Close to You
A Novel
by Kara Isaac
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Pub Date Apr 26 2016 | Archive Date Apr 26 2016
Description
Allison Shire (yes, like where the Hobbits live) is a disgraced academic who is done with love. Her belief in “happily ever after” ended the day she discovered her husband was still married to a wife she knew nothing about. She finally finds a use for her English degree by guiding tours through the famous sites featured in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. By living life on the road and traveling New Zealand as a luxury tour guide, Allison manages to outrun the pain of her past she can’t face.
Jackson Gregory was on the cusp of making it big. Then suddenly his girlfriend left him—for his biggest business competitor—and took his most guarded commercial secrets with her. To make matters worse, the Iowa farm that has been in his family for generations is facing foreclosure. Determined to save his parents from financial ruin, he’ll do whatever it takes to convince his wealthy great-uncle to invest in his next scheme, which means accompanying him to the bottom of the world to spend three weeks pretending to be a die-hard Lord of the Rings fan, even though he knows nothing about the stories. The one thing that stands between him and his goal is a know-it-all tour guide who can’t stand him and pegged him as a fake the moment he walked off the plane.
When Allison leads the group through the famous sites of the Tolkien movies, she and Jackson start to see each other differently, and as they keep getting thrown together on the tour, they find themselves drawn to each other. Neither expected to fall in love again, but can they find a way beyond their regrets to take a chance on the one thing they’re not looking for?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501117329 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Amy P, Bookseller
Oh my I loved this book! 'Close to You' by Kara Isaac is captivating, humorous with a thread of some serious back stories running through the main characters lives. From the very beginning when you meet Jackson & Allie at the Wellington, New Zealand airport, it has you hooked... With plenty of giggling throughout!!! If you're a fan of JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit, then this is definitely a book for you! Allie is a Tour Guide for a luxury travel company, taking groups on specialized trips to visit all the movie locations, with lots of added nuggets in between. She's a holder of a PhD from Cambridge University, and from a family with money, but she's hiding out. Dressed as a frumpy Hobbit most days, she's escaping some pretty humiliating circumstances from her past. Along comes Jackson, who likewise has suffered a major 'fall' and is here as a tourist, with his wealthy Great-Uncle, hoping to convince him that he is a Tolkien expert, despite his 'only ever seen one movie' knowledge. Jackson desperately needs his Uncle to invest in a new business start up, to help him save his family from financial ruin, and help him pay back all those who lost money in his epic business collapse. This book is funny, adorable & a fabulous read. I especially loved the quite poignant message sent towards the end in which having patience for the things you think you want now, is a terribly hard lesson to learn. God's timing is sometimes not our timing, and great blessings will come to those who wait.
Thank you to Netgalley & Howard Books fortune ARC, here is my honest review.
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