A
tough-as-leather football player. A happy-go-lucky historian. It’s love against
all odds in a warm and emotional romance about found family, friendship, and
the restorative powers of the heart.
Former Dallas football player Burke Barrett is weathering a lot of changes.
He’s retired from football. He’s mourning the loss of his best friend. And now
he’s been bequeathed a dilapidated house in northern Michigan he doesn’t want.
To his surprise it comes with a long-legged, blindly optimistic renovation
manager with big ideas for Burke’s inheritance. She’s passionate, irritating,
and irresistible.
Restoration expert Charlotte Cunningham is used to rough exteriors. This surly
client, with his stubbled jaw, towering physique, and inflexible attitude, is
worth smoothing over. The attraction sizzles, and a proposal is in order: a
romantic tryst to relieve the tension. No strings attached. A safe bet for both
of them since Burke is prepared to renovate, sell, and move on.
A pet project with an end date. Does that go for love too? Burke must decide
what he really wants and what he’s willing to risk. He should know by now that
the best-laid plans can change in a heartbeat.
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Ruthie
– ☆☆☆☆
This is the first in a new series. I really enjoyed it – it is a very different
take on a sports romance, dealing with a man who has just retired from the game
due to injury, and the unexpected turn his life takes due the to death of a
close friend and fellow player, Chris, and his wife, Aimie. For a moment he
panics that he is going to be asked to look after the children but, in fact, he
is left a house! It had been in Chris's family for centuries but needed
complete restoration after being sold off.
Charlotte is living in the guest house and working on the period restoration of
the house in accordance with the memories of its owners, when they die in an
accident. Now a somewhat angry Burke turns up saying he is now the owner of the
house, trusted by his friend to get the job done.
As we watch Burke grieve his career, and his friend, and try and manage
spending time at the house and with his sister and niblings, the line is
stretched thin. Then he also realises how much Charlotte means to him – but
struggles with understanding just how it can all fit together. And along the
way, the house returns to its former glory thanks to Burke, Charlotte, and
William, the contractor.
I loved how, as the house restoration progresses, Burke also finds some peace
and a new fulfilling life.
KARLA
SORENSEN is the Amazon Top Ten bestselling author of numerous series, including
the Ward Sisters, the Washington Wolves, the Bachelors of the Ridge, and Three
Little Words. When she’s not devouring Dramione fanfic or avoiding the laundry,
you can find her watching football (British and American) or HGTV or listening
to Enneagram podcasts so she can psychoanalyze everyone in her life, in no
particular order of importance. With a degree in advertising and public
relations from Grand Valley State University, she made her living in senior
health care prior to writing full-time, and never reads or writes anything
without a happily ever after. Karla lives in Michigan with her husband, two
boys, and a big shaggy rescue dog named Bear.
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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided
with a free copy of The Best Laid Plans (The Best Men #1) by Karla Sorensen to
read and review.
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