A review by vera_allbookedup
Leave Him Loved by Harloe Rae

5.0

Oh wow! This is my first Harloe Rae book and certainly won't be my last! After college graduation, Audria Griffin found herself moving from Minneapolis to Bampton Valley, Iowa for a teaching job. Hello, country life! Where everyone knows your business, sometimes before you do. When she literally hit Reeve Colton, the instant attraction was there and the gossipy townspeople had their tongues wagging. For reasons all their own, Reeve and Audria friendzone each other. ACK! Not only are the townspeople trying to rumor them together, his niece Gabby, who is also Audria's student, is ship-ing them and is a little more forward than anyone else trying to get them together.

City slicker meets country farmer. Their denial of anything more than friendship was a bit on the comedic side but also a bit on the sad side. She was so adamant that after her one year was up, she was moving back home. When they both realized what they were willing to give up for more than a friends with benefits arrangement but didn't have the courage to just say it out loud, I wanted to cry. Well, maybe not ugly cry, but cry out in frustration that two seemingly intelligent, very unattached individuals just couldn't communicate what they wanted to the other. But in the end, Audria and Reeve get their HEA so it all turned out well.

I received an advance copy of this book at my request and voluntarily left this review.