Review: Sweet Baby (Crescent Cove #19) by Taryn Quinn

Sweet Baby, the 19th installment in the Crescent Cove series by Taryn Quinn is LIVE NOW!

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Blurb
I almost lost her in a fire.
Lyric started out as my boss, and maybe we were on our way to being friends too.

Until the fire.

Then everything changed.

She was burned and Trick or Treat, where we worked, was decimated.

Until the rebuild.

Turns out I needed to be rebuilt too because I couldn’t get to her. I could only watch as someone else rescued her because I was so freaking helpless.

Until I learned.

Suddenly, I could focus on nothing other than becoming a firefighter.

It was the only way I could combat the sense of futility I’d felt.

The unrelenting fear of losing her.

Becoming a firefighter strengthened my sense of purpose. And my need for Lyric. Watching her come fully back to herself after dealing with PTSD from what she’d gone through made me fall for her. She was the strongest woman I’d ever known.

In time, I wasn’t only a reminder of that horrible day. I was the person who loved her most in this world.

And now the three of us may find our forever. Together.

Author Note: Jensen and Lyric literally came together in fire and like all forms of alchemy, it changed them in the most elemental of ways. She runs from her fear and he runs toward it. This book ends with a HEA and no cliffhanger.

MY REVIEW

Jensen and Lyric reacted completely opposite to the fire. He's training to become a firefighter, running headlong into facing it. Lyric, on the other hand, has withdrawn from people, especially him, and has PTSD that seems only to be calmed with her support dog Sheba. Jensen never wants to be as weak as he was then, when he couldn't reach in and pull Lyric out of the fire, so he's bulked up and has entered the fire academy. He wants Lyric to forgive him for his weakness but considering she's been avoiding him, that's probably not going to happen. Until his artistic skills bring them back into each other's orbits. Now he's got a chance to convince her they belong together.

Lyric doesn't want to be attracted to Jensen, but she can't help it. He's got the wrong idea that she blames him for the fire, and she doesn't want him to keep bearing that guilt. Somehow she missed that he's been going through the same emotions she's been, but has reacted in a different way. Now that way could be an even bigger obstacle in their journey than her withdrawing from their friendship.

I've been wondering about these two ever since the fire. Now I know their story and I'm in love with them! One event had such a profoundly different effect on two people. And yet, it also brought them together. Their story is heartbreaking in parts, but heartfelt and emotional. Jensen is so intense and intent on his Lyric that I almost cried at times because she was so anxious and suffering still, that she almost let him get away. But in true Crescent Cove fashion, a happy ever after is finally in sight for this wonderful couple.

ARC provided by the authors for an honest review.
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