I love this book! I immediately liked Georgie and her relatability as she tries to figure life out, and compares herself to best friend, Bel. And then Levi shows up and they "get each other" in such a lovely way. Watching them do hard work individually in order to be better for each other is a delight and they have so much fun and spice at the same time. I also really loved Hank! Another favorite read by Kate Clayborn!

Freed from her successful job as a personal assistant in Hollywood, Georgie returns to her small town family home to figure out her next steps and offer support to her best friend, who is about to have a baby. From her first encounter with people in the local grocery store, Georgie is reminded of the limiting ways that others have viewed her--and she struggles to identify her best path forward. She also meets Levi, now an upstanding citizen, but one with a history as a troubled youth. The two imagine their future together, and find their paths into the future.

I really enjoyed this book . Georgie is an assistant to a movie star, and she gets laid off because her movie star boss wants to find herself. She goes back home and runs into Levi, the bad boy big brother of her high school crush, who is taking care of her parents house while they are on a road trip.

The love story of Levi and Georgie was so sweet and the story really took time explaining who these characters were. I loved getting to know the backstory for Levi and why he’s so closed off. Georgie’s growth the output is evident and I loved her parents!

This is a story about love, second and third and fourth chances, being yourself, and growing up while looking back. I fully recommend picking this book up!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m a huge Clayborn fan. Love at First changed my life… so there was a lot of expectation before reading Georgie, All Along and without giving too much away, Clayborn’s latest did not disappoint. Georgie is messy, relatable and magical and Levi is better than you can imagine. I was crying at practically every chapter and in true Clayborn fashion, the writing is exquisite. She truly does have a way with words… so much love for Georgie, All Along!

Kate Claybourn adeptly creates characters that are perfectly unique and so well formed. Layer by layer she crafts them into living breathing souls that you cannot help but be fully invested in their unfolding story. Georgie is unlike any other MC I have read lately. There is not a strand of predictability about her or her love interest, Levi. Jumping off the pier and into Georgie and Levi’s story was the best thing I’ve done all summer!
Kate Claybourn fans will not be disappointed , this one is filled with her unique characters, emotional arcs, swoony romance.
Thank you Kensington and NetGalley for the ARC!

This was so sweet and fun. It really broke my heart in th ebest way as I was reading it. Definitely would recommend to others, especially for those who like a slightly more unconventional romance.

All the romance books I have read from Kate Clayborn have been great. "Georgie, All Along" seems like it is going to be another great read. I really enjoyed the portion of the book that I got to read.

Georgie, All Along is an absolutely inspiring and beautiful romance. I loved the heartfelt messages as the characters grow throughout the novel. The relationships between the main characters and the side characters (Georgie's relationship with her best friend and her parents and Levi and his siblings) was such an uplifting reading experience. This is the perfect book if you need some inspiration, a smile, or if you need to shed some happy tears. I loved all of this novel!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are completely my own.

"I'm calling you the best thing that ever happened to me," he says.

Georgie is lost. Her life seemed to be like a paper blown by the wind. She will adapt where she lands but could not stay still. She's not rooted down. With no job and no plans for the future, how will she thrive in life?

Levi is alone. His life is haunted by the past. He can't forgive himself. He can't be with his family. He lives alone in a community where he thought people dislike him being the blacksheep of the prominent Fanning family. Will he ever find his home? Will he ever feel at home?

Georgie and Levi shared the Mulcahy's residence for weeks. Hence, the start of strangers to lovers story. This is a story of redemption, second chances in life, and forgiveness set in a cozy town setting. As the two set on their individual journeys of finding themselves and purposes in life, they found their home in each other.

This book is a nice pick for beach read or for book club discussions. The writing style is exquisite. It also does not have too much clichè or touchè storyline. A light read for anyone who is on vacation or staycation mode.

I love all of Kate Clayborn’s writing! This hero was steamy, as was the small town setting! Georgie wa super endearing as well and the secondary characters were charming. Thanks Neg Galley!

I loved it.

Look, let's be real. Georgie, the titular heroine, has a good life. She's bright & funny, has great parents (they're the best)(also, total scene stealers), an amazing best friend, a soft landing (money and a place to stay) after the end of a job she enjoyed, and time. Time to figure out if she is living her Best Life. Georgie isn't sure. She wasn't a star student and sort of fell into working in the entertainment industry as a much needed/reliable personal assistant. But now that she's no longer working and helping someone else live their best life, she's...Lost? Confused?

A return home gives Georgie time to think - time to figure out what she should be doing. Hey, Georgie. Welcome to my life. Ha. Moving on. Fortunately for Georgie, best friend Annabel (Bel) has moved back home, too, and she needs help getting ready for the arrival of her first baby. Bel is living the high life - successful career, handsome & loving husband, amazing house...Well, that's what Georgie believes.

Seeing Bel only reinforces how lost she feels about her own life (and maybe blinds her to the fact that we all struggle to find our way). Fortunately, after a catch up with Bel (in a house already pretty sorted), they unexpectedly/fortuitously discover a fictional journal (friendfic! I LOVE IT) the girls shared when they were in school. After a quick flip thru of its pages, Georgie decides the journal MIGHT be a way to navigate her way forward. Younger Georgie knew who (Evan Fanning. Big time.) and what she wanted...maybe older Georgie can use the friendfic to find her way.

Shortly after her visit with Bel, things go off the rails just a bit.

Georgie, super chill and living her best life in a tank top, colorful robe, and undies, is relaxing in her parents empty house (they're on a road trip) re-reading the friendfic when she's surprised by someone using a key to enter the house. Um, creepy! She's frightened until she peeks through the door to see who it is. And the stranger/visitor has a familiar face...it's Evan! Nope, it's Levi - Evan's older - super messed up (according to rumors) older brother.

Georgie belatedly recognizes him from an earlier awkward sighting at the local grocery, but her misidentification seems to anger Levi. And he doesn't look thrilled to find her in the house. Oops! The pair square up as surprised adversaries in the messy Mulcahy living room (strewn with Georgie's belongings) until they each explain - sort of - how they both ended up at the house. Friends, it's painful to witness. She's barely dressed, he's embarrassed, shy, and clearly flustered, and his adorable dog Hank is having a field day with her underwear... but eventually - because this is a Clayborn story and people do nice normal things in her stories - Georgie suggests Levi go ahead and stay the night, and he surprises himself by agreeing. Fist pump. I AM FEELING THESE TWO. For real.

Oh friends, WHO IS LEVI??? WHY IS HE SO FLUSTERED? AND HOT?? AND MESSED UP???!

Newsflash: Not going to tell you.

Well, I'll tell you this much: Levi IS a mess, but he's also good and kind and a business owner and a great dog dad and also sad and defeated and...well, he's a Clayborn hero so he's also all sorts of amazing and sexy and romantic and struggling to get his shit together and be the man we demand Georgie find on her journey to finding herself. He's excellently realized (I think I cried reading his story!) - but so is she, and TOGETHER they find themselves and each other. And ALL ALONG (see what I did there?), we're rooting for these two to figure their shit out and fall in love. And also, sort of thinking Bel is too too perfect and so is her husband Harry, but no worries, that gets sorted too.

This story felt tonally closer to the <b>Luck of the Draw</b> series vs. Kate's newer books & I was here for it. I loved the friendships and the smallish town that felt familiar (it should - it's a fictionalized Virginia; aka the state I grew up in), the secondary characters, the perfectly paced romance, the steam level, the BIG ROMANTIC GESTURE/SCENE AT THE END THAT IS FREAKING AMAZING, the exquisitely rendered love scenes and not weird and awkward incorporation of consent and affirmation, the villain sort of getting his comeuppance, and...oh, man. ALL OF IT, FOLKS.

I loved all of it. This is a whole big book of LOVING and FINDING YOURSELF and I AM HERE FOR IT.

KC is The Best in contemporary romance right now. I'm currently audio binge-ing her back catalog and I suggest you do it, too.

5 stars. Maybe my favorite this year?

Georgie is not excited about being back in her small hometown. Years earlier, she escaped for a seemingly glamorous life in LA, as personal assistant to a famous screenwriter. But now everything is in upheaval: her job, her personal life, and her friendships. Home seems like the only option. When she uncovers a "friendfic" journal that she kept with her childhood best friend, describing all the wild adventures they would have together in high school. At loose ends, Georgie decides to actually do some of the things she described in such joyous detail. Along for the ride is Levi, onetime town bad boy and unexpected summer roommate, and older brother of Georgie's high school crush.

What a sweet book. I loved Georgie, Levi, and all the characters around them, including Georgie's eccentric hippie parents and her stalwart best friend.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely ADORED this book. I've read quite a few by Kate Clayborn and I'm sad to say I didn't particularly love her last release..... but this book. Georgie. Levi. Bel. Harry, even Hank.... I CANNOT. They are all so perfectly imperfect and I could not have loved them more. This was truly one of those books that I started slowing down my progress as I neared the end, because I was just too sad that it was over.

Georgie is someone I can relate to on so many levels - the way she is searching for her place in life, that big defining moment, that a-ha... but she learns that it's the little things in the in between that can mean the most. And Levi - oh, good grief. He is just the sweetest most gentle giant there ever was. My only complaint was that he didn't verbalize all those wonderfully sweet and romantic thoughts he had about Georgie (SWOON). This is book of Clayborn's felt very fresh and sassy, and had me all in my feels. I laughed, I cried, and I probably fell in love a little bit too. I felt like I was reading the real-est version of Kate Clayborn - and it was so, so good. Well done!

Order it, pre-order it. Read it. Read it again. And then we can discuss. Because this is the kind of book that deserves discussion. ;-)

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books, Kensington for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is our first modern contemporary review and boy did we pick one! Georgie All Along by Kate Clayborn is outstanding!

Georgie returns home to small town VA from LA after being laid off (mid pandemic it appears) to help her best friend who is expecting and house sit for her parents. From the outset it’s clear Georgie was happy to leave and isn’t thrilled about her return. Levi 🥵, her HS crush’s older brother, used to be “trouble”, and due to a miscommunication is ALSO housesitting for Georgie’s parents.

Georgie and her BFF find a fic they wrote as young teenagers and Georgie decides to make all those adventures happen now, with some help from a great group of people.

This book has pining, brooding, finding yourself, forced proximity, high school hi jinx, familial reconciliation, forgiveness, and is WILDLY ROMANTIC. It was very moving. It’s also super 🌶! Time for a reread of some other Kate Clayborn books!

Clayborn charms with another sweet romance. Georgie (white nonspecified) was a competent assistant but after being let go by her most recent boss, she ends up in her hometown, ostensibly to help her best friend’s pregnancy, but also to reflect on her life. She ends up having a surprising roommate (white nonspecified) l, just as she is rereading her fictional imaginings from high school. The book was more realistic than I wanted but still satisfying.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC. Georgie, All Along started a little bit slowly for me, but picked up quickly when Levi entered the picture. This is typical Kate Clayborn, with a shy, maybe misunderstood, but very sweet love interest (my only complaint is I didn't like the way Clayborne portrayed his speaking/thinking accent). I really enjoyed reading about Georgie’s journey to accepting her life as is.

Such a cute book! I loved the main character and the plot of this novel. I am an avid reader of romance novels and I found this one to be unique and enjoyable, whereas many romance novels follow some of the same tropes and plot points. Great book!

Warm.funny.charming story..
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About getting lost in the way..
Going back where once you were happy..
Re-discovering and reinventing yourself..
And somehow .. finding love in the way ..
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Read if you like:
☆ Small town vibes
☆ Grumpy/ Sunshine
☆ Forced Proximity
☆ Teenage Journals
☆ Second Chances
☆ Friendship
☆ New beginnings
☆ Self-reinvention
☆ Spicy Romance
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Thanks to Netgalley, (Publisher and Author) for this ARC in exchange of my honest review ..

I loved this book! Immediately from page one, I was hooked and in love with the heroine! I read this book in one sitting. I love a sexy and brooding hero and Levi was the perfect one!
The connection these two characters formed and the build up of their relationship was fantastic. Def worth a read!! Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this beautiful ARC!

This book is a warm, chaotic hug on a summer night. That sentence may not make much sense but it definitely fits with the feelings this book brings up!

Levi and Georgie both had some serious self-image issues and soul-searching to tackle but the journey was a wonderful one. Painful, but also full of so much hope. I really enjoyed that Levi didn't try to change Georgie and she didn't try to change him, either. As someone who shares a lot in common with Georgie's over-the-top chaotic personality I really appreciated that representation and acceptance! :)