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Review: Tumble (Dogwood Lane Book 1) by Adriana Locke

Review of Tumble (Dogwood Lane Book 1) by Adriana Locke


TUMBLE

Neely has come back home to Dogwood Lane to lick her wounds after quitting her job as a sports journalist. A job she loved and deserved the promotion she was denied. When she left Dogwood Lane all those years ago after a horrible breakup with her then love, Dane, she didn't think she'd ever want to come back, not if it meant she'd have to see Dane happy without her. But lo and behold, she's incomeless now, so hometown here she comes. Only, home isn't so bad she's finding. There are so many wonderful things that she missed while in New York - the nosy but sweet people, the small-town charm, and Dane. Yep, Dane. That Dane. The one who broke her heart and is so much sexier now than he was when she left. The Dane who seems to want to be, at the very least, friends with her again. Hmm...


Can Neely's heart survive Dane again? What about his gorgeous little daughter, with whom she shares a love of gymnastics? Can she allow them into her life only to leave and go back to New York when she finds a new job? That's what she wants, right? To go back to New York again? Or will all of her small town's charm keep her rooted in her hometown, where things move much slower than in the big city, but have a heart not ever seen in the Big Apple?


I so loved Tumble!!! It's full of Adriana Locke's signature sweet brand of sexiness, lots of heart, and an amazing cast of primary and secondary characters. I am so impressed by how Dane and Neely handled their second chance. It could have been full of lots of mean, heart-rending barbs, considering how and why they broke up, but nope, they had grown up and acted like it. Oh sure, there was still obviously hurt there, especially on Neely's part, but she was an absolute star in the way she treated Dane and Mia. She could have been prickly and mean, instead she behaved like the good person her mom raised her to be, and I loved that about her. And Dane? That man is so damn swoony I about cried. Single dads are always sexy, but they aren't always as sweet and swoony as Dane. Sigh...I'm still sighing and swooning because I loved Dane, and Neely, and cannot wait to explore Dogwood Lane more!


ARC via author.


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