Before Girl

The audio book narrators are A+. The male narrator perfectly captures Cal's growly, tall tree-ness, and is super hot. Phew. Highly recommend the audio. Five stars! I re-read Before Girl after bingeing all of the Walshes books, and sigh, I loved it even more the second time around because I could really appreciate all of the secondary characters (who are from the Walshes). Seeing Nick and Erin, happily ever after, I die. After being startled by some sort of mutant creature, or probably just a rabid racoon, Stella Allesandro is then plowed over by an entirely different sort of creature, a much sexier one. Dr. Cal Hartshorn is a super tall, ex-Army Ranger now cardio-thoracic surgeon. He's been eyeing Stella for eight months during his morning run and it took him running her over to get her attention. Stella had no idea he existed, but she's now super interested. Sparks fly, but Sports Agent and super-fixer Stella isn't interested in forever, just for right now. But Cal is out to show her he's here for the long-run, no matter how long it takes. Super adorable AND super steamy, my favorite type of romance. It was also nice to see a 40-something and mid-30s something have a romance, as I often doubt the veracity of super young characters (mid-20s) having super hot shot careers. I loved that Stella was a sexually confident woman, I loved her color-coded digital calendar of hookup appointments, I loved everything about her. I was also in total five-star mode for this book until the final conflict which I felt was a bit out of character for Cal, and then he wasn't the one to grovel? What? All in all, my first Canterbary and I will be back for more!