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Forbidden Hearts by Corinne Michaels
3.5
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In a world of new single dad, age gap, small town romances, there a few bright lights that do it well. And if youโ€™re into that side of romance reading, youโ€™ll find a great read here.

๐Ÿ“” ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ: Forbidden Hearts, the first book in the new Whitlock Family character series by Corinne Michaels.

๐Ÿ“š๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ: Age gap, single father, disability representation (deaf daughter and FMC is an audiologist),enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, nanny, law enforcement, small town.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Asherโ€™s childcare falls through, and in a desperate moment he hires his bossโ€™s daughter - Phoebe, the daughter of the towns police chief who is going to school to be an audiologist. Sheโ€™s perfect for his deaf daughter, but he canโ€™t stand her from the start.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Iโ€™m the first person to say nearly evvvvveryone is putting out this trope combination these days some are getting the mark, and this was one that I enjoyed.

The trajectory of this story wasnโ€™t linear like we are used to. There were some very unexpected turns along the way to Asher and Phoebeโ€™s happy ending. There were some really interesting non-traditional plot devices (trying not to spoil anything!) that went into this, and some tension-filled spice as well.

Iโ€™m usually a stickler for a female main character in these age gap romances to have a clear personality and to have dreams
Of her own, and I think Phoebe was a good example. And her relationship with Asherโ€™s little girl was heartwarming to read as well.

Overall itโ€™s a great read if you like the subgenre.

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 3.5/5 โญโญโญ

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 3/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ

๐‘ฐ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ช ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜.