REVIEW: Mending Hearts by Becca Seymour (Chords & Courts #3)

MENDING HEARTS

Chords & Courts - Book Three

by Becca Seymour

Release Date: May 28, 2026

Review

Wow, this trilogy has blown me away. It also destroyed me, and it was basically three books of me crying, but the journey, pain, & love was absolutely worth it.

We all cursed Ollie the entire way through book 2, and there was worry about how he could possibly redeem himself and win Rafe back. But they did it. And it was THEY. It took both working together, at the same time, to find their happy ever after. And as long as you don’t torment yourself with the years they ‘lost’, you’ll know that sometimes you have to go through some things in order to find your forward.

Truly an incredible story. One of those books (series) that i feel honoured to have read.

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Synopsis

Ollie Marshall has spent years mastering control—on the court, in the media, in the careful spaces between truth and survival. But control shattered the night everything went public.

Now the League is watching closer than ever, sponsors are calculating risk, and the narrative about his life is no longer his to shape.

Rafe Ortiz has never known how to love quietly. Music is loud. Wanting is louder. And losing Ollie—even for a second—showed him exactly what silence costs. His band is bigger than ever, the world tour looming, and the spotlight hotter than it’s ever been. But success feels hollow when the one person who grounds him is slipping through his fingers.

They’ve already survived ambition, distance, and secrets.

What they don’t know how to survive is the damage left behind.

When reputations are on the line, contracts hang in the balance, and old wounds reopen under public scrutiny, Ollie and Rafe have to decide whether love is something they protect—or something they finally stop hiding.

Because mending isn’t soft.

It’s messy. It’s public. It’s brave.

And sometimes, the only way forward is to risk everything for the person who’s always been your home.

MENDING HEARTS is the emotional finale to the Chords & Courts trilogy—featuring

public reckoning, “I choose you” energy, ride-or-die found family, healing after fracture, and

a deeply satisfying HEA.

About Becca Seymour

Becca Seymour is the #1 gay romance best seller of the True-Blue series. Known for "steamy and endearing" and "emotionally profound love stories" (InD'tale Magazine) her books have been nominated for multiple RONE Awards.

Becca lives and breathes all things book related. Usually with at least three books being read and two WiPs being written at the same time, Becca's life is merrily hectic. She tends to do nothing by halves so happily seeks the craziness and busyness life offers.

Living on her small property in Queensland with her human family as well as her animal family of cows, sheep, chooks, and dogs, Becca appreciates the beauty of the world around her and is a believer that love truly is love.

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