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Beautiful Exile by Catherine Cowles
4.5
dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Billionaire hockey team owner and the reclusive but badass woman in hiding? Forced proximity? He falls first and legitimately pines for her? I mean, whatโ€™s not to love?

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Beautiful Exile by Catherine Cowles

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Sparrow Falls character series. Book 4.

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: E-book ARC on Kindle.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Romantic suspense

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Opposites attract, hidden identity, billionaire, he falls first, best friendโ€™s sister, found family.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Linc is working on construction of his new house and staying at his best friendโ€™s house until itโ€™s complete. Arden is used to her peace and quiet until the billionaire upends her space and her life.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Listen, Iโ€™m not going to ruin it for you if you havenโ€™t already seen it, but Arden & Lincโ€™s meet-cute is epically good. Itโ€™s the kind of meet-cute that you just KNOW the book is going to be solid.

And then you get pining. Pining and flirting and banter page after page. I feel like as I was reading I was throwing out stars like Oprah.

Arden is one of my favorite characters Iโ€™ve read from Catherine Cowles since I started this journey. Sheโ€™s fierce and fun, and intensely vulnerable with literally only Linc. Catherine Cowles didnโ€™t rush her transformation, and gave all of the key moments time to breatheโ€ฆ which made it so much better when it all came together.

And listen, thereโ€™s no way youโ€™re not going to like Linc. Heโ€™s clearly a man written by a woman. The care he gives Arden is so swoony. I was smitten and Iโ€™m willing to bet you will be too.

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

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 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’˜.