and Sienna's characters. They were great side characters, but I'd like to get to know more about their backstories and delve a little deeper into who they are.
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