Drew Westfall wants nothing more than to forget what he had to do in the name of "smart" business. Cutting off all ties with his parents—including handing over the entire contents of his trust fund to a charity—he takes off for Bridger, Colorado where his best friend has an extra room for him. It doesn't take long for him to realize that his business degree won’t do him much good in a town as small as Bridger, but he's broke and has nowhere else to go.
Eden Torresi has every reason to wallow. Not only did she have to sell her house to pay for her mother’s medical expenses, but she also had to drop out of school and is in a relationship with a guy unwilling to commit. But Eden isn't the wallowing type. Instead, she chooses to spend most of her time taking care of the seniors at Silver Linings Assisted Living. When she learns that her boyfriend's new roommate is down on his luck, her caring nature makes her want to reach out to him and offer what help she can. But the more time they spend together, the more complicated things get, especially when the seniors of Silver Linings decide to play matchmaker.
My Review: 5 Stars
Contemporary Romance
Kaylee Baldwin delivers a very enjoyable romance! Her writing is engaging and the story flows. Eden Torresi and Drew Westfall were a great couple! I really enjoy learning about them as individuals and as a couple. I also like that they were normal, everyday people and their stories were relateable. I definitely recommend this story and really enjoyed it!
Author Kaylee BaldwinWhen Kaylee Baldwin isn’t writing, she’s usually chasing after her four children, checking her email, trying to get motivated to train for that race she shouldn’t have signed up for, hanging out with her pretty awesome husband, and reading whatever good book she can find. She graduated from Arizona State with degree in English Lit. Her published books are Meg’s Melody, Six Days of Christmas (part of the All I Want collection) and Silver Linings.
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Excerpts 1:
“It’s
almost eight on a Friday night. Why are you still here?” Maud asked
with her usual abruptness.
Eden
wouldn’t meet her eyes. “I had a few things I needed to get
done.”
Maud
snorted. “You’re hanging out with the octogenarian crowd after
clocking out.” She placed a hand on Eden’s arm. “It’s
pathetic, dear.”
Wanda
elbowed Maud. “It’s not that you’re pathetic, but you
should be out with that young hunk of yours instead of hanging out
with us.”
Eden
sighed. Her social life—or lack thereof—was one of the things
Wanda and Maud loved to analyze and discuss. Whether Eden wanted
their input or not.
“You
need to make time for him,” Maud said. “And he needs to romance
you.”
“Sweep
you off your feet,” Wanda said.
“She’s
right. There’s been absolutely no feet-sweeping.”
“No
swooning.”
“No
passion,” Mrs. Kipper called from the corner, still holding her
romance novel. “Is it too much to ask for a little passion?”
Eden’s face grew
warm as the entire room—with the exception of Mr. Wilmot, who
wouldn’t be distracted from a puzzle even if the whole room were
filled with passionate couples—stared at her.
“We’re not
teenagers,” she defended. And she didn’t need passion. She needed
someone to pass the time with on the weekends. A reason to go to her
old house. A friend.
Excerpt 2
Eden
opened the door and hopped out. “I’ll be just a second, if you
want to stay out here.”
Drew could tell a non-invitation when he heard one, so he nodded. He
did get out of the car—where somehow it was less cold—and stomped
his feet a few times while she walked up the stairs, a firm grip on
the rail. She disappeared through the door. A few minutes later, she
came out, the worry lines back on her face. Instinctively, he moved
closer, but before he could say anything, her heel slipped out from
under her and she slid down several stairs. He rushed over to stop
her fall, catching her just before she fell down the last three
steps.
“Are you okay?”
Drew’s heart pounded with adrenaline.
She moaned and used
the railing and his hand to pull herself up to standing. “Guess I
should have scraped and salted those this morning.”
“Your landlord
doesn’t do it?”
She let out a
short, humorless laugh. “No.” He noticed her limping when they
started toward the car and he slid his arm around her waist.
“Do you need to
go get that looked at? Did you break something?”
“No. I just
twisted my knee. It’ll be okay. This happens like once a week.”
Drew stopped
walking and stared at her in disbelief. Once a week?
“I’m fine.
Really. But we’ve got to go before it gets too late. Thank you,
though.” She glanced up at him and Drew’s breath caught in his
throat. The sunlight kissed her pale hair, skin, and eyes, reminding
Drew once again of an angel. She was so beautiful. So kind. And so
taken.
He forced himself
to step back and pretended nothing weird had just happened by running
a hand through hair still slick with the gel he’d put in it after
his shower. He discreetly wiped gel off onto his pants. “So, Silver
Linings?”
“Yes. Silver
Linings.” She wouldn’t meet his eyes, and he didn’t think it
was his imagination that she sounded breathless too.
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