Disclosure: I was provided a copy of the book mentioned for the purpose of review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Synopsis
Where one story ends, often another begins. For some reason, Adam Davenport can’t see past the ending. The hit and run has forced him to slow down and stop running from the pain of losing his parents. He has tried to hide behind meaningless, superficial relationships and even more shallow friendships, but the time has come to face his loneliness. Now he is finally ready to start being a family with his brother Sam. However, Sam and Haley, who was once Sam’s personal assistant, are too busy basking in their newfound love. Though breaking the rules for the first time ever has changed Sam’s life for the better, Adam has always broken the rules, strayed from responsibility, and done as little as he could get away with.
One of the main reasons that he refused to believe that Cammie was more than friend material was because she was impervious to his charms. She was so driven and determined to make her new catering company a success that she couldn’t see past her own dreams. Suddenly, Adam found himself behaving in ways he never imagined. He was working to impress a woman, but more than that, he was working to help make her dreams come true. He soon realizes that there are times in life when giving is more important than taking and when helping someone else is more important than what that person can do to reciprocate. He also learns there are times that the biggest risk is to stop hiding from emotions and to start allowing love to finally be found.
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My thoughts
After the cover reveal for this book, I was super excited to read it. Sadly, life got in the way and I wasn’t able to start this book as soon as I had hoped. In fact, I didn’t get to start it until yesterday. This luckily did not really turn out to be a problem. You see, this book grabbed my attention and I couldn’t put it down. What is happening right now is the result. I am sitting down at 3am to write up this review. Could I have waited until I got some sleep? Sure, but why would I when the book is just that good and I have the ability to share it with you?!?
Alright, so here is the deal. I didn’t like Cammie much throughout the entire book. I know that isn’t very nice but I found her to be, well, a bitch. She was hung up on the past; a past that wasn’t even her’s to be hung up on. Judging Adam from the very beginning, I felt that she gave him a hard time and, at times, played with his emotions. I know she did it out of loyalty and blah blah blah. I still found her to be mean and cold from the very beginning. I think it made me keep reading though. I wanted her to be a better woman. I wanted her to have a HEA so she could stop being so mean and cruel to poor, sweet Adam.
Don’t give me that look I am sure you are giving your computer right now. I know Adam isn’t perfect. We all know that men aren’t perfect. Puhleaze. I know! But, Adam really did try to be a good guy from the beginning. He may have been playing his brother and soon-to-be sister in law for attention. He may have thought about taking home a random woman and not thinking twice about it. But, he didn’t do that and he quickly realized all that was missing from his pathetic bachelor life. He made instant changes. But, the biggest change was that he cared about Cammie. He really liked her. What did she do? She was mean to him!!! She played with his emotions and feelings (the ones that men are so good at… those that require the use of their anatomy). She led him on and then pushed him away. The dude was seriously confused throughout most of this book… as was I who really just wanted him to find someone else. I mean really, he could do better. Rich, handsome, single. He could find someone. I get it. Okay, I do. He wanted Cammie.
When things started picking up between them I was hoping for an easy course. I knew it wouldn’t happen. Duh, this is a novel, nothing is ever easy. But, I was really irritated that the problems they had were those brought about by the thoughts and actions of other people. I got my HEA and I truly only came to like Cammie at the very end. She got her HEA only after learning to trust Adam. I am so happy that he got his HEA too. After all he had been through, I think he needed it more than anyone.
I give this book 4.5 glowing stars. I loved the novel and would definitely recommend it to others. Don’t be worried about the being a continuation of another book (series) because I had no idea until I started reading reviews that the story of Adam was visited once before.
About the author
Nicki has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina with her children for the past eleven years and her husband for the past three years. Her journey has barely begun and she loves every minute of it. Every day of her life seems to bring new adventures, some bigger, better, shinier and prettier than others. She’s still getting used to that new life smell she’s experiencing, a combination of hope, love, and happiness. (The perfect scents to build a new life on…)
For fun, she spends time with those she cares about, cooks, reads, writes, and especially lives to travel. The current travel goal: visit every Margaritaville. Two down! (Eleven to go?)
In addition to writing on Suddenly Single Journey, Nicki is a contributor for Project Underblog. Her writing can also be found on Shine, where she is a Shine Parenting Guru and an award winning Yahoo! Contributor on YourWisdom as the relationship and dating expert. And she has been published by McClatchy News in their syndicated papers.
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tami czenkus says
on the to read list
Gail Campbell says
Thank you for the opportunity
Tasty Book Tours says
Thank you for hosting today! Great Review!
Lee Todd says
haven’t read any yet, but would like to 🙂