Endlessly Yours by Carrie Ann Ryan

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Endlessly Yours by Carrie Ann Ryan, book ten in the Wilder Brothers series, is an amazing heartwarming, deeply emotional story about love, loss, and the bravery it takes to embrace a second chance. This perfect farewell to the Wilder brothers is an unforgettable reminder that sometimes, love really is worth the risk.

Four years ago, Brooks lost his wife to cancer. He was the first of the Wilder brothers to marry, and then the first to lose. Before she passed, she asked one thing of him: to move forward, to find love again, to let himself live, even without her. It’s a promise he made out loud but never truly believed he could keep. For years, he didn’t even try. Then, on the first anniversary of her death, he met Rory. It was a night that was supposed to be only a quick escape. A moment to forget, just for a few hours, for two people, with bruised hearts, finding comfort in each other. But neither of them ever forgot.

Rory’s a self-employed illustrator of both romance and children’s books; it's a job she loves, and she's become a good friend to all the Wilder women. When tragedy strikes Rory’s world is upended. Her estranged twin sister and brother-in-law have died in a tragic accident, and Rory is now the legal guardian of two young girls she hasn’t seen in years.

 

With emotions overflowing and heavy with grief, it is Brooks, along with the entire Wilder family, who show up for her. Rory, overwhelmed and heartbroken, finds herself leaning on the one person, a man who once held her through the night when both of them thought their hearts couldn’t hold any more pain. It’s the turning point Brooks needed to honor his promise, face his fears, face his fears, and become the man Rory and the girls need.

 

The girls, Alice and Cameron, play an important part in this story. They’re full of grief and confusion and innocence, and watching Rory become the guardian they needed was beautiful. Watching Brooks soften around them, protect them, laugh with them, broke me open more than once. This isn’t just a love story between a man and a woman. It’s about becoming a family, even when the road there is unexpected and messy. It’s not about rushing into love. It’s about the long, careful process of choosing it, trusting it, letting it in, even when it scares you. Brooks doesn’t swoop in as a savior. Rory doesn’t pretend she doesn’t need help. They navigate each other gently. They show up. They support. They build something, not on top of their pain, but alongside it.

Carrie Ann Ryan has always written with heart, but this book felt especially personal. The way she writes grief is so honest. It’s never dramatic or showy — it’s quiet and real and aching. But she also writes hope. Gentle hope that creeps in when you least expect it and wraps itself around you until you’re ready to feel again.

 

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