Only and Forever

Viggo Bergman is a romantic, and watching his six siblings find love while he stays single has been hard. Focusing on his dream of opening a bookstore, Viggo is eventually spread so thin that he doesn’t have time for anything else. Enter Tallulah Clarke, a family friend who, somehow, appears immune to Viggo’s charms. Tallulah agrees to help at his bookstore if he uses his romance-novel expertise to craft a realistic relationship for her second book, which she’s struggling with. Their forced proximity could increase Tallulah’s animosity or possibly lead to their own happily-ever-after. Liese presents the seventh and final installment (after If Only You) of her “Bergman Brothers” series of contemporary romances inspired by Jane Austen. Narrators Nelson Hobbs and CJ Bloom return, having voiced every installment save for one. They give an engaging performance of this feel-good story with a wide-ranging cast of characters, in a novel that realistically depicts neurodivergence and autoimmune disorders in its romantic leads.