The One You Can't Forget/ Roni Loren/ 409 pgs

It had been a while since I read the first book in this series so I decided to dive into the second one. Why did I wait so long? Roni Loren really knows how to write. Rebecca is a driven divorce lawyer who survived a school shooting 12 years ago, but was shot in the leg and has the scars to prove it. Walking home one night she is mugged by two young men, one of whom has a gun. She suffers a horrible flashback but is rescued by a stray dog she had just given some bread to. The dog is shot in the leg (don't worry, he survives!) and a man named Wes comes to the aid of both the dog and Rebecca. In the aftermath of this event, Rebecca realizes she is the attorney who represented Wes's wife in their divorce. Rebecca pretty much took everything he had and was happy to do so as the evidence suggested he cheated. This is awkward to say the least but it's handled really well by both characters. Wes is a bit of a reformed bad boy and I really liked his character. Great romance between people I wouldn't mind knowing.

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating/ Christina Lauren/ 309 pgs

This is contemporary romance that was a ton of fun. Hazel and Josh knew each other in college. Josh is one of those steady, academic types who never puts a foot wrong. Hazel is one of those crazy, spontaneous types who blurts out things she shouldn't and wears weird fashions. Hazel humiliates herself a few times in front of Josh and then they go their separate ways after graduating. They meet up again in Portland seven or eight years later. Hazel is an elementary teacher and Josh is a physical therapist with his own practice. When her apartment floods, she ends up moving in with Josh. They both think they could never be The One for the other but they do form a cute, close friendship that eventually turns into something more. This is a funny, sweet story of loving someone for who they are, inside and out. Also--gorgeous cover!