Long summer days lead me to moments when I simply give in to the glory of it all, set my chores and TO DO lists aside, and spend some time with a good book outside. Join me?
My July book pick, “Every Beat After” by Sara B. Larson, is the perfect paperback to take into the garden:
She’s guarding a borrowed heart, afraid of her uncertain future. He’s locked his heart away, still haunted by his past. But in this simmering enemies-to-lovers romance, sparks turn to something deeper—and the connection they tried so hard to resist might become the one thing they can’t live without.
Years after a life-saving heart transplant, Liv lives in the fragile space between gratitude and fear—thankful for every heartbeat and afraid of when they might stop. Running her family’s cozy Swedish bakery gives her purpose, but mounting financial pressures and the shadows of her past leave her wondering: Is she truly living . . . or simply existing?
Then Hunter moves in next door. Guarded, cynical, and annoyingly attractive, he’s everything Liv avoids—and he’s also unfortunately her roommate’s cousin. But when he unexpectedly steps in to help Liv save the bakery with a new marketing plan, their reluctant partnership sparks something neither one is prepared for.
But just as Liv begins to imagine a future worth fighting for, a devastating revelation threatens to unravel everything. Now Liv must face the ultimate test: Will she find the courage to love, or will fear take it all away?
Well written, with characters who have interesting backstories, you’re drawn in not only with what is going on in the current time, but also by how Liv and Hunter became the people that are involved in this complicated dance.
This delicious love story is a Proper Romance, so those of you with tweens and young teens around don’t need to worry if they pick up your reading material.