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Heathen and Honeysuckle by Sarah A. Bailey
4.0

This book definitely surprised me in the best way. I have never read any work by Sarah A Bailey but after this book I will be reading absolutely everything she writes.

This is a dual pov and dual timeline. This follows Leo and Darby from when they are spending a summer together as teenagers but it is also in the present 10 years later as adults. Darby was sent to live with her grandmother for a summer after this happen with her family. She comes from a weathly prominent family in Kansas so she is out of her comfort zone in a small beach town in California. Immediately on her first day she meets the boy next door, Leo. He is considered a heathen and troublemaker from her grandmother. After some persistence from Leo, they become fast friends and immediately develop a crush on each other. They have an epic summer romance but Darby goes home and never speaks to him again. Flash forward 10 years later and we are at her wedding and Leo is in the audience. She must now choose if she wants that one true love or the life her father wants for her.