Love Proof

3.5☆

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Deerbourne Inn
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

I must admit I do not know the series, so might have made a difference. Overall I did like this book, and wanted to see how it ends, but enjoyed the first half better than the second. Fiona runs a bakery, and Raynor comes in and the sparks fly. Turns out they knew each other in high school, years ago. Trouble is that Fiona told a lie about him and broke up his romance back then, and now feels guilty. He, on the other hand, has trouble being overly clingy, which got tiresome after awhile. It starts out with both strong and engaged in each other, then half way through their angst took over and I started to skim a bit more. Would give it 3.5, and would recommend for a light summer read.

High school is a really hard time in a lot of peoples lives. The emotional roller coaster can cause all kind of havoc in a teen’s life. Friends can quickly become enemies but don’t blink because they can be friends again in a blink of an eye. Not the case for this trio of friends.
In this case, Fiona and Ashley have been friends forever or rather since they were eight. There freshman and sophomore year they crushed over and drooled over Raynor. But come their junior year Ashley did the unthinkable behind Fiona’s back and she called Ray and talked to him. He asked her out and she said yes. She had to watch and try to feel and be happy for them both.
But secretly she was dying inside. At night she would take her dog for a walk past his house in hopes of getting a glimpse of him. Every day though she was crying herself to sleep. Then, after months and months of watching them now in their senior year.
Ray was going to be a nice guy and take the little sister of a friend that had almost died with him and Ashley. It was a sweet thing to do. But Ashley was bellyaching how she couldn’t believe he was doing it. That is when the lie happened. She couldn’t take it back.
The lie became bigger than life. It was one where Ashley was not the same. She couldn’t have her mad and then having everyone hating her. She just kept quiet and when graduation came left for her aunt’s early to ready for college. Changed her look from goth to look like her true self. Then tried her hardest to become a better person.
Now, Ray moved around becoming a photojournalist. Traveling all over the world. Unearthing lying, cheating, and criminal activity. Been in several failed relationships of his own making. That has made him move way to fast and become clingy.
I enjoyed this quick read. It was an easy laid back read as were the characters. They were loveable broken-in friends. I give this: 4 stars. Provided by netgalley.com.
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