Coming Home for Us

The Wilder Brothers, Book 4

De: Carrie Ann Ryan

Narrado por: Andi Arndt, Jason Clarke

The Wilder Brothers from New York Times best-selling author Carrie Ann Ryan continue with Elijah’s last chance at redemption and love.

I made plans. I followed the path. I fell in love.

Then the world took her away from me.

I swore to never love again, and I’ve done all I could to keep that vow.

But life finds a way, and I can’t stop this burning attraction with my best friend.

Maddie stood by me when my world shattered.

She deserves more than a broken man who promised to never love again.

Only I swear she feels the same way about me. And I have no idea what to do about it.

Now she might leave the Wilders, and I can’t tell her to stay—even if it means shattering the one piece of me I have left.

©2023 Carrie Ann Ryan (P)2023 Carrie Ann Ryan

Coming Home For Us

This is an endearing story of getting a second chance at finding love. Elijah has had love and lost it and vows to never love again. Every time he finds love it is taken away from him. Yet he sees love once more given to him but can he take that chance again at maybe finding a forever? Maddie loved Elijah once before but fate had other plans. When it offers her and Elijah another chance, she must make a choice to follow her heart or her mind.

This story will pull on your heart strings. There are a lot of emotions and trauma that need to be dealt with. Elijah needs all the help that he can get and he learns that he can turn to his family for that help. Maddie is a strong woman but at times her love for Elijah may not be enough to keep her tied to the Wilder’s. I enjoyed not only the main characters storyline but also the bits that we get to see of the supporting characters as well. Narrators Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke do a nice job of bringing these characters and their emotions to life. I was quickly immersed in to their story.

Maddie and Elijah are Combustible

Coming Home for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan is book four in The Wilder Brothers series. It is a friend-to-lover, somewhat of a second chance, workplace, love after loss story of Elijah and Maddie.

Maddie has been with the winery for so long that she's built quite a reputation. Local competitors have attempted multiple times to snatch her away. Elijah is the operations director, and he and Maddie are quite the team. Though Maddie has been hiding her feelings for Elijah for quite some time, Elijah is just beginning to realize he has feelings for Maddie.

Maddie and Elijah have been flirting via text and witty banter for quite some time. A business trip has Elijah seeing Maddie differently, and he's surprised to find he's feeling jealous and a bit possessive. They encounter a storm on their way home, which causes them to lose control and seek shelter, taking the last room at the inn- the honeymoon suite.

Narrators Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke were exceptional.

HEA with the want for more!

This series is excellent, and the narration is wonderful! I can't wait for the next book after that epilogue!

Emotional, Heart-Breaking and Yet Wonderful

It's the turn of Elijah and Mddie to take their chance at a future together, no easy thing when Elijah is still grieving the loss of Joy which happened at the end of the previous book and he's vowed to never fall in love again. As for Maddie, well she's been in love with Elijah since she first laid eyes on him and everyone but him knew it.

Elijah's the operations director of Wilder Wines, Maddie is a main force when it comes to selling their wine and runs all the winery tasting tours and is one of the most important faces of the Wilder Retreat and Winery. Elijah isn’t her direct boss as she works under his brother Evan, but he denied his attraction to her in the early days because of their close working relationship. Maddie's had boyfriends in the past two years but still, her heart keeps skipping a beat whenever Elijah's near or when he texts her and seems unable to feel deeply towards any of her boyfriends.

Elijah is starting to get over the loss of Joy two years ago and has realised that he's feeling drawn to Maddie again but is reticent to act on his attraction, but when they are forced into sharing a room on a business trip the feelings between them are too strong to fight and they agree to try and see where their attraction will take them. But the issues of his loss still run deep and it looks like he's going to let them spoil everything he and Maddie could have together. Will he be able to overcome his loss? Will Maddie give him yet another chance? Will she even stay at the Wilder Retreat and Winery?

Their journey is so emotional, there's so much heartbreak, pain, and anguish, and having experienced personal loss their story struck a chord within me, and Carrie Ann's writing is so good that I felt every emotion as deeply as the characters did. I can not stress too much how powerful this book is, how much it moved me or how much I ultimately enjoyed this amazing roller coaster ride! Do not miss Elijah and Mddie's story it is a must-read/listen.

The narration of this book is performed to perfection by Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke, they brought out every emotion and made the characters come alive, I'm so glad I listened to this book because I know I would have had to stop reading because of my tears. Thank you Andi and Jason you did a wonderful job with this one.

My review is written voluntarily and contains only my personal opinions.

Finally

This story has been a long time coming. Elijah and Maddie should have been together from the beginning. Fate played a hottible trick I’m Elijah and now he fears losing Maddie to a horrible fate. He never dealt with the mental aspect of what happened a year ago. My favorite thing was when Eli told all of the Wilders that they needed to go to counseling as a family and individuals.

It's been quite awhile since I've had the classics read to me. Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke were music to my ears. I need to go back and listen to this duo more often.

Elijah and Maddie

𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙. 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.
𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐒 is the fourth book in The Wilder Brothers series by Carrie Ann Ryan which is Elijah and Maddie's story.

Elijah and Maddie have had feelings for each other forever but for reasons they have never acted on those feelings. When a storm forces them to have to hide out in a hotel for the night, their relationship takes a turn but the ghosts from the past may be too much.

Elijah and Maddie are fun but their demons keep getting in between them until they both finally break and eventually mend together. I really enjoy the found family that the Wilders and their partners have created at Wilder Wines and Retreat and can not wait for more of this group.

Jason Clarke and Andi Arndt are always a great selection and pair for any audiobook and they both did a great job with this book.

Get ready for... military, friends to lovers, workplace, hurt/comfort, only one bed, close proximity, found family, grief/loss, and dual first-person point of view.

4 Maple Leafs | 3 Flames

There we go!

Here I am back in the groove of this series, by chapter 3, I’m almost forgiving of how bad the last one was.

Long, unrequited love for Maddie, Elijah was waking up after extreme loss and all that comes along with the healing process plus a LOT more. (Somehow his time in the service connected to all of that but it’s a major stretch.) Will she take new options or feel guilty? Will he be left wondering why he was so blind to her? Ohhh wait, maybe he will explore why he ignored her major crush on him for years. How will he accept living with grief and loving her? She makes him suffer a little bit. Combustible! (We have a spanker.)

Capriciousness, I wish I had kept a list of the words Carrie Ann uses, I think like me, she loves a big vocabulary.

Oh Jason, Jason, Jason… F.I.R.E. Andi, so, so good.

Really enjoyed this one!

I really enjoyed this story! It pulled me in from beginning to end and while it broke my heart, it also helped to repair it. This book picks up 2 years later and we are getting to see who Elijah and Maddie have become and the friendship they've built since Joy died in an accident. Maddie is at a crossroads and has a tough decision to make and then it gets even more complicated when things come to light between Elijah and her and things get spicy. I loved watching these two finally come together and get their shot. They are both struggling with what the right move is and where things should go but they just have this draw to each other that they can't ignore anymore. Elijah is still dealing with his grief and trying to process the fact that he can move on and love someone else. This story had a great flow and really pulled me in so I just wanted to keep reading and figure out how these two were going to make it work. I loved this one and the story definitely redeemed itself after it broke my heart. I loved getting to catch up as well with our past couples and see where they were at and I am super excited for the next book in the series as well.
The narrators did a good job with the story and bringing it to life.

Loved this Story

I totally fell in love with Maddie and Elijah's story. I didn't want it to end. I love the way it unfolded. I love how Carrie Ann Ryan gets her readers all up and up had me all over the place.

The narrators did an amazing job with this. Jason Clarke and Andi Arndt i really enjoyed listening to during the unfolding of the story.

Yet Another Amazing Book by CA Ryan!

Elijah and Maddie's love story comes from tragedy, a loss of a friend and a lover. It's refreshing to see them both come through it and change into the people they now are after the hard time they went through. As usual, I will always recommend Carrie Ann Ryan's books! When I tell you I laughed through the entire thing, I'm not lying. And spoiler alert: When they were talking about the Texas traffic I was giggling. Everything they were saying was experienced by me just a week ago when I was in Texas. It's super relatable and an easy to listen to story!