The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Frustrated by their lack of communication, Rosie decides to leave Dominic and only agrees to try and repair their relationship if he goes to counseling with her. Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey follows Rosie Vega who has been having issues in her marriage with her high school sweetheart, Dominic. The main conflict of this book was very grounded in reality and I was willing to be along for the ride with this couple— even if it gave me some heart palpitations at first. Like he didn't really consider what Rosie wanted or even communicate with her to understand what she actually needed.

Too many elephants are left in the room – Dominic’s deployment experience and low self-esteem, his possessiveness, Rosie’s desire for a new life and new experiences, the fact that neither of them has ever dated anyone else, the realities of running a restaurant in terms of hours – I don’t think this couple’s problems are over.

I loved their journey to finding each other again and discovering that they both played a part in the unhappy state of their marriage. I didn't really like his "olden day love perspective" in the sense that he was only focusing on him being the sole financial provider and that was enough for a successful marriage. This book gives you all the feels and leaves you wanting to see what more Tessa Bailey has to offer.

I still love Tessa Bailey's writing and I'm excited to carry on with the series, but this book is mostly a miss for me. At the end Rosie even refered to it like "the therapy we did to start trusting each other again", buahaha! Their journey in rediscovering their marriage and what attracted them to each other was enlightening and beautiful.Love Her or Lose Her approached and picked at intricate issues of long-term relationships but Bailey's focus on heavier sexual lustful tones kept it from achieving the deep angst ridden emotional path I thought could be felt wanting to burst from this couple and personally wanted. In one scene When Dominic and his friends found out that their WAGs were going to the city on a girls night out, they became so upset and insecure that they tracked them down and followed them, then interrupted them, became all possessive,and then seduced them etc. I think she’s amazing with her own goals in life and I liked how she decided to stop bowing down to Dom and finally put her foot down. Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with ten years ago is nowhere to be found.