A review by prettypistolz
Love Me Gently by Stacey Lynn

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Tropes:

Childhood friends to lovers 

Law enforcement

Second chances 

Trauma/Healing 

Abused FMC/Hero MMC 

Small Town Romance 

4.5⭐️ No🌶️

**Please read trigger warnings prior to reading this book as it contains the following trigger: Domestic violence, abortion, sexu@l assault including martial r@pe and assault, trauma and abortion.**

Trina and Cole were high school sweethearts but she decided to end things even though it broke both of their hearts to follow her dreams of leaving her home town and becoming a model. When she left to start her new life she was referred to a man at an agency that could get her started. Needless to say that's when her bad luck started, and she was introduced to a very rich man who she ended up marrying, but was extremely abusive.

Cole ended up working in law enforcement and getting married to an amazing lady and having 2 beautiful girls sadly things didn't work out between romantically due to Cole still loving Trina but they are still friends and she's an awesome support! 

One day Cole was leaving a coffee shop and bumped into someone, it was Trina! When their eyes connected, it definitely brought back all the memories and feelings plus some. Cole could instantly tell something was not right and tried to see what was wrong and give her his number but Trina ran off. The friend she was with ended up taking his number and that was the best thing she could've done for her friend. 

This book will be released on February 18th, 2025❤️