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Choose Me

The Archer Brothers Series- Book 2

 Release Date: April 1, 2015

By Heidi McLaughlin

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Two brothers.

One woman.

One son.

One choice.

Lives ripped apart, shattered and rebuilt.

Evan and Nate Archer: Brothers, best friends, warriors and now enemies. Both in love with the same woman. Both determined to fight for what they want.

Nate Archer promised to protect Ryley Clarke in the event Evan didn’t make it back. It’s a promise between brothers since the early days of basic training. Nate never considered that his feelings, long buried since high school, would resurface and grow stronger.

Evan Archer wants answers. He wants someone to pay. After being gone for an unprecedented amount of time, nothing is making sense now that he’s home. Most of all, he can’t understand how his brother ended up engaged to his fiancée. Evan is determined to uncover the mystery, and win back his family.

The Archers are about to fight dirty.

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Michel’s Review

The moment I woke up on April 1, 2015 the first thing I had to do was check my kindle.  I was anxiously awaiting for Choose Me by Heidi McLaughlin.  It is the sequel to Here With Me, the first book in the Archer Brothers series.  Low and behold it was there on my kindle just waiting for me to read.  After I rushed my kids off to school and shoo’d husband out the door, I sat down to read.  I could not put this book down until it was finished.  Hours later as I read the last word, I realized I had not gotten out of my pj’s, had not showered, and had not ate a thing.  I was captivated by The Archer Brothers story and how it ended.

As I expected, it was another 6 + Star book that would go on my 2015 Favorites list.

Choose Me cannot be read as a stand alone novel.  It is the sequel to Here With Me.

Here With Me ended on a major cliffhanger.  Nate Archer had returned home from training exercises to find his dead twin brother, Evan Archer, alive and well.  Not only was he alive and well, he was also with his fiance and son.  He was a threat to his family, his life, and his happiness.  It was hard to overjoyed to see his brother alive and well.  Where had he been for the last six years?  Was it really him or an imposter?  What would this mean to his life as he knew it?  Would he have to give up the woman he loved and the son he raised because his brother was the biological father?  What had the Navy done to their lives?

As this emotional story unfolds, it will pull at all of your heartstrings.  Nate Archer is not a bad guy, in fact he is a very honorable good man. He stepped up to plate when his brother lost his life.  He was there when his brother’s son came into the world.  He has raised the boy as his own.  He didn’t purposely set out to fall in love with Ryley, he just wanted to take care of her like he promised his brother he would.  He has made sacrifices so that his brother’s memory would be honored. He has everything to lose and nothing to gain except a shattered heart.

 Evan Archer has lost everything he loved including his twin brother.  He has had to fight for every moment with his family since his ascension from the grave.  His own son, flesh and blood, is calling his brother daddy.  His woman is wearing his brother’s ring.  His brother may be responsible for his demise. He wants his life back.  He has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Ryley is in a situation that no woman would ever want to be in.  She is in love with two brothers.  One was her first love. He was her once in a lifetime kind of love. He captured her heart and gave her a son.  He was her first for every emotional experience she would encounter, including grief.  The other brother was there to pick up the shattered pieces.  He shared her grief and experienced the same loss.  He supported her, he nurtured her, he gave her friendship, and finally gave her a new love to look forward to.  He has been a father to her son.  How can she chose between two extraordinary men?  Both have important places in her heart.  How will this affect her son?  He is the one innocent victim that is going to suffer from the decisions the adults make in his life.

Not only are there decisions about life to be made.  There are still questions about the mission that destroyed all their lives.  This mission did not only affect the Archer family, it affected and destroyed the lives of the three other men on this six year mission.  Why would the Navy do this and cover it up?

As they start to question all the facts, the danger begins to escalate.  Their lives are being threatened.  The more they uncover, the more dangerous it becomes.  When they finally get the truth of what happened it will be devastating for all that are involved.

In the end they will have the answers they needed but their lives will be forever changed. There were no victors in this story.  Each person walked away scarred in some way.  They will all find the peace they need to move forward in life.  They will find that love comes in many ways.  It’s not always what we thought it was.

Heidi McLaughlin has written a story that readers will never forget.  It digs deep and touches your soul.  The reader will experience every single emotion a person can experience throughout this book.  Each of the characters is equally important.  There are no heroes or heroines.  They are real people trying to survive their lives.

Everyone may not get the happy ending they were hoping for.  That is the way life is.  When one door opens another one closes.  Sometimes what we want is not what really need.  In the end the most important thing is to love to the best of our ability.  Give the best of ourselves.  Give respect to the other people in our lives.  Always put family first.

This is one the most emotional series I have read.  Heidi McLaughlin has risen above her high standards and went beyond excellence with her Archer Brothers Series.

See the review for Here With Me, the book that started it all below……

Don’t Miss Out on book one in The Archer Brothers Series

Here With Me

A Smut Book Junkie Reviews 2014 Favorite & 6 Star Review

Michel’s Review

October 24, 2014

Here With Me by Heidi McLaughlin is the first book in her new series. This series is called The Archer Brothers. Being a huge Heidi McLaughlin fan, I had to one click this book the moment it went live. I devoured the book and am experiencing the ultimate reading hangover.

Wow! Here With Me by Heidi McLaughlin is her best book yet. The writing was superb! Heidi reached deep within the realm of emotions and executed them flawlessly throughout the book. The reader instantly becomes invested in the characters and feels every emotion they are experiencing. The characters are larger than life and jump off the pages. The secondary characters are an all-star supporting cast that completely makes this story surreal. The plot has been intricately woven into a book that reaches far beyond a second chance romance. Heidi adds suspense, drama, and an impossible love triangle. She adds the important elements that make these characters lives become even more real. Their families, their friends, and their support networks validate their lives. What holds all these characters together and makes them work harder to accept the unacceptable is a young boy. The five year old son that loves unconditionally. The book is written from duel POV ‘s. It flashes from past to present. The reader gets a strong sense of what brought this young couple together. They share their young love, their passion for one another, and their growth as a couple. We see them grow from teenagers to mature adults. We see their strengths and weaknesses. The one thing the reader can count on is their love for another. It is unquestionable. Their love is not the problem, it is their lives in the present, and their futures. There are difficult choices to make. Not only will these choices determine the future, they will destroy the fragile lives they have built. There is no winner. Each person will walk away hurt in some way.

Evan Archer was a Navy Seal. His last assignment should have been easy. An in and out. That mission stretched into six long years. When his team is finally able to come home they are in for a complete surprise. There are no welcoming committees, no military personal, and no transports home. Why? Because they are dead! They have been dead and buried for over five years. The lives they once had are gone. Their loved ones have moved on in life. Imagine the shock.

The only thing Evan wants is to return home to the love of his life and meet his son face to face. Riley Clarke has held his heart since he was a teenager. Imagine his shock when he finally meets up with Riley and she is not happy to see him. Imagine finding out that she is now engaged to another man. Imagine finding out that man is your twin brother. Imagine your son calling that man daddy.

Riley Clarke lost the love of her life when Evan was killed in action. She has spent the last six years moving on from that devastating loss. She had to give birth to her son alone. She has watched him grow alone. The only thing that held her together was the support of her family and Evan’s twin brother Nate. The two of them have mourned together, supported each other, and built a strong friendship that led to a loving relationship. When the man that owned her heart rises up from the grave she is once again devastated. She is angry with the world. She feels powerless and out of control. How can she choose between the man that owned her heart and the man that brought her heart back to life. Any choice she makes will destroy one of these men. Any choice she makes is going to forever break their brotherly bonds. It is going to destroy them all.

On top of all the emotional turmoil are the underlying facts about the mission. Clearly something went wrong. As the story unfolds it will raise many more questions.

I loved all the characters in this book. I am definitely rooting for Evan. I loved how he not only loved Riley as a teenager and grown woman, but how he respected her feelings and emotions at all times. He is truly a very good man. The readers did not get know much about Nate in the present times. We got to know him through memories and passages of the present. I think we will get to know his character in the next book. I think he is going to be more complex than we are anticipating.

This book ended on an emotional cliffhanger. It left the readers with so many questions. It also left the readers wanting to know Nate’s POV. I cannot wait for the next book, Choose Me by Heidi McLaughlin. I need it now!

Ryley Clarke has grown up with the military in her blood, with both parents serving their country. Ryley knows the risks of being married to the military. But when the unthinkable happens, and her future husband is killed in action, Ryley can barely survive… until Evan’s twin brother, Nate, helps her pick up the pieces.

After serving on a special mission with the military for six years, Evan Archer returns home to find the unthinkable – the love of his life, Ryley Clarke – engaged to his brother, Nate. With Nate on deployment, Evan needs to figure out what happened in his absence, and more importantly, how to win Ryley back from the man he once considered his best friend, but now thinks of as his rival.

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Heidi is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell, Buttercup, two Parakeets, Gonzo & Hedwig, and their newest addition of a Highland West/Mini Schnauzer, Jill.

During the day Heidi is behind a desk talking about Land Use. At night, she’s writing one of the many stories planned for release or sitting court-side during either daughter’s basketball games.

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♥ Books by Heidi McLaughlin ♥

Forever My Girl – The Beaumont Series #1

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My Unexpected Forever – The Beaumont Series #2

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Finding My Forever – The Beaumont Series #3

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Finding My Way – The Beaumont Series #4

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My Everything – A Beaumont Series Novella

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12 Days of Forever – A Beaumont Series Novella

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Lost in You

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Lost in Us – A Lost in You Novella

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The Archer Brothers

Here with Me

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Choose Me

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