Publisher: Berkley
Published: May 25, 2021
ISBN: 978-0593200292
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Print from Publisher
Reviewed by name and email address: Gina
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FOUR HEARTS
Sydney Walsh hasn’t had a very good year. After a life changing panic attack she left her job as a high powered attorney and then walked in on her boyfriend doing the horizontal mambo with an unknown blonde…in her bed. Angry and upset she headed to Pine Ridge in upstate New York and her mom to figure out her next moves. She’s full of New York City bluster and the local folks in Pine Ridge, particularly the men, notice she’s a city girl. For the most part they initially are not willing to give her a chance, but when she bests them at a pool game and they find out who her mother is, their tune changes. But she’s still hurting from the betrayal by the man she thought would be her happy ever after.
Sam Kirkland hasn’t had a good year either, but for very different reasons. His mother’s passing and commitment to an old girlfriend have him in knots. When he first lays eyes on Sydney he is completely smitten, but a promise made that involved and eight year old boy stands in the way of him even considering getting close to Sydney.
Two people, hurting for different reasons, both struggling to regain their footing do all they can to keep from falling for each other. Can the heart be denied?
Sometimes you just need a day by yourself snuggled under a warm blanket with a good book to get lost in. Lauren Accardo delivers that exact book with her debut WILD LOVE. You can read it as just your basic small town romance with people you wish you knew and enjoy the romance or you can read it for the deeper issues. Sam is dealing with the death of his mother and how as a single parent was a force in his life. He’s also dealing with an alcoholic ex-girlfriend with her own set of issues. The subject of how alcoholism can affect not just the alcoholic, but the people around him or her plays out in WILD LOVE. You feel for the alcoholic and how she can’t seem to help herself and at the same time as she manipulates the people around her to drag her into her personal drama and hold on to people who should have long ago been set free you feel anger at her. There is a fine line between helping an alcoholic go into and stay in recovery and enabling them to destroy other’s lives.
The town of Pine Ridge is described like most small towns in the small town romance genre—it’s a place you’d like to retreat to for rest, relaxation and recovery. It’s also a place to have fun and enjoy the simpler things in life. In WILD LOVE Accardo features a bookstore that is on the verge of failing and how the townsfolk rally to save it.
I’m looking forward to the rest of this series and revisiting Pine Ridge.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.
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