Aspen Cove is the place where hearts dare to dream and souls go to heal. A less than ideal life has brought two strangers to a crossroads. As a youth, Samantha White dreamed of something better. Caught in a life filled with heartache and poverty, she wanted to escape. Now an adult Samantha seems to have it all. A glamorous career, a ton of money and an unmatched celebrity. From the outside, she's living the dream, but inwardly she's falling apart. It seems she can never stop running. Going incognito is the best way to find peace, until a past she wanted to outrun starts to feel like a perfect fit. Dalton is the dream she never hoped to have and refuses to live without. What happens when the present she left behind, proves a stumbling block to the future she's just beginning. Collins begins and ends with emotion. One Hundred Wishes puts it's best heart forward and step right into the soul. McAllister made a breathing entity out of an already breathtaking journey. Beautiful.

Part of the reason that I keep coming back to Aspen Cove is that, the series never puts a foot wrong. Collins finds the sun even when it hides behind storm clouds. One Hundred Goodbyes serves as a beacon of hope to all the brokenhearted dreamers in the world. Eden is determined to see the positive, when dealing with the negativity that threatens to drown her. Collins makes her own rainbow. Heart, wisdom and hope deliver a colorful ray of sunshine to chase away the blues.

If wishes were rainbows and heartaches were dreams, perhaps happy endings would be a little easier. Unfortunately life does not always work out as planned. The pain may be brutal, but along with the bruises comes strength. One Hundred Ways builds on that with a wonderful group of characters and romance that just won't quit. Collins give readers something to think about, while she swoops in and lays claim to the heart. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SERIES.

I'm not saying it's not important, but it feels like a commercialized heavy handed messagings, and I didn't enjoy it all that much.  

The art is pretty, but not quite as pretty as the cover in my opinion.   Just meh on this.

Aspen, like other books, tends to throw in a couple guy shots.   (There's one here.)   And the art is gorgeous, but it's frustrating since I'm not familiar with all the characters - most but not all.