The One Real Thing by Samantha Young Series: Hart's Boardwalk, #1
Published by Berkley Publication Date: September 6th 2016
Also in this series: Every Little Thing
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Welcome to Hartwell, a quiet seaside escape where uncovering old secrets could lead one woman to discover the meaning of a love that lasts…
While Doctor Jessica Huntington engages with the inmates at the women’s correctional facility where she works, she’s always careful to avoid emotional attachments in her personal life. Loss and betrayal taught her that lesson long ago. But when she comes across a set of old love letters in the prison’s library and visits the picturesque town of Hartwell to deliver them to their intended recipient, she finds herself unable to resist the town’s charm—and her attraction to the sexy owner of a local bar proves equally hard to deny.
Since his divorce from his unfaithful ex-wife, Cooper Lawson has focused on what really matters: his family and the boardwalk pub they’ve owned for generations. But the first time Jessica steps into his bar, Cooper is beyond tempted to risk his heart on her. Yet as their attraction grows hotter and Jessica remains stubbornly closed off, he begins to realize it will take more than just passion to convince her there’s only one real thing in life worth fighting for….
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A new Samantha Young family to fall in love with.
In this new series by the ever talented Samantha Young we meet Jessica a Doctor who works in a women’s prison. She is very much self-sufficient, doesn’t want a committed relationship, nor does she crave one. But after finding some long lost love letters that were never delivered she just feels in her heart that she just can’t let these letters be undelivered.
I think the letters opened something in Jessica’s heart that had long been dormant. While she decided that these letters must be delivered she finds herself in a small quaint town of Hartwell.
Cooper Lawson is a bar owner with an ex-wife who just doesn’t get the hint that it is over. The sparks fly when he first sees and give Jessica shelter from a rainy night.
The sparks fly right away between Cooper and Jessica. More for Cooper than Jessica. Her heart is closed vessel, but the people in this town are determined to open it up for her. The characters in this series are both a delight and mysterious. I can’t wait to find out more about everyone in Hartwell.
I think the only down side I had in this book were the love letters. I would have loved to learn more about the two people these letters were about. Even though we know the outcome of these two long lost lovers I still would love to read a short story about them. That’s how much of an impact these love letters had on me as the reader. I went in wanting to know more about Sarah and George.
There was also a similarity between Jessica and Jocelyn for On Dublin Street. But we all know how that turned out. So if I am going by the similarity between these two characters can only mean One Real Thing. This is going to be a fantastic series!
