Unfortunately—or serendipitously—Georgie’s parents have forgotten to mention that they’ve already organised a house-sitter—a local named Levi, who is a bit of a hermit and a man of few words, dealing with a bad reputation that’s followed him from his youth into his thirties. When Hortense shuts her shadow out of her life she thinks she is safe – but she reckons without a team of bandits. Kate Clayborn, if you’re reading this, please make this a series and have the next one be about Evan or Olivia so I can die happy. The reason why Levi is the black sheep of his family doesn't get explained until somewhere around the 70% mark, but it does constantly get teased. Both of these main characters go through dramatic transformations during the course of the storyline.

There’s things for her to do there, of course: support her best friend, Bel, who is married and pregnant, and has just moved back herself, and housesit her parents plants. His clothes are different, his food is different and he even plays different games to everyone else. But I think, for me, what KC balances exceptionally well is a hero who can exist both as successful object of desire (Levi does manual work, for God’s sake, guy is ripped like woah) and is a fully rounded, emotionally nuanced human being in his own right.Who she doesn't expect to cross paths with is Levi Fanning, the small-town grump and reformed bad boy. Follow Incy Wincy Spider up the water spout for a splishy, splashy adventure in this Incy Wincy Spider Sing Along With Me Sound Book.

Without going into detail, both Georgie and Levi go through some tough stuff at the end, and while I didn't love exactly how those hard moments were catalyzed (this is maybe my only major complaint about the book), the emotional aftermath of the low moment is done really well. But I should have trusted Kate Clayborn, because if there's one thing she does well (though, trust me, there's more than one), it's having a central a theme in each book, and finding all kinds of interconnected ways to explore it without letting it take over the emotional experience of the novel, or crush it with thematic didacticism. With the decision "Only accept essential cookies" we will respect your privacy and will not set cookies that aren't necessary for the operation of the site.Lots of heated glances and couch make-outs and “ mine” and blue eyes and excellent beards and, and, and…you get it. And win the lottery solely so I can afford to donate enough to a fancy college so that they have to name the library after it! I loved, too, the theme of the story, of trying to go back, and how that was woven through for so many of these characters and yet they each had different emotional beats to tackle and resolve, things to face, and how those all shook out. 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. That said, I've read this ages before y'all can, I'm so sorry, but this is going to be my favorite romance of 2023.

This could also open some discussion about excluding people by traits – do we want a world in which certain groups feel unwelcome? Quickly George realizes this time back home brings back her insecurities and she feels more lost then ever trying to figure out what exactly she wants in life. I am not usually one who goes for that sort of thing but with the romance factored in Clayborn nails it.But this quiet, grouchy man is more than just his reputation, and he offers to help Georgie with her quest.

While no one would choose to work with difficult people, Gallo provides practical solutions to do good work with these individuals. But with manic depression and so many other ills, la Keyes has kind-of found the same spirit as evinced by Braver Than Britain, Occasionally by Spadge Whittaker, which is an off-kilter 'further reading' recommendation that deserves a look.While I enjoyed a lot about this book it was a little too slow going for my tastes and a little long in the tooth for what it is so I can't bump it up to four stars but I think many people will like it and I would read more of this author's work for sure. Featuring large clear print, the Song Book contains the words to 100 popular songs which are ideal for group sing-along sessions. But for me personally, I’ve never super connected with the sex scenes in the other KC’s books I’ve read.