Last updated on 07/30/2026
Fate’s Gift: The Complete Duology
Release Date: August 1st, 2026
Two steamy fated love psychic suspense romances, now together with bonus epilogue…
Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe
CJ Roberts has spent her life hiding her ability to See the future — a gift that’s more curse than blessing. But when she falls for Drew Davies, a talented chef with no patience for mysteries, a horrifying vision forces her to choose: reveal her secret to save his life, or lose him forever. As danger closes in and the holidays approach, CJ discovers that changing fate comes with a price — and some futures are worth fighting for.
Last Kiss Goodbye
Matt Roberts has spent his life hiding his ability to See the past with a single touch — a gift he used to help put a killer away. But when he falls for Anna Martella, a woman who survived the impossible, the murders begin again. The killer he helped cage had an accomplice, and they’re coming for Anna. As the police close in on him and danger stalks the woman he loves, Matt discovers that seeing the past means nothing if he can’t change the future.
Link: books2read.com/fatesgift
Review:
Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Someday I will actually read the synopsis of a book before picking it up, not just say to myself, “Oh! I love that author! Yes, please!” while making grabby hands…
OK, that’s a total lie. I will always just grab all the books from the authors I love, barely even giving the synopsis a second thought before settling down to read. Being completely surprised about the plot of a book I’m reading–we’re talking the basics here, like that the MC has precognitive abilities, and that a man’s life will depend on what she does with her powers; good grief, I didn’t even read the bold portion of the blurb, people!–is what makes life exciting, right?
Maybe that’s just me, though…perhaps normal people have more excitement in their lives *outside* of books…?
Nah, that can’t be! (Please, don’t burst my bubble here…just nod and smile for me, ‘kay?)
Anyway…yes! I was completely surprised to find out (but 100% pleasantly, let me assure you!) when I started reading Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe that CJ and her twin brother have psychic abilities and that CJ was going to have to try to use them to prevent her new boyfriend’s death. I mean, that cover! It’s all sexy holiday goodness, amirite? “Last kiss” surely means the last guy she’s going to kiss under the mistletoe, not that death is imminent?
But I digress. Again. Even though I was mentally unprepared for the actual storyline of this book when I started reading it, I still enjoyed the heck out of the experience. CJ and her brother Matt’s abilities are fascinating, though we definitely get a much closer look at CJ’s in action here. (Dare I hope that’s because we’re going to get a book from Matt’s POV too? I have questions about that murderer he helped put behind bars. So. Many. Questions…) We know that she sees things that will likely happen, and that she’s tried with no real success to change some of those things in the past and therefore has decided that changing fate just isn’t in her wheelhouse. But that was before the man she thought she was falling for was going to be the next to die…
I mean, that cover (of the original book) surely indicates that CJ will succeed at saving him, and that the “falling” is definite and a mutual thing. But how will they get there? What will they do to save Drew from his fate? Well, I’m not going to tell you–so unless you share CJ’s precog abilities, you’re going to have to read it yourself and find out! 😉
Rating: 4 stars / B+
Last Kiss Goodbye
The first 50% or so of the story was really solid–there’s a good deal of insta-relationship here, but the whole fated to be/psychic gifts aspect of their story works to explain that. Matt and Anna are really cute together, and there’s a nice bit of suspense in the secrets that they have in their pasts. As they’re growing closer, Anna starts to sense that she maybe is being watched, and the tension increases even more–all good stuff.
Not that a possible serial killer/copycat killer breaking into her apartment is “good stuff,” but you know what I mean. She temporarily moves in with Matt, and we all know how I feel about forced proximity when there’s only one bed 😉
Then…things take a bit of a turn. I’m 100% willing to go with a “it’s me, not you [the book]” here, because plenty of others seem to be more than OK with the story as a whole. But first Matt makes a *highly* questionable choice when proving his abilities to Anna (view spoiler) and then he *thinks* he finds out something about Anna’s past (with zero actual evidence) and decides that it must be true and he needs to distance himself from her, instead of–work with me here–talking to the woman he supposedly loves about it?
I mean, I can’t even.
Things go a little more off the rails when we get to the big suspenseful last 25% or so–honestly, it reminded me a lot of all of the dozens of Colton-family-themed HQN romantic suspense books I’ve read over the years for Library Journal (which plenty of people love! So if you’re one of them, take everything I’m saying here with the biggest grains of salt ever and pay me no mind), and I had the hardest time taking any of it seriously.
It did have a super cute ending for our MCs once all the drama was over, so there’s that, at least. Personally I would have made Matt do a lot more groveling than Anna did, but I suppose her own latent abilities allowed her to know/believe he was sincere quicker than my non-psychic self would have, so she has a good excuse there.
Rating: 3 stars / C
Overall rating: 3 /12 stars / B-
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.