Review: The story, the journey, the love... a 5 star read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
I loved the adventure in this book. I loved the mystery in this book. I loved the characters in this book. I just plain LOVED this book!Kayla returned to this small town where she spent so much time as a child to say goodbye and gain some closure with the loss of her estranged father. Kayla’s father hasn’t been in her life a lot in the past years. She never knew why he gave up on her so easily and walked away from their father/daughter relationship, but he did. But as with most things in life, there is always more to the story.What happens next is beyond what anyone would have expected at the reading of her father’s will. There is an inheritance. Kayla desperately needs the money. She left the little bit of her life she had left back in Chicago when she made the long haul across the country for all of this. But now, sitting here waiting to see what her dad left behind for her, she would never has expected her dad to do this.Kayla now finds herself handcuffed to Daren. Daren, the kid who used to mow her dad’s lawn… Daren, the guy who thinks he’s God’s gift to women. Daren, the guy who hasn’t had the easiest go of things in the past few years. His parents and their scandal, his dad and his drinking. It has all left Daren alone in this world. If it hadn’t been for the love of Kayla’s father, Daren would face a lot worse things in his life. But Kayla’s dad didn’t give up on him. He encourage and supported Daren most of his life. But in death, Kayla’s dad on had one wish left.For Kayla and Daren to find their own happiness. Both strong people on the outside, struggling for their place in this world on the inside. Kayla’s dad wants so much for these two. And if this works, he knew this adventure would be the best thing for these two. But seriously, he put it in his will to have them cuffed? Who does that?I loved Kayla and Daren. Both broken and flawed in their own way, but strong and beautiful in their own right. These two are like oil and water. But judged harshly and superficially for many years that they have been left with some pretty deep scars. But the undoing of all that damage, may rely in the wisdom of Kayla’s deceased father. I loved their banter back and forth, their arguments, their heart to hearts.This story is a fun adventure. But is more than just the journey that Kayla’s dad sends the two on. It is the journey in discovering who each of them really are. It’s a fun and flirty look into the lives of two people seemingly from different worlds, brought together by one very loved member of the community.The story, the journey, the love. This book is worth five fabulous stars and I would highly recommend it!