Forever My Girl (The Beaumont Series) Paperback – December 26, 2012

Forever My Girl is a great love story about high school sweethearts with a lot of bumps in the road. Liam leaves Josie at the alter on their wedding day. Her family and friends have to pick up the pieces, all while Liam is pursuing his dream of becoming a singer. When Liam hears about the death of his best friend from high school, he returns home after 10 years. In the 10 years of his absence a lot had changed. He learned that he was a father, which he would have known if he answered any of Josie’s phone calls. Does Josie allow him to be a part of her & her child’s life after such heartbreak? You will have to read to find out!

I bought Forever My Girl a while ago and like most books I grab while they are on sale this gem sat neglected in my Kindle. I can't believe it took me so long to read this one because it was such a sweet and loving story about high school sweethearts and I love this particular trope.From the first page I was already shaking my head, rolling my eyes and groaning because I thought "Oh great, another book about a pseudo misunderstood rock star with a god complex who bangs sluts because he was hurt by someone". Forever My Girl opened on Liam's point of view and I was already prepared to hate him. Waking up with a random groupie with memories of a certain girl he left behind in his hometown had me wanting to write him off immediately. When he finds out his high school best friend dies he has to return to Beaumont and face the people and the life he left behind. Namely Josie Preston. The girl who he let slip through his fingers. Josie and Liam were the "IT" couple growing up. He was the star quarterback and she was the cheerleader who loved him. Leaving Beaumont to follow his dream to be a musician was something he felt he had to do but he always regretted not bringing Josie with him. Returning home after ten years makes him realize he left a lot more behind than just the love of his life.Liam Page the musician and Liam Westbury regular guy may be the same person but they are totally different persona's. Liam the singer is cocky, sometimes arrogant and always a prick, especially to the women he brings home. That's one of the main reasons I wanted to hate him from the start. Seeing that side of him right off the bat was almost off putting for me but thank my lucky STARS I kept reading because Liam Westbury, the once loving high school boyfriend was everything I want in a love interest. He had no intention of ever going home again but the death of his best friend was the catalyst for his return. I fell in love with Liam slowly, from his heartfelt eulogy to his determination to care for his best friend's widow, Liam proved he wasn't such a jerk. He wasn't just another tortured artist he had actual reasons for leaving. Getting thrown out of his house by his wealthy and disconnected parents wasn't the only reason he went running. He felt like following his dream wasn't what Josie would have wanted and he couldn't live his life for someone else no matter how much he loved her. I got that about him the more fleshed out he became and I started to really like him. I think what I loved most about Liam was Josie. I loved how she brought out the side of him that he had been trying to bury all these years. I enjoyed watching him grow and want to become the man he knew she needed and deserved.Josie Preston was an easy character to love. Not just because she had her heart broken by the love of her life when he just left but because she was so damn strong in the aftermath. When Liam left her she was completely devastated and did everything she could to get him to talk to her and explain why he left but he wouldn't take her calls. She's been keeping a secret all these years and found comfort in Doctor Nick Ashford, the towns resident Pediatrician. I felt so bad for Josie not only for having to help her best friend through a tragic time but the stress of Liam's return and the implications it brings into her life. Seeing her put on a facade of strength to be able to get through seeing Liam again was rewarding for me. I wanted her to make him hurt like he hurt her. I wanted her to flaunt her relationship with Nick in Liam's face because he couldn't stand him in high school. She didn't do that though, she took the high road and even though she tried to keep him away she did what was best for everyone in the situation. I hated seeing her caught between Nick and Liam while they sorted out the issues they were facing. I really liked Nick and Josie together and at first didn't want Liam to win her back but poor Nick never stood a chance. You just can't compete with high school sweethearts who experienced so much together and share a bond as strong as Liam and Josie do.The supporting characters in this book were absolutely fantastic. The death of the beloved best friend Mason and all the memories everyone shared made him feel like an enormous presence and had me tearing up a little. Watching everyone mourn him was tough and you didn't even get to read much about him. I think the author did a fantastic job working him into the story the way she did. It broke my heart for his wife Katelyn having to handle their two daughters alone but I loved how Liam stepped up and helped out because he loved his friend. I wasn't expecting the emotional side of the story to hit me so hard but I found myself feeling everything the characters did. I am absolutely excited and a little afraid to read the next book about Katelyn and I can only imagine the water works that one will bring.Forever My Girl was a book I didn't want to fall in love with. I love books about Rock Stars even though at times they can be cliche and predictable. I love books with dual points of view and enjoyed the way the author fleshed out her characters. What I found with this one was more than just your run of the mill musician, I found something sweet, honest and endearing that will stay with me for a long time. I would have liked just a little more of the sexy times between the two love interests because they had absolutely amazingly written chemistry that sizzled when they were around each other but overall I was very happy with the way everything turned out. I'm excited to read the other books in the series because even the secondary characters were interesting enough to want to continue. If you need a good story with characters you can love and you like high school sweetheart romances then you should definitely read Forever My Girl!

I have read so many reviews and blurbs and things calling this YA. I think it's craziness. I would not consider this YA some of the scenes are flashbacks to high school and the love story started in high school but 99% of the book Has Them in Their Late 20's. YA That is not to me. The book is Relatively clean but I would still consider it a contemporary romance or NA.Anyway to the actual book.When I read the synopsis I was immediately interested in the book. Who does not love an emotional second chance romance? Not me. A guy going back to try and convince his girl to come back to him .... after 10 years no less. Liam is going back to His home town for a funeral all the while trying to prep Himself to see the love of His Life again, someone he left there 10 years in August He goes back and finds a lot more than he ever thought to expect.Liam Page / WestburyLiam is living the life he thought he always wanted. He is living it up in Hollywood, making music, going to parties, having any women he wanted. Only he can not sleep with random women. He can only stomach to do it When the loneliness Becomes too much. This whole time he is lonely and regretting the worst decision he ever made. He ruined the one relationship he thought he would always have. Now he is going home to face the one He Has girl and always will love."I Told her I'd love her forever. I said I love you first and promised to never let her go "I love Liam. He is a sexy rock star with tattoos. I mean who can resist that. I mean Josie puts up a good fight but not even her. Not only does he Realize what he lost he knows it was all His fault. Granted I think some of it was Josie's fault. He would have taken her if she did not have this the SET-Plan of the life she wanted them to take. Liam was very respectful (most of the time) to Josie's current boyfriend / fiancée. He never liked the guy even in high school but he wanted Josie to be happy even if it was with Nick. He writes most of His songs about Josie and the love he threw away. It's pretty romantic. He tried to apologize with his music even from LAThe moment he saw her again he wanted her to be His. He Realized no matter what she was his girl forever. He was great character in this book. He Knew His mistakes were and what His tries hardest to make them right. Even after 10 years.Josie Preston"I thought for sure we'd spend forever together. I thought our love was one of a kind. I would almost be okay if he had met someone else and fallen in love, but he did not. He just left. He said he was suffocating. "Josie Preston thought she had it all. She was the head cheerleader dating the quarterback. She went off to college thinking they would be married someday. Everything came crashing down one night. he showed up at her dorm room and never came back to again. Until ten years later.Josie Has Been keeping a secret to keep her heart safe after not being Able to reach Liam. He left her so she thought he did not deserve or want to know. I liked Josie's character. I did not love her. She was smart to keep herself as far away from Liam as She Could in the beginning. She did not want to give him the chance to hurt her again. Never mind she had a fiancee. She Took around Liam being slow again. Like any sane person would do.But ...The way she handles Noah and Liam ....I mean just let them do Their Thing! She was not being fair. I wanted to yell and reach through the book and punch her in the face.That's all I have to say about that ... too many spoilers. I am going to try and keep quite the rest of the review. We will see.Josie Seemed really confused most of the book. She wanted to keep her heart safe and Nick did that. I guess playing dumb to your feelings is better than taking a risk. I'm sure she loved Nick but It could not compete. She soon Realized that. But Only When Nick really forced her hand. I mean even her best friend asked her what she was doing. But she soon Realized, who can fight true love? Not even Josie could do that ..."I never thought I'd see the boy who stole my heart and failed to give it back.I'm not sure I want it back. "I also wanted to punch Nick right in the face. Yes He Has been there for the past 6 years but he has no right to do anything he does in this book. Could not have asked Josie His opinion out of kindness? Yes, but she had no obligation to do that. To me it felt like Nick was just there to stick it to Liam Because Liam had her in high school and now he was back That Could he have her again and Nick knew it. Liam met every demand made ​​by Nick and Josie. He did not even really try and steal Josie back. I mean he made ​​the mistake in His hotel room but he backed off. Josie was Not His number one priority anymore but she was His second. It's not Liam's fault Nick lost her. That's what happens when you finish try and get in between two people Meant for each other. And once Nick Realized he was close to losing Both of them he tried to move "his" family to freaking Africa.Who does that?Grr .....Anyway this book was a fun read. I enjoyed it. Especially When We got past the whole Liam, Nick, Noah, and Josie thing. It was an emotional read about finding your way back to the one person Who has always held your heart. Learning to forgive and finding a life Both people can be happy with. I can not wait to read the next one. It looks pretty good.

I want to start out by saying that I really LOVE Heidi McLaughlin's writing story as she's super talented which makes it impossible to put the book down despite the fact that I wasn't a fan of Liam. The book starts out with Liam coming home because of tragedy after being gone for ten years becoming a rock star. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, and yeah yeah, he never got over her, but seriously, he could have tried to apologize over the years. Josie has never got over Liam either despite the fact he destroyed in ways you can't even imagine if you don't know the story, so while her unresolved feelings for Liam are coming back to the surface with him home finally, she's not going to just forgive all, and frankly, if it were me, I'm not sure I would have ever forgiven him so will Liam redeem himself?! This story was filled with a ton of angst as more than just Josie was affected by Liam being home, so even in all my rage, and there was a lot of it, I still felt my heart hurt for all involved. I don't want to say anymore for those who haven't read it so I'll just call it quits here, and please remember, this is only my opinion so you really should decide for yourselves! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Yay! I feel all warm and gooey inside. I love books that do that to me. This was such a feel good contemporary romance.It was a little predictable and standard, but I think that's ok, because it was gorgeous! I do have one issue, and that is Liam's reason for leaving his home town of Beaumont and the love of his life, Josie Preston... I can see where the author was trying to go with that but it was the only weak point in the story for me.'The last thing Betty says to me that day is something I will never forget. "Follow only your dreams, Liam."'However, moving that aside and putting it in a box...I knew I was going to love it when I couldn't put it down and I was sobbing my heart out just a few chapters in. Liam and Josie's close friend, Mason, dies before the story begins, so the reader never meets him, but my God did his death make me cry like a baby. The effect Mason had on his hometown and the people he left behind is profound and a very clever way to draw you in to the book instantly!The other thing that had me gripped was the alternate POV. I love reading both sides of the story. The male POV always fascinates me slightly more, but alternating from chapter to chapter was a brilliant way to keep me turning the pages. I wanted to find out what was going on inside each of their heads and I ended up finishing the whole book in one go, finally turning my light out in the early hours of the morning. Every time I tried to retire to bed, I'd end a chapter and think `Oh, I just want to see what Josie/Liam felt about that scene, I'll read one more chapter'... and we all know how that ends. At the end, of course! But I love a book that can do that to me.So what can I tell you about the characters?God, I felt so sorry for Josie. She did nothing wrong yet she was catapulted into this awful situation where there seemed to be no easy answer and no way to keep everybody happy. I felt for Nick. I felt for Noah... and obviously I felt for Liam. Josie, in my opinion, did everything right. She was both strong and vulnerable at the same time, a devoted mother but a woman with emotions and deep routed desires."I only have eyes for one woman, period ... When I saw you, I knew I had made a mistake. I should have never left or at least come back for you. My life is better with you in it, Josie. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize that."The surrounding characters were brilliant. I can see how there will be more great books in this series and I can't wait to read those!And then we are left with Liam! *heart flutters* Aaaaw, I heart Liam lots and lots! He is just perfect. A bad boy, tattooed rock star with a burning desire to step into his `Daddy' shoes and spend his life proving his love to `his girl' and his recently discovered son! He is clearly completely infatuated with Josie from the very beginning. I love this. There is nothing sexier than a man that can admit utter devotion to the woman of his dreams.And play guitar! Bonus!'Never will I or have I told fans that I love them, even with something as innocent as this. I've only loved one person in my life and those words are saved for my girl and now my son.'This wasn't particularly steamy. There was a nice dose of chemistry between the characters, some naughty stolen kisses, a lot of building passion and plenty of intense desires voiced internally in each of Josie and Liam's respective monologues. There is one fairly heated sex scene toward the end but nothing graphic.There were some adorable flash backs which really helped set the scene for Josie and Liam's relationship history. You can't help but crave their reunion!"I promise you, I'm done running. I'm still selfish, but only where you and Noah are concerned. I have years of spoiling to make up for and I plan to spend every day of my life making sure you both know how much I love you."In conclusion, this book comes highly recommended by Yours Truly! Read it. Read it now and fall in love with Liam Westbury.By Smitten's Book Blog[...]

I loved this story, and as it cost less than a coffee I was delighted!Liam is a rock star, he left his home town 10yrs ago to become the star that he is today but he has deep regrets, he just left and never kept in touch with his parents, his best friends and his childhood sweetheart.Josie thought she had it all 10 years ago, she was a cheer leader and her boyfriend was the high school jock with an upcoming career in the NFL. It was all set, they adored each other, they would marry, have kids and live alongside their best friends forever. Then Liam up and left, leaving Josie pregnant and unable to contact him.Their best friends were Katelyn and Mason, they did live that dream, had beautiful twins, he had that career in the NFL and they were blissfully happy. Now Mason is dead and Liam is coming back for his funeral and to try to make some amends with his past.This is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful story, I just adored Josie, as someone who also found herself alone with a 3 month old baby this story was so emotive. The heartache of not having a choice when your world turns upside down overnight, you just survive by burying all that hurt and betrayal, this book shows this very well and is written in alternate paragraphs from Liam and Josie's perspective.Absolutely loved it.

Liam and Josie were High School sweethearts. They had their lives and dreams planned until Liam decided that he didn't want their dream any longer. He let go of the things that he loved - especially Josie.10 years have passed since that day and Liam finds himself returning to Beaumont. Mason his best friend has been killed in an accident. 10 years since he has had sight of Josie. When he gets back he realizes that there have been a lot of changes in her life and Liam gets more than he planned when their paths cross again.If I were to write everything I loved about this story I would be sitting in front of my computer all day. This was a fabulous, well crafted story. Heidi McLaughlin has provided me with a perfect book, her dialogue, descriptions and characters and Liam........................... well! I turned each page just wanting to get to that point was he going to finally kiss her!!!! The sexual tension in the book is so good, really good.It is hard to believe that this is Heidi McLauglin's first book and to come up with a story like this. I avidly look forward to book 2 in the series and I seriously hope Heidi McLaughlin is well on the way to deliver it.My kind of story. I loved it!

I read about this on amazon.com and was waiting for its UK release, and it didn't disappoint. Unfortunately, it also didn't knock my socks off, hence the 4 as opposed to 5 stars. I think the reason for this is that I felt the timings didn't quite make for a believeable story. The premise of the book is that Josie and Liam have been apart for 10 years, and when he comes back into her life she has been with another man for 6 years. I felt the question of whether Josie would choose Liam or Nick was kind of avoided by circumstances (trying not to spoil anything here!), and the whole 6 years together vs some time in high school/college was avoided. The chemistry between Liam and Josie just wasn't written well enough (sorry, it was written well, but not THAT well) for me to really believe the whole '10 years apart but still holding feelings' idea. I felt that the feelings written by A L Jackson in Take This Regret (a book with a similar premise) were perhaps more accurate, in that we don't hear about Josie being angry at Liam for leaving etc, more just upset.Overall, I think it's a great debut and would recommend it, but the chosen storyline means it will inevitably be compared to amazing books like those of A L Jackson, and unfortunately I think it comes up a bit lacking. I still really liked the book though and thought it was worth waiting for in its own right.

I have no idea why I didn't review this book. I've read this book countless times, and listened to the audio version too, and it's easy to see why so many people love this series.For me, Forever My Girl was an unputdownable read, I loved the relationship between the characters, Josie, Katelyn, and Jenna, to me this is what a real friendship is. Then we have the boys....what can I say about them. They are hot as hell and I would not turn any of them down. They are fiercely protective of each other, and wont let anyone try to push themselves into the fold.I will admit that I thought Liam was an ass for abandoning Jenna, but as the story unfolds we get to see what happened, and I did fell sorry for everyone involved having to go through this,Forever My Girl is a very promising start to a new series.