Last First Kiss
"THE STUFF ROMANCE DREAMS ARE MADE OF." - Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author Sparks fly in this second chance m/m rom com when an unlucky-in-love event planner realizes the man-of-honor at the high profile wedding he's planning is the same man who broke his heart. They say you never forget your first kiss. But Jordan Carter wishes he could forget the one he shared with Jamie Peters as teens.
And the one they almost shared again last year before Jamie made it clear he wasn’t the “right” man for Jordan to be with while he’s figuring himself out. Now, Jordan’s fully focused on his career at 24 Carter Gold, his family’s event planning company, and ready to move on - until his boss assigns him to plan a new client’s high-profile wedding. The bride’s man-of-honor?
None other than Jamie. As things ramp up the closer they get to the wedding, so does Jordan’s relationship with Jamie, with sarcastic asides turning into steamy hook-ups. But can Jordan afford to pursue Jamie if he’s still unsure of who he is?
Or is knowing who he loves enough? Venue shopping, cake-tastings, and dress fittings with the man he can’t forget just might change the man Jordan Carter is meant to become. Last First Kiss by Julian Winters is a second chance romance about finding yourself–and the love of your life.
“A tender, slow burn romance about falling for your first crush, questioning your identity on your own terms, and finding your place in the world. Julian Winters delivers a sweet, funny, steamy, and uplifting love story that is sure to make readers swoon.” - Alexis Daria, USA Today bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola "No one writes as vividly and as tenderly as Julian Winters, and Last First Kiss is his best yet. It's as sweet as an unexpected slow dance in a conservatory and as playful as a cake tasting turned flirty, and while Jordan and Jamie may have had their last first kiss, you'll be sighing happily over their firsts and lasts long after you close the book." - Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, authors of A Jingle Bell Mingle “Pure and utter fun, with a sparkling cast of characters and an effortlessly witty voice.
Last First Kiss is a love letter to late bloomers, found family, and anyone who's still trying to figure themselves out — and a reminder that it can be an ongoing process.” - Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of What Happens in Amsterdam
- Pages
- 352
- First published
- January 27, 2026
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Shelved by 3 Litcadians
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- emotionalfunnyhopefullightheartedreflectiveFast-paced
Started July 7, 2026 · Finished July 8, 2026
This is a weird one to review because I genuinely liked a lot about this book . . . and yet I finished it thinking, something is still bugging me... I'm honestly still trying to figure out what. I think part of it comes down to the structure. The then-and-now timeline absolutely makes sense for a second-chance romance, but they did not feel well-structured, and because some of those memories got revisited in Jordan's internal monologue, a few of these emotional beats started feeling a little more repetitive rather than revelatory. But if I'm being honest, I don't think that's what kept this from being a four-star read. My bigger issue was actually the way female characters were written in this one. Except for Amy, they often felt... harsher than the story needed them to be. Snippier. More confrontational. More dismissive than need be. Sometimes almost caricature-ish. There were a few situations, especially around the wedding planning or the whole professionalism versus family dynamic, where I completely understood the point the book was trying to make, but the reactions felt so disproportionate that I kept getting pulled out of the story. And that kind of became a recurring feeling throughout the book. Ironically, there's so much communication in this novel. People are constantly talking. There's a lot of dialogue, a lot of monologues, a lot of conversations. But somehow it also felt like nobody was talking about the things that actually mattered until very late in the story. Still a lovely second-chance romance, still a story with a message I really appreciated, and definitely one I'd recommend if you're looking for wedding planning chaos and thoughtful demi representation.
