Sharon’s review ~ Finding You by Daphne Elliot

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Finding You by Daphne Elliot
Genres: Blue Collar hero/heroine, Contemporary, Fake relationship, Opposites attract, Romance, Small Town & Rural
Pages: 350
Format: eBook, Paperback
Source: Kindle Unlimited
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Have you ever had a grumpy fisherman neighbor jump at the chance to be your fake date?

Yeah… me neither…

But that was before I came to the small town of Havenport to escape the city and figure out how to save my legal career. Now I’m distracted by my growly neighbor doing pushups…

Shirtless

In gray sweatpants.

Did I mention he’s got tattoos, long hair, and a beard?

I’m a bit shocked when he agrees to swap out his gray sweats for a gray suit to accompany me to a charity gala.

But there’s nothing fake about the way he growls at me. Kisses for show turn private and heated, and then every one of my rules gets broken. But Declan Quinn isn’t the kind of man to let a good thing slip away.

He may have caught me, but can he reel me in for good?

Author’s Note: Finding You is a full-length standalone steamy small-town slow-burn contemporary romance featuring explosive chemistry and a guaranteed happily ever after. May contain adult language, spicy sexy times, a dog who thinks she’s a cat, sledgehammers, burning Christmas trees, and assault by stiletto.

Welcome to Havenport, Massachusetts, where the beer is cold and the men are hot. Come for the ocean breeze and town festivals, stay for the panty-melting happily ever afters.

I enjoyed watching this couple’s relationship grow and change and despite the missteps along the way, I was rooting for them both throughout. Finding You was a well developed, wonderful, small town romance and I enjoyed it thoroughly. ~ Sharon – Simply Love Books

 

 

Finding You is another solid romance from Daphne Elliot and while it can be read as a standalone, I suggest starting with Trusting You so you get a bit more of a feel for the hero in this book.

I always appreciate when characters grow throughout a story and both Declan and Astrid grew a lot during this story.  We met Declan in book one; the middle Quinn brother is a brooding, loner type that is currently running the family’s fishery business and trying to convince his father it is time he is named CEO. While Declan would prefer to be out on the boats, he has taken over operating the business especially after his father’s heart attack months back. Declan feels a bit like an outsider in his family, choosing to serve in the Navy instead of getting a college degree and he doesn’t feel like he has the respect of his father and while he knows his mother loves him her incessant need to set him up with women so he’ll settle down keeps him from spending much time with his parents. Astrid is new in town and staying in her aunt’s cottage across the street from Declan’s home. As a corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyer she has worked hard to make a name for herself in her firm, but after refusing the advances of a senior partner she is accused of screwing up a merger and put on leave although they’ve let her know she will probably be fired pending an investigation as she refused to sign an agreement to now sue the firm in exchange for a severance package and a reference. She returns to Havensport where she spent summers with her aunt and her cousin as her attorney now judge mother was too busy to pay her any attention. Her whole identity is tied up in her profession and she feels lost and alone until she meets Declan who immediately takes a liking to her.

These two seem like complete opposites but as their friendship progresses, they agree to be fake boyfriend/girlfriend to each attend an event with the other. The more time they spend together, they share their hopes, dreams, and insecurities and they begin to see that under Declan’s broody exterior and Astrid’s ice queen exterior are some driven but sweet individuals just trying to make it through life. I absolutely love the Astrid found a friend group thanks to her cousin and they supported her throughout this book and I also appreciated that Declan started the conversation with his father about assuming the CEO title at the fishery.

I enjoyed watching their relationship grow and change and despite the missteps along the way, I was rooting for them both throughout.

Finding You was a well developed, wonderful, small town romance and I enjoyed it thoroughly.