Published by JNM LLC on March 2, 2023
Genres: Fiction / General, Fiction / Romance / General
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Colbie Jones has worked hard to design a pain-free life. So when she catches her boyfriend cheating, it doesn’t hurt that much. But when Colbie receives a call that her estranged father, Emmett, has been badly injured, she realizes it’s time to pack her bags and finally face him — and that’s going to hurt.
Colbie’s arrival sends shock waves through the small town, but it affects Jake Whittier most of all. Single-dad and foreman of Jones Construction, Jake sees Emmett as the father he no longer has, and that makes him an opponent of all things Colbie Jones.
Jake’s obvious animosity doesn’t bother Colbie, because she’s leaving in three days, tops. But then her dad asks her to stay and take over his business while he recovers, and Colbie hears herself agreeing before she has fully considered the proposal. Never mind that she has no idea how to build a house.
Jake will just have to deal with having her around.
But the more time Colbie spends with Jake, the more she sees why the rest of the town likes him. And once Colbie meets Jake’s son, it’s all downhill from there.
Colbie thought the most challenging part of this arrangement would be having to work with Jake.
But falling for him?
That would be awful.
This story was packed with emotion and real life situations, and I found it refreshingly entertaining. ~ Sharon – Simply Love Books
This story was packed with emotion and life situations, and I found it refreshingly entertaining. The Least Amount of Awful was a small town, single dad, opposites attract romance that was heartfelt and engaging.
Colbie gets a call her estranged father had an accident and is in the hospital and she heads to see him much to the disdain of her mother. Planning only to stay a few days, her father asks her to stay and run his construction company much to the dismay of his right hand man and foreman, Jake.
When Jake’s ex left him with his newborn son he did the only thing he knew to do, he returned home where he had a family who love him and asked Emmett, go give him a job to support him and his son. Jake loves his job and the man who has been a second father to him so when he puts his daughter in as manager Jake will support her because it’s what Emmett would want.
There was such chemistry between Colbie and Jake from the start and when you add in the precious way Robbie (Jake’s 10 year old son) gets along with Colbie it made this story all the better. I loved the communication between these two and the fact they didn’t let things fester, they talked it out. There was no doubt that Colbie didn’t make things easy she has baggage from the way her dad left her and eventually married and had a replacement daughter but the more time Colbie spends with her dad and with Jake and Robbie she begins to heal and see that things weren’t quite the way she thought and was told by her mom.
Smart dialog, a complex plot, and wonderful characters, The Least Amount of Awful was a vivid story that I enjoyed greatly.
About Jennifer Millikin
Jennifer Millikin is a bestselling author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction. She is the two-time recipient of the Readers Favorite Gold Star Award, and readers have called her work “emotionally riveting” and “unputdownable”. Following a viral TikTok video with over fourteen million views, Jennifer’s third novel, Our Finest Hour, has been optioned for TV/Film. She lives in the Arizona desert with her husband, children, and Liberty, her Labrador retriever. With fourteen novels published so far, she plans to continue her passion for storytelling.