Hearty - Ashton Family Series #4 - by Carrie Aarons (Evan Ashton and August Percy)

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

They say you can always go home again, but for August Percy, that didn't apply even when she had to live there until her eighteenth birthday.

After saying goodbye to a toxic childhood, she never planned to look in the rearview. Until the death of the woman who caused all her trauma forces her back to Hope Crest.

With a mountain of debt and an uncertain future, August at least has a soft place to land when her former employer and surrogate big brother offers her a house that isn't chock full of nightmares from the past. What she never bargained for, though? The boy-turned-man she's always crushed hard on from afar accidentally becoming her roommate.

Evan Ashton is the prodigal son who finally came home ... even if he didn't necessarily want to. As the new head chef of his family's fourth-generation restaurant, he's trying to build his own legacy in a line full of stubborn men. So when he ends up under the same roof as the closed-off woman the rest of his siblings seem to know so well, Evan attempts to shut down any curiosity since he can't afford more complications in his life.

Except conversations over late night snacks, having her unexpectedly working in his kitchen, and inevitably bumping into her at every family celebration they're both invited to only seems to bring him closer to August ... until all of that tension bubbles over.

Then danger begins to close in, and it's not even a thought of putting himself between her and the threat. But secrets beyond either of their control, and opportunities far from Hope Crest, begin to cause cracks.

And when both of them question whether their intense connection can last for longer than right now, it may just be their final undoing.

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Meet Carrie Aarons

Author of romance novels such as Fleeting and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. Her stories are fueled by vanilla lattes, meloncholy music, and copious amounts of candles.

When she isn't writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in farm country with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.

 

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I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This is the last book in this series but its also the only book I have read in this series. I can definitely say that it easily stands alone. I never felt lost or that I was missing scenes that were in another book. And I totally loved this story.

It's about August who had a terrible upbringing. Her mother was the absolute worst. But she was also beloved by the family that employed her at their family restaurant. At the start of this book, she has come back to town since she graduated college, her mother has died, so she is ready to complete her mother's affairs and pick a job to start her career in.

When she gets to town, she ends up sleeping at the restaurant because she doesn't want to touch her old family home. That is how Evan Ashton first sees her after not seeing her for several years. In his mind she is the girl that his family loved more than him. So, to him she is his frenemy. While August when she worked at the restaurant had a HUGE crush on Evan.

This was such a really great book. I really loved it. These two end up as roomies and slowly start to see other as they truly are. It was such a fun book watching them fight their feelings and fall for each other.

My heart also broke a few times for poor August and how her mother treated her an what she leaves her with. But I LOVED the Ashton family and especially Warren. I wish I had a Warren in my life too.