The One I Left Behind by Piper Rayne is now live!
It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind.
Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn’t have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football.
I figure it’s a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family’s ranch. I just have to bide my time until he turns his back on all of us again.
Then he takes on the coaching position for the high school football team and starts milling around too much, bulldozing the protective walls I’ve built around myself. But he goes too far when he takes my son under his wing to help him be the best player he can be. Leaving me to protect not only my own heart but my son’s too.
Because I promised myself a long time ago that I’d never be the girl in the rearview mirror again.
It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind.
Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn’t have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football.
I figure it’s a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family’s ranch. I just have to bide my time until he turns his back on all of us again.
Then he takes on the coaching position for the high school football team and starts milling around too much, bulldozing the protective walls I’ve built around myself. But he goes too far when he takes my son under his wing to help him be the best player he can be. Leaving me to protect not only my own heart but my son’s too.
Because I promised myself a long time ago that I’d never be the girl in the rearview mirror again.
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Audio with Duet Narration by CJ Bloom & Robert Hatchet
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MY REVIEW
Ben's coming home, knowing he'll have to face the girl (woman) he left behind. He isn't expecting it to be easy to see her, the woman he's never gotten over, but he really didn't think she'd put up all walls with him, and he can't seem to read her anymore. He realized (duh) that the career he left her behind for didn't fulfill him the way he had thought, and Gillian and her son just might be the ones to fill the void in his chest - if they'll let him in.
Gillian may have floundered after Ben left her behind, and she may have made some questionable choices in the aftermath, but in the end, one of those gave her the best thing, the most important person in her life, her son Clayton. So even though Ben's back and seems to want to mend fences and even become friends, she's not having it. Clayton is her number 1, she's taken the bar exam, and their lives are about to move in a different direction, one that does not include the man who left her behind, even if her heart can't seem to get on the same page as her mind.
This is a sweet, low angst second chance story. I really like Clayton's character, he's such a typical teen complete with the attitude and the rolling eyes, but he feels very realistic, and his mom raised him right, which is obvious throughout. Ben, eh, he's not my favorite of the author's heroes, he kinda just sat there, and honestly, I didn't quite feel he deserved a second chance with Gillian. Gillian is another great character, she's a strong single mother whose priorities are in the right place. I'm not sure I agreed with her forgiving Ben so quickly, but the heart wants what it wants I guess and I really appreciated how realistic she feels. Though not my favorite of the author's stories, The One I Left Behind is still a good start to what I am hoping will be a great series.
Meet Piper Rayne
Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write "heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle" about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they're married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they're both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
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Connect with Piper Rayne
Website: www.PiperRayne.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15810938.Piper_Rayne
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Piper-Rayne/e/B01ND0R15R
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PiperRayne/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PiperRaynesUnicorns
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X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PiperRayneRocks
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorpiperrayne
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/piper-rayne
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/authorpiperrayne/_created/
Other: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiperRayne?ref=shop_sugg
Verve: https://bookandmainbites.com/PiperRayne
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@authorpiperrayne
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