It’s Always Been you by Rachel Chamberlayne
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This was such a phenomenal book🙌🏼Beware you will probably cry but there will also be some laughs🥹 (I definitely ugly cried lol) This book deals with some pretty heavy topics(check trigger warnings) so make sure you are prepared for that before starting! Rachel did such a beautiful job creating a story of real life that is full of heartache and pain and weaving throughout it the wonderful love, grace, and redemption that can only be found in Jesus Christ! I read this story while going through a very dark time mentally, struggling with the Lord. And while reading this book, I felt like God was speaking to me through it. Some parts struck a chord deep in my heart and it was a reminder that yes, life is hard and can be impossible sometimes but in those times is exactly when His strength shines through the brightest. He can always handle our questions, confusions and anger over things, He is not offended by any of it! He promises to never leave or forsake us!
This is a book that I don’t think I will ever forget and it will definitely be a reread for me many times in the future🫶🏼
🥀Age Gap
🖤Brother’s Best Friend
🥀Christian Romance
🖤He Takes Care of Her
🥀Single Dad
🖤Forbidden Love
Trigger warnings: self harm mentioned, abandonment issues, gaslighting, miscarriage, sexual sin, chronic pain
🌶️: Closed door (nothing explicit)
🤬: None
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(yes 6 stars😍)
As recommended by the author, this book is not necessarily suitable for readers under the age of 18!
OVERVIEW: He’s a former womanizer with a redeemed heart; she’s an old fling battling low self-esteem. After three years of silence, he’s back, and this time she’s wise enough to know he only wants her body, not her heart. Or does he?
Evie
I’ve loved my brother’s best friend since before I could talk—and it ended up costing me both my virtue and my heart. When an unexpected health scare forces me to quit my job as a caregiver three years later, Brandon swoops in and makes me a job offer I can’t refuse.
He’s acting like a total saint these days, but I know the real Brandon beneath that deceptively charming, calculatedly clinical doctor’s smile. This is all just a game to him—he loves the chase. Unfortunately, the last time we played games, I fell in love, and he fell in lust.
Still, my cold, black heart might be dumb enough to want to play again—just to feel something.
Brandon
I knew everything would change when I gave my life to Christ. The only change I couldn’t have prepared for was losing the one person who was in my corner when it felt like the whole world had turned against me.
I might have let my Spitfire down, but I’ll never let her go—not until she stops running from me long enough to forgive me. But as her heart begins to soften toward me, that same ember of desire burning between us threatens to send our innocent friendship up in flames yet again.
Hiring her as my assistant will be either the best decision or the worst mistake I’ve ever made.Author’s note: It’s Always Been You is a closed door, fade-to-black contemporary Christian romance that includes mature themes best suited for readers 18+.
Have you read this one yet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
