TITLE: Rejected Heart
SERIES: The Westwoods #5
AUTHOR: A.K. Evans
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
TROPES: First Loves/Second Chance
Broken Hero/Small Town
RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2025
BLURB.
Layla Snow knows she screwed up. It’s been years since she made the biggest mistake of her life and walked away from the only man she’s ever loved.
Liam Westwood has lived a shell of a man for years after the love of his life walked away from him. He knows he should move on, but he can’t. Liam’s haunted by the memory of her.
Unfortunate circumstances force Layla to return to Landing, and the last thing she needs is to run into Liam.
But it’s a small town, and word travels fast. When Liam learns Layla is back, he seeks her out.
And Layla learns just how much damage she’s done.
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MY REVIEW.
4 Stars from Tiffany!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Excellent Addition to the Series.
In this latest installment of the Westwood series, we finally get Liam’s story. I knew it would be emotional, but I didn’t expect the kind of weight he’s been carrying since such a young age.
Liam and Layla met in high school and were very much an opposites-attract couple. Of course, he’s a Westwood, and while Layla wasn’t exactly from the wrong side of the tracks, it was just her and her mom trying to get by. Layla was always a little guarded with Liam and her feelings for him—and she seemed to stay that way through the entire three years they dated. She kept him at arm’s length, and when he finally made his big move, she ran.
I liked both Liam and Layla—though I’ll admit, I liked Liam a bit more. Most of the story focuses on the two of them grieving what they lost and being unable to move on. If I had one gripe, it’s that we spent a lot of time stuck in the past—so much longing and regret—only to get a pretty quick resolution in the end. I was more interested in seeing them navigate things as adults.
That said, the book is still a great read. The whole Westwood family is present and accounted for, chiming in whether their input is wanted or not. They’re a tight-knit bunch, and it was interesting to see whether Layla could fit back into that dynamic. There’s one sister left—Jules—and I’m already excited to see what kind of trouble she stirs up in her book!
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Releasing November 4
AUTHOR BIO.
A.K. EVANS is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports.
Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!
When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.
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