August 2015, Kensington, 352 pages, Paperback, Review copy from NetGalley
Content: some strong adult romance, humour,
Summary from Kensington Publishing
Los Angeles talent manager Benita Hawkins has returned to tiny
Trinity Falls, Ohio, to visit her elderly great aunt Helen--and
hopefully convince her to move to assisted living. But that's not the
only move Benita hopes to inspire. After years of hometown hookups with
her childhood sweetheart, university band director Vaughn Brooks, Benita
wants more: for Vaughn to move to L.A. and settle down with her. She
even gets involved in his work, planning to lure him to the City of
Angels. . .
Vaughn has loved Benita since high school,
but he also loves Trinity Falls. Hoping to seduce her to stay, he asks
Benita to help out with the local production of his original musical.
But when Benita takes her role too far, she may have blown both their
dreams--unless she can prove to Vaughn that they want the same things
out of life after all. . .
Nayu's thoughts
Aunt
Helen is hilarious, she manages to put Benita in her place which
needs to happen a lot. Benita genuinely thinks she knows best, when
in actual fact she wants what's easier for her – not just for her
aunt to keep living independently, but also for Vaughn. Benita
doesn't put herself in other peoples' shoes for most of the book. She
sees their life from her perspective, with her opinions. She
eventually discovers just how much her aunt is looked after by the
closeknit community, and that fame isn't all that important.
The
thing is she knows deep down that fame isn't everything because she
is unhappy in LA but is extremely stubborn and refuses to admit she's
wrong. Her pride and strong will definitely run in the family! There
were numerous times when I wanted to bash her on the head to stop
being so silly (pretty much most of the book), but the ending is a
sweet one and worth all the frustration (from myself as a reader, and
I suppose Benita's frustration too. I loved her aunt's strong support
network who are there for whatever life throws at her. The small town
community feel is loved by Benita's aunt, and strongly resister by
Benita, but ends up being what they both need.
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