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My Review:Title: 10 Signs You Need to Grovel
Author: Kelly Siskind
Series: Bower Boys #2
Published by: Montlake Romance
Release Date: January 31, 2023
Format: eARC
Pages: 314
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2022 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge
Find it: Goodreads ✩ Amazon
My rating:
Blurb:A grumpy bartender learns he’s a dad in Kelly Siskind’s latest Bower Boys romance full of second chances, small-town charm, and steamy, slow-burn heat.
For the last ten years, I’ve been living a lie in witness protection. But the drug cartel that put me there isn’t a threat anymore, so I can have my life back. I should be thrilled, right?
Wrong.
The last thing I want to do is go back home and show everyone how far I’ve fallen. I’m not the high-powered lawyer they all expect me to be. I’m just a guy who slings drinks and scowls at the world.
But then I hear about Max, my ex’s ten-year-old son. My ten-year-old son.
I have to go back now. Figure out how to be a dad. Face the love of my life. Make things right with Sadie and earn her trust. Will she have me—or is it too late to reinvent myself as the man she once loved?
I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4 stars — Oooo, this one is hard for me to rate, because I was genuinely frustrated by the lack of communication by both Sadie and Desmond. BUT there were all these other good things in the book, so I’m sticking with the 4 stars, and not 3.5…the good deserves it.
I think part of the reason I’m willing to err on the high side is that while it took WAY longer than my patience could handle, when Desmond finally figures his shiznit out, he figures it out good and we can really see how much he has grown in the time he was in WITSEC…and I really appreciated that. For someone who was such a guy guy back in the day, he was hiding a pretty sensitive heart that just got more soft and squishy as time went on.
I particularly appreciated seeing how his work on the hikes opened him up and unlocked different pieces of him. And then, holy wow, the building of his relationship with his son was just heart melting to me. I adored how important Max was immediately to him, and how much he wanted to do his best by him. It was just…*swoon* There were lots of little details that made that experience richer, but I don’t want to spoil it. I thought it was done really well though.
Both Des and Sadie had the WORST habit of assuming things about the other person without talking to them. It was aggravating. I get it to a degree, but seriously…it was on the edge of too much for me. I actually put the book down at one point because I was annoyed with both of them. They’re lucky they had such great chemistry otherwise and lots of absolutely adorable (and steamy) moments together to make up for their failings. 😛
Still really enjoying the Bower family and the town (though the town wasn’t as prominent in this one). I appreciate that secondary characters play a part in the story though, it always makes it richer.
Definitely looking forward to more in this series. I appreciate that the boys are all so different, and bring something new.
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