Sweet romance and good read.  Wyatt is such a sweet guy and you find yourself rooting for him!  Hope to read more from this author.

So adorable and cute. Wyatt, definitely not your usual hero but I loved it. Endearing. An amazing feel-good story.

I really enjoyed this sweet, angst free romance. It was single parent and also the hero was a virgin! I loved that! So different from the norm. The only reason this didn't get 5 stars is because the ending felt rushed to me and also it needed an epilogue.

I could have sworn I already posted a review but NetGalley asked me what I thought of this book.  Since it has one of my all-time favorite Hs, I'm happy to write another review!  I loved this book, every word of it.  The H was fabulous.  He's very shy, has a hard time talking to anyone other than his family, and watches the single mom h out the window as she goes in and out of their apartment building.  Then he saves the building from a fire and starts to talk to the h because of it.  Truly loved this book and bought it for my sister when it came out so she could have a copy too.

For a story without any real ups and downs, this was a good read. My first from this author, I'm a sucker for the shy hero. Wyatt Haney is the young and handsome downstairs neighbor to Kayla Malone. They’ve been neighbors for a while and Wyatt has always noticed his upstairs neighbor. Kayla is the young widowed mother to a precocious 5 year old little boy. She’s working her way through dental hygienist school and is busy raising her kid as a single parent. 

Living in an old building is hard enough but living in an old building that hasn’t been brought up to code to support modern day living is frustrating. One day Wyatt smells smoke, literally, and has to evacuate the building. As the fire started in Kayla’s apartment and Wyatt’s day job is as an electrician and his family owns a construction and handy man business – guess who wins the repair job bid? Yep, it’s Wyatt’s company. And that’s how their story begins. 

Kayla’s leery of any kind of relationship. Her one and only - her deceased husband was anything but wonderful. The author did an interesting thing here with the dead husband – she painted the not so glamorous point of view in that most teenaged marriages that are the result of an unexpected pregnancy are not always ideal. I actually thought that was quite different, in a good way, as we normally never hear anything bad about the dead. But back to Kayla’s skittishness about relationships. I understood where she was coming from. Who wants to add something new on their plate while the plate is already full and overflowing? 

Wyatt understood Kayla’s hesitancy, he didn’t like it but he understood it. Wyatt’s had his eye on Kayla for a while now. Unbeknownst to her, she’s even got a starring role in his comic book series. Wyatt’s a shy guy. He’s got reason too but I think it was a little over done. At a much younger age, Wyatt was involved in a fire that was made worse by an accelerant. He’s got burns that he covers up with a hoodie. He wears a hoodie all the time, even in the heat of summer. For me, the hoodie was too much – it seemed straight out of any of the many comic book heroes (think Luke Cage and Wade Wilson) that are popular in current culture. But then again, Kayla liked it. 

The relationship development is slow. I mean really slow. They kiss and then it’s a whole lot of pages before the next one and the sexy time is pretty tame, mostly behind the door stuff. Not that I had a problem with that but just know that going in. In addition to the slow pace, there’re lots of details that I thought could have not made the editing cut. 

I’m guessing the 3rd Haney sibling’s, Josey, story is next. She’s a plumber and as those a few and far between that in itself sounds interesting. And she’s got a bit of bad luck with guys so it should be fun to see who she’s going to pair up with. I didn’t see any buildup of her romance so it’s a toss-up who she’s going to be paired with. What I do know is that she will most likely be living in the same building that Wyatt and Kayla currently live in. There’s a side story about their abode which added very little to the plot.

Happy reading folks!

Rating: B

*ARC provided via NetGalley

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Such a sweet story. He was crippled by his shyness and she was crippled by an earlier relationship. Both found the strength to overcome in each other. A really lovely story.

I love characters who are a little different and feel very real.  Wyatt’s shyness definitely attracted me to this book but Longley’s writing had me falling in love with him.  (I get the idea though if I’d read the first book, I’d probably already been in love  ;)  )

He’s always been an introvert but his scars has only kept him from breaking out of it over the years.  When he’s with someone he’s comfortable with he’s a totally different person.  And time spent with Kayla has her seeing the playful, funny, caring man he is under his hoodies.  And the way he is with her son has everyone’s heart turning over.    

Kayla’s hesitation on getting involved with anyone, even the obviously awesome Wyatt, is very understandable.  Married early because of a pregnancy, she doesn’t have a lot of experience with happy relationships and finishing school while being a single mom takes up a lot of her energy.  

But of course Wyatt is going to be hard to resist and when he finally finds something he wants this bad, he’s not going to give up easily.  Even if it means coming out of his shell  :)

(Can stand on its own)

3.5 ☆ 
A quick, light read.  Wyatt is sweet and shy, I love that Kayla helps him not to hide who he is.  It was perfect that he was able to turn his comic books into his reality!

Thank you to Netgalley and Montlake Romance for making an ARC available to me. I received a free copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

3.5 stars.

I wanted to love this book. Shy, scarred, beta-hero who draws comics?!  I'm in 100%  Wyatt is my ideal hero.    Kayla was a fine heroine too.  She has some hangups due to her ex, but she's not super damaged, and she is 100% standing on her own feet and raising her son very well.  All things I admire.  Bonus points for the kid not being annoying or acting totally age inappropriate.  Brady was very much a normal, well adjusted 5 year old and I loved that.

So why only 3.5 stars when I love all the characters?

This book took me FOREVER to read.  Nearly a month, not a good sign. It just never kept my interest.  I couldn't seem to work up the care to keep reading.  I liked Wyatt and Kayla, but the stakes never seemed high enough to really hold my interest.  It was too cozy.  Too detailed about the things I didn't care about (food preparation and details about his off site job) and not enough about the things I did care about (deeper emotions, reflection about his scars/shyness, sparks between them). 

It has a very "day in the life" feeling to it, and that didn't work for me.  Also the first chapter over explained Wyatt's shyness.  Instead of letting us see it -letting his shyness and the insecurity his scars caused him unfold naturally - it was pretty forced.  I think colored my views as I read the rest of the story.  I was on guard for "tells" when I was desperate for "shows", because Wyatt is the kind of guy, I wanted to SEE and he remained a pretty blurry nice guy in a hoodie to me through the whole story.  But I'm a Show Don't Tell snob :)

If you are in the mood for a cozy story about 2 fairly well adjusted people with some hang ups grow to love each other - then this one is for you.

I tried to get into this one, stuck with it for the first 40%, but it just didn't grab me. It was missing momentum and heart. As soon as I put it down and moved on, I didn't think about the characters at all (until writing this review), so something was definitely missing. The hero and heroine were decent characters, but they didn't have much of a spark, and the world-building marched forward at the cost of a plot. Not the romance for me. YMMV.

Having not read the first book in the series I am quite happy to say that ‘Whatever You Need’ by Barbara Longley can definitely be read as a standalone. This was a first time read from this author for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was a four star read for me.

The reason i enjoyed this book as much as I did was that it was hard not to fall for Wyatt and allow him into your heart. He is a shy, quiet guy who has a crush on his new neighbour, single mum Kayla. Both for their own reasons these two characters have insecurities and Wyatt has his work cut out trying to convince Kayla to take a chance on him.

At times this book maybe didn't move as fast as I would have liked but I really wanted to know what happened between these two strong and sweet characters. Wyatt is the star if the book but it was good to see the development of the friendship and romance between Wyatt and Kayla. If this book was anything to go by I will be looking for more to read by Barbara Longley.

This was the first I've read by this author and it was awesome! Wyatt was REAL. There were vulnerabilities and self-consciousness and weird quirks and embarrassment... sweaty hands and second guesses. You never get stories like this. Lately all romances seem to revolve around kinky billionaires and motorcycle clubs. Neither of which the average reader will ever encounter.
Wyatt was sweet, handy, reliable, loyal and deep. He's the guy we're all looking for, the reason why we read romances and hope for happily-ever-afters.
Kayla was great too, the single mom that we all hope we'd be in similar situations. She was a bit waffly on whether or not she wanted to get involved - but I assume you would be too, in her circumstances. So, cool.
I'm probably a bit older than your target market, but Wyatt and that friggin hood drove me a bit batty. Maybe that's a generational thing. Otherwise, I loved it :)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! As always, the author is just such a pleasure to read!

Wyatt is a shy quiet hero, Kayla is a widowed single mom trying to get past many BAM moments in her life. When there is a small fire in her apartment while she is out and Wyatt comes to the rescue and lets everyone know to get out. He finally talks to her. He's been into her since she moved in but to shy to talk to her.
Great love story and loved all the characters. His siblings are fun and loving. I now need to go back and read Sam's book (book one in the series) 5 stars on happiness.
I received a advanced copy for a voluntary honest review.

The second book in the Haney's series brings the reader Wyatt and Kayla's story.  Really enjoy this author's characters and settings and look forward to the next tale. 
Ebook from Netgalley and publishers with thanks. Opinions are entirely my own.

Ever since I read the first book in The Haneys Series, What You Do To Me(Sam's book), and was introduced to Wyatt, the super shy, burn scarred brother of Sam, I have been longing for his story. I have a thing for scarred and damaged heroes. So when I seen Whatever You Need on Netgalley I did a little happy dance. I was already in love with Wyatt from his brother's book and I needed him to get his HEA. 
Wyatt was absolutely amazing in this book. I fell in love with him all over again. He was super sweet, shy, playful, supportive, and very very sexy. The things he said and did had me swooning all over my kindle. His struggle with his shyness and his battle to push himself so he could get the woman he has wanted for a long time was adorable. The way he was with Kayla's son Brady was very cute too. At times he was like a big kid playing with Brady aka SuperKid. Kayla was great too. I liked her, and I understood how hurt she was from her past with her dead husband. I really didn't like how long it took for her to come around and make my Wyatt happy. I thought Kayla was smart, a great mom, sweet and very self-sufficient. I loved how supportive of Wyatt she was, how she encouraged him to take his hood down. Building him up. Letting him know that he was a sexy good looking man and that the scars were not that bad. 
Now here is the reason I gave this book 4 Stars. Wyatt was this painfully super shy virgin, so I was expecting a realistic slightly awkward first time together, filled with some nervousness. Wrong! Wyatt, shy virgin Wyatt, went all sexpert, caveman beast mode on me and I just wasn't buying it. Here I was reading along happy as a lark then I read their first time making love, Wyatt's first time ever and it totally threw me off how amazing he was. I mean no shaking hands, no nerves, no problems with the condom, no fumbling, and he was an expect at oral and the deep stroke. It wasn't believable and it was kinda disappointing. I was looking forward to his shy self discovering the joys of love making and coming out of his shell not being an insta-beast. Other than that this book was great. What I love about Barbara Longley's books are they are feel good, lower angst, sweet reads. I really liked Sam, and Wyatt's sister and I'm looking forward to her book.

Wonderful story! This is a new to me author and I am going to go back and read the first story in the series. This story was amazing and just what I needed after a bad day at work. Great characters.

Barbara Longley is a new to me author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! This is not a totally "clean" book, there's a few sex scenes but really, this story focuses on two people learning to trust and overcome their insecurities. Wyatt is a comic book writer and electrician and extremely shy. He often lives vicariously through the super heroes he writes about which I can so relate to since I do the same when I'm engrossed in a good book. He's a handsome sweetheart despite the scars on his face. Kayla is a single mom to the adorable Brady. She struggles with, I think, bruised pride rather than a broken heart. The attraction between them is mutual and instant but Kayla and Wyatt need more than a physical relationship. This is a sweet, slow-burn type of story but worth the wait! I'll definitely pick up the first one and look forward to reading more from Ms. Longley. Told from dual POVs with a happy ending. I received, read and voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

There is an excellent amount of tension in this book, it keeps the pace running along nice and quickly and keeps the story interesting. The erotic scenes are very well written, which I appreciated.

Sadly both of the main characters were a bit lacking for me. Wyatt, with his relationship/sexual experience consisting of exactly nothing, manages to be a sex god and somehow considers himself ready for a wife and family. Kayla, with her relationship experience of... 1 relationship, with a guy she wasn't that into, but was still somehow humiliated when he wanted out of the marriage... 

It just felt a little bit tedious to me, I couldn't relate to anything about either character. They felt more like teenagers playing at being adults.

Still, it was a fun and enjoyable read.

Barbara has a way of drawing me in. I truly enjoyed this one and have recommended it to several people.