Review: Amazing, heartwarming, absolute beautiful read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
Have you ever read a book that made your chest ache, your heart swell, or made your emotions run on overdrive? Well, Nowhere but Here by Renée Carlino was that book for me. This was a touching romance to end all romances! It's been a while since I laughed so hard, and cried so much from a single read. This beautiful story, and these amazing characters are now embedded into my heart and I will never forget them. Thank you Ms. Carlino for telling this incredible story of Kate and Jamie.❝I'm all I've got.❞Have you ever lost faith in love? Have you ever felt like you have lost everyone close to you, and now you are all you've got? Have you ever been in a crowded room, but felt the undertow of loneliness? Kate Corbin has recently lost the only family she had left. With only her workaholic boyfriend to lean on, she now feels more alone than ever. Kate is a journalist who has lost her drive. She can't even get the motivation to write about the latest and greatest in lipstick, let alone anything remotely exciting. When an intriguing assignment lands on her lap, her journey to self-discovery leads her to Napa Valley, and hopefully, an interview of a lifetime.❝You've lost your spark, Kate. Don't come home until you find it.❞And just like her life, the first few hours into her assignment crashes and burns. She is forced to get behind a wheel when she hasn't driven in years. She then ran into a pickup truck of a worker at the vineyard. She ended up being late to the first part of the interview with the elusive R.J. Lawson. To top it all off, the interview was a disaster. Things start to look up though, when she finds herself immersed in the beautiful Vineyard and the incredible people who run it. Kate finds herself becoming more and more attracted to the vineyard's "jack of all trades." He is a gorgeous mystery, and an amazing man who takes care of the vineyard like it was his own. Jamie is attracted to Kate right away and that unsettles her. She is not used to getting this much attention. She is not used to feeling this jolt, this energy, this spark that is between them. Every touch, every whisper, and every compliment, melts Kate's heart like never before. Who is this man who is slowly breaking down her walls?❝There used to be this hole, this void that I thought could never be filled, but it's healing and filling up...ever since I met you.❞Ms. Carlino took my heart and ran with it with this one. I was able to connect with Kate right away. Her quirkiness, her ability to say what's on her mind at any moment, it was so damn refreshing. Jamie was also a breath of fresh air. No bad boy here, just a hardworking, noble, gorgeous man who cared deeply for this land and for Kate. The author was so incredibly descriptive in her details, I could easily picture the vineyard in my head. Nowhere but Here playing out like a movie and I never wanted it to end. Heartwarming to the very end, Nowhere but Here took me on an emotional journey of a young woman stuck in the darkness, and the man whose light was slowly making its way into her soul. Sometimes you just need a single read that wraps up everything wonderfully. A read that has everything a romance reader could ever want in a story. The epilogue sealed the deal for me, making Nowhere but Here one of the best true romances of the year for me.*Gifted copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*