***4 Stars***
Why did I not pick this baby up sooner?? (Yes, it is a rhetorical question because I do KNOW why...but still)
I mean you have the oopsie, you have a baby surprise thing mixed up with a kinda sorta second chance romance going on AND a dash of sports hottie tossed into the mix - this is seriously my cuppa tea and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was all kinds of sweet, smexy, eye roll inducing, ovary exploding goodness and I find that I simply need more!
I loved Dave and Zara. Both are strong willed, charming in their own ways and pretty blunt about what they are feeling...most of the time. But squirreled away in all of that are two hearts that are a little bruised and battered and yet still golden.
Their journey to their HEA is a rocky one, for more reasons than one, but it was a fun one to experience as they stumbled around trying to come to terms with the whole parenting thing and dealing with their feelings for each other. The bumps in the road were many, but I liked how the angst was on the lower end of the spectrum and loved how everything worked out for them in the end.
I’m kinda kicking my own arse for not diving into the True North series sooner. I’ve wanted to, even have the first two books in the series burning a hole in the Kindle but something always comes up...until now. So, it looks like I’ll be doing my best to go back to the beginning because I really did enjoy this book and all of the characters in it. My favs were Bess and Ben, Bess NEEDS an HEA, but Kieran is the one who intrigued me the most, which is no surprise since I adore the silent, broody ones. And Nicole was absolutely adorable!
~ Copy provided by the author via Taste of Romance & voluntarily reviewed ~
Once upon a time a cocky, copper-haired tourist sauntered into Zara’s bar. And even though she knew better, Zara indulged in a cure for the small-town blues. It was supposed to be an uncomplicated fling—a few sizzling weeks before he went back to his life, and she moved on.
Until an accidental pregnancy changed her life.
Two years later, she’s made peace with the notion that Dave No-Last-Name will never be found. Until one summer day when he walks into her coffee shop, leveling her with the same hot smile that always renders her defenseless.
Dave Beringer has never forgotten the intense month he spent with prickly Zara. Their nights together were the first true intimacy he’d ever experienced. But the discovery of his child is the shock of a lifetime, and his ugly past puts relationships and family out of reach.
Or does it? Vermont’s countryside has a way of nurturing even tortured souls. The fields and the orchards—and hard won love—are Bountiful.
Release Date: October 20th, 2017
Sarina Bowen is a New Englander whose Vermont ancestors cut timber and farmed the north country since the 1760s. Sarina is grateful for the invention of indoor plumbing and wi-fi during the intervening 250 years. On a few wooded acres, she lives with her husband, two boys, and an ungodly amount of ski and hockey gear.
Sarina's books are published in a dozen languages on four continents. In 2016, The Romance Writers of America honored HIM by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy with a RITA award for Best Contemporary Romance, Mid-Length.
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