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Caught in the Axe by Daphne Elliot

5.0

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𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝….𝔾𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕃𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕛𝕒𝕔𝕜

WE’RE BACK!!! Lovewell I have missed you!! I thought the Gagnon’s had taken my heart but the Herberts went 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗥 “𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘰𝘩, 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬.  𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘵, 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴”

I’m sorry where is my wood chopping, suit / tux wearing, speak nerdy financials and organisational spreadsheets to me, tell me what you need, I want to see you succeed, destroy you for any other man in the bedroom, fairy light illuminated movie night planning,  6ft 2, beard growing lumberjack?  #askingforafriend

𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕞

Owen, has made a life for himself in Boston but when his brothers need his help seeing the family business after their father is arrested for a whole tone of federal crimes he has no choice but to return to Lovewell, Maine.  And when his new assistant turns out to be his younger brother’s ex girlfriend Lila; who is not only breathtakingly beautiful but a literal maths genius, he struggles to keep his head down and his hands-off.  

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕥.  𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕.

Oh these two!  Owen and Lila will make you swoon, giggle, kick your heels and shed a few tears.  They both have had their struggles but the way they support one another is just a joy.  I loved Owens acts of service, his maturity that he brought to the relationship and his communication skills.  Lila maybe younger but I adored seeing her come into her own [that’s what we call growth] and her recognising what she wants in life and choosing not to settle.  They both had chemistry from the start and tried so hard to not give in but there was no doubt in my mind that when they did it would be worth the wait. 

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦

Overall, I adored this book.  I had so much fun seeing the Gagnon’s again but loved getting to know more about the Herberts back story and they are very much coming for the title of the favourite Lumberjack Family in Lovewell. 

Honourable Mentions

🫎Clive being Clive “𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉” 

🪓Watching Lila dress down a bunch of incompetent business men [YASSS GIRL]

🫎Dr Leech’s museum and other weird and wonderful Maine exhibits 

🪓Adele still not taking any sh1t from anyone and Finn being the golden retriever that we love “𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝒹𝑒𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒”

🫎Enzo & the Boson contingent #momcoms 

🪓Gus - you’ve been keeping secretes (IYKYK) and I wanna know more immediately 

If you love the below, you’ll love this book:

🪓Geeky Lumberjack 

🫎Age Gap

🪓Ex Boyfriends older brother 

🫎Acts of service 

🪓Boss x Employee

🫎Grumpy x Sunshine 

🪓Small Town