Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Second First Impressions

Second First Impressions: a Novel
by Sally Thorne
William Morrow, 2021. 336 pages. Romance

Young and beautiful Ruthie, the retirement villa’s manager, is an old soul looking for a man who wants to snuggle up on the couch and watch her favorite shows. Despite her coworker’s pleas to set her up, Ruthie’s demanding job and trauma over her previous relationship make her reluctant to seek out love. When the CEO of the company that has acquired the retirement community coerces his carefree son, Teddy, to work for Ruthie while living on the property, she finds that maybe love is just next door.

This fun and quirky romance between two unlikely people is a lot of fun to read. Complete with a cast of characters that deserve their own book, Second First Impressions will have you laughing and rooting for Ruthie and Teddy the whole way through.

If you like Second First Impressions, then you might like:

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by Linda Holmes
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Evvie Drake has spent her whole life in Calcasset, Maine, and doesn’t feel as sad about her widowhood as she believes she should—possibly because she was packing up to leave her husband when she got the call about his deadly car accident. Then Dean Tenney, a former New York Yankees pitcher who has inexplicably lost his amazing pitching ability, comes to Maine to retreat from the media. 


People We Meet on Vacation
by Emily Henry
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Poppy Wright met Alex Nilsen 12 years ago on the first day of college orientation, and they never got along—until a road trip from Chicago back to their neighboring Ohio towns, which sparked a deep friendship and a tradition of taking a yearly summer vacation together. But Poppy and Alex haven’t spoken much since a disastrous trip two summers ago, and the details of what triggered their falling out are teased maddeningly slowly. When Poppy realizes that what she wants most in the world is to have Alex back in her life, she arranges a shoestring-budget vacation to Palm Springs that she hopes will fix everything.


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