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This is book four of the Creek Water series and follows the story of a young woman called Ashley, who has liked the same guy since high school. She transferred in from Chicago, when she and her mum decided to try somewhere else to live, and to change from their life in a trailer park there to a small town trailer park, which should be cheaper and nicer as well. On her first day, one of the other boys made fun of her name and the nickname stuck with her, leaving her basically alone. Boys would make rude noise at her and all the girls would avoid her like the plague. The only person that was kind to her was Davis, a boy she really liked and from a family that couldn’t have been further removed from hers if she tried! But it seems he wanted the attention of another girl instead.
Senior prom was the moment he saved her and she has never forgotten. But she left for college, to pursue her dreams and only returned when her mother fell ill. She has been there ever since, still stuck in the same trailer, as she turns thirty. She works in an old people’s home and also in a diner, saving up for her own house. One of her favourite patients is Mrs Frothingham, Davis’ grandmother, who has been in the home for a couple of years now, suffering from dementia. Ashley is approached by Davis, with a proposition, the family are desperate to have Mrs Frothingham attend a family wedding in a couple of months, and ask her advice on how to achieve this without upsetting her. This leads to her working for the family and being a companion for their gran, for home visits each week, to get her used to everyone.
Davis doesn’t seem to recognise her form high school and she is pretty happy about that. At about the same time, her one friend from school, Buck, comes back to sort out his grans trailer and her possessions, following her death. He now lives in London, England after getting a great job over there and she hasn’t seen him for years. Ashley and Buck have been friends ever since high school and kept in touch. Ashley is left trying to see if Davis or Buck would be the best partner for her, as they both seem to be giving her signals that they really like her romantically. Of course, true love is never straight forward and each has good points for a future relationship. The main problem is Ashley herself and her lack of belief in herself.
A small town romance, with long held feelings between the different parties, but with a few hurdles to get over before they can finally reach any sort of conclusion. The story shows how horrendous high school can be for some, but it doesn’t last and your future is up to you alone. I absolutely loved all the members of the Frothingham family and how they treated Ashley and her friends. A really loving family who don’t let money make any difference in how they treat others less fortunate than themselves. A shame the main characters didn’t realise their true feelings years ago. A nice easy read with a great flow and characters to read about. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Senior prom was the moment he saved her and she has never forgotten. But she left for college, to pursue her dreams and only returned when her mother fell ill. She has been there ever since, still stuck in the same trailer, as she turns thirty. She works in an old people’s home and also in a diner, saving up for her own house. One of her favourite patients is Mrs Frothingham, Davis’ grandmother, who has been in the home for a couple of years now, suffering from dementia. Ashley is approached by Davis, with a proposition, the family are desperate to have Mrs Frothingham attend a family wedding in a couple of months, and ask her advice on how to achieve this without upsetting her. This leads to her working for the family and being a companion for their gran, for home visits each week, to get her used to everyone.
Davis doesn’t seem to recognise her form high school and she is pretty happy about that. At about the same time, her one friend from school, Buck, comes back to sort out his grans trailer and her possessions, following her death. He now lives in London, England after getting a great job over there and she hasn’t seen him for years. Ashley and Buck have been friends ever since high school and kept in touch. Ashley is left trying to see if Davis or Buck would be the best partner for her, as they both seem to be giving her signals that they really like her romantically. Of course, true love is never straight forward and each has good points for a future relationship. The main problem is Ashley herself and her lack of belief in herself.
A small town romance, with long held feelings between the different parties, but with a few hurdles to get over before they can finally reach any sort of conclusion. The story shows how horrendous high school can be for some, but it doesn’t last and your future is up to you alone. I absolutely loved all the members of the Frothingham family and how they treated Ashley and her friends. A really loving family who don’t let money make any difference in how they treat others less fortunate than themselves. A shame the main characters didn’t realise their true feelings years ago. A nice easy read with a great flow and characters to read about. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.