Blog Tour: WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME? by Andria Henry

 

Who Says You Can't Go Home?

by Andria Henry

 

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GENRE: Contemporary Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

When Toronto party girl Kylie is fired from her perfect job, she's forced to do the one thing she never wanted to do: go home. Returning to her sleepy hometown is her definition of failure. She drags herself back to the lakeside town of Camden with her tail between her legs, and she'll do whatever it takes to get back to the big city.

 

When Derek runs a routine traffic stop on a speeder, the one person he never expects to see in Camden again is Kylie. In fact, he barely recognizes her. She doesn't look like the quiet, sweet girl he had a crush on in high school.

 

Kylie's brother offers her a job back in the city if she can prove she’s changed her ways. She finds the perfect opportunity, but it means working with Derek to save the town’s waterfront. Can she look past their feud and get the job done?

 

Can she avoid falling in love with him and complicating her plans to return to the big city?

 

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Excerpt One:

 

“Maybe she’s on the lam from a shady business deal gone bad.” Cate dunked her hands back into the soapy sink to grab another dish.

 

“Really.” Derek took a plate from the dish rack to dry. Maybe he shouldn’t have told his sister about running into Kylie.

 

“Or she had an affair with her boss and needs to hide to raise their love child in peace.”

 

“You watch too much TV.”

 

“Why else would she be in town when it’s not Christmas?”

 

“She’s probably just visiting her parents or something.” Derek put the plate away.

 

“Well did she say anything to you?”

 

“Mostly she apologized for speeding then yelled at me when I gave her the ticket.”

 

“She’s lucky you didn’t throw her in jail.” She flicked dish water at him.

 

“Speeding isn’t exactly an indictable offense.”

 

“I’ve seen you throw folks in the cell for less. Someone endangering the citizens of Camden by driving like that?” She side-eyed him. “Are you going soft?”

 

“What? No.” He took another plate to dry.

 

“Wait, are you still sweet on her? It’s been like ten years.”

 

“Did you just say, ‘sweet on’? Am I eighteen again? No. She seems to be even more of a snob now than she was back in school.”

 

She huffed and fished around in the soapy sink for the cutlery.

 

“Besides she’s so…different. I didn’t even recognize her at first.”

 

“But she looked good, right?” She grinned and bumped her hip against his.

 

“She looked, well, like too much.”

 

“Uh huh.”

 

 

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Review: Kylie, now jobless and homeless, was returning to Camden, her hometown, to figure out the next step in her life. Who says you can’t go home?

Unfortunately, Kylie didn’t receive the warm welcome she was anticipating…especially not from him. Derek, the royal jerk of all people.

Story had an easy and amusing narrative that was very rich and descriptive. It definitely paints the small-town life well with everyone knowing everyone and everyone knowing your business. The plot kept to a steady and consistent pace—not rushed or overly exciting. The characters, of course, were the endearing element. Two antagonistic people reconnect over a shared high school past and somehow realize a chemistry. At times, the story felt uneventful and slow for me. Although this wasn’t anything to write home about, overall, this was a nice, feel-good romance. If you like a sweet love in a small town, this one is a fairly good one. 

Rating: 3 stars

 

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Andria Henry is the author of adult sweet romance and romantic comedy, as well as young adult and middle grade science fiction and fantasy. She firmly believes that coffee is a food group, the holiday season starts on November 1st, and that stories are our most important resource. She lives with her husband, kids, and furkids in Hamilton, Ontario.

 

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