Every family has a story to tell…
Blake Bartlett needs a do-over, so he’s going back home to Havendale, Florida, with his three-year-old daughter in tow. The perfect life he built is in ruins and he’s determined to create a new one. The Bartletts are fixtures in the small town of Havendale, and Blake’s extended family welcome him back with open arms. He’s settling in and getting back in his family’s good graces, when he meets Lincoln Coleman. Suddenly, he’s starting to want things he shouldn’t, and their relationship is beginning to heat up.
Linc may have the reputation for being a one-night stand kind of guy, but the rumors aren’t quite right. When he meets Blake and his daughter, he imagines family life and settling down for the first time. There’s only one problem: Blake has taken on a leadership role in the Bartlett Construction business and now Linc works for the man he’s falling in love with.
Blake’s well-intentioned family may have them tied up in knots, but only they can untangle their heart strings…
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What an incredibly cute story!
Anyone who knows me or my reviews, knows that I am a sucker for a single dad. In this one, we have Blake and his daughter Caroline. They’re moving back to Florida to be closer to his gigantic family after losing his husband (who he was separated from), and Caroline’s other Daddy, Michael. Not telling his family about the separation was hard, but he found it easier to avoid them than disappointing them; but now he’s going home to face the music and lean on his family for a while.
Blake’s family is…..amazing. He has the biggest extended family, filled with cousin’s who are more like brothers and sisters and, Aunt’s and Uncle’s, and of course, his parents and actual siblings. There are a lot of them, but every one of them are there for Blake and head over heels in love with Caroline… and how could you not be, she’s so cute!
Going to work for his Uncle, doing office work at his construction company….that’s where he meets Linc. Linc is gorgeous and ripped and charming and good friends with the family, so when he asks him out, of course he goes. We’re kind of lead to believe that Linc is a playboy, but we never see any of that. He seems smitten with Blake from the beginning.
Because they work together and Linc is so close to the family… they belatedly remember all this and think maybe it’ll cause problems. In all honesty, I thought all that was ridiculous and unneeded. I loved the way Linc was with Caroline and how much he cared about her and Blake. He might’ve been apprehensive and went about things the wrong way, but, he showed Blake what he meant to him, I felt like. I wanted to smack Blake a time or two. Luckily, his family talked him around, and alls well that ends well…. But it was an unnecessary bump in the road I felt like.
Overall though, it was such a cute read and you really can’t go wrong with big families and cute babies. I’d love to read more of this family, and especially Blake, Linc and Caroline!!
4 pieces of eye candy from me!
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Family ties mean you will always have someone in your corner.
They mean support and a safe place where I can always be at peace. Family is the place where I feel loved and can be myself…
Family relationships can be complicated. Without them, no one would care about me, but there are others that I wish I could break.
What family ties means to me they can be good or bad but their is always someone to love and help you.
Family ties mean you always have someone to count on. They are always there for you and you for them
Family ties for me means always having your families back even if they make you feel like crap and even when they behave badly.
My family has a history of not getting along in the previous generation. Fortunately my siblings and I seem to have broken the cycle. I live only a few houses away from my older brother and his wife and my older sister. I visit my younger sister, who still lives “back home,” a couple of times a year.
We provide support to each other when needed and often travel on cruises together.
Family ties for me don’t necessarily mean someone related by blood. I have blood-related people who’ve recently caused a lot of hurt feelings with their bigotry. So I choose my family based on who’s going to share the values I do, who won’t say/do things to bring harm to others I love.