Nevermore Bookstore
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Cadence “Cady” Bloomquist knows two things for sure: First, shelving books at her shop, Nevermore Bookstore, totally counts as cardio. Second, staying late every Thursday night to take a certain mysterious customer’s order is not the same as waiting by the phone for some man.
Until.
Until the calls with the man who identifies himself only as “Fox” last for hours, and become the highlight of her week. Which leaves her to wonder, if his jagged velvet voice can kindle her fire over the phone, what sort of alchemy might it inspire if they met in person?
There’s nothing Roman Fawkes wants more than the brilliant, beautiful bookstore owner, but Roman Fawkes knows it can never happen. Secreted in his mountain hideaway high above sleepy little Townsend Harbor, his hermit’s existence shields him–and those around him–from the pain of his past.
Until.
Until one of their weekly calls is interrupted by a break-in, and Fawkes is powerless to protect the woman who has become his one link to the world. Orchestrating a trap for the fool who dared harm her, Fawkes finds himself not just ensnared, but beguiled by her. Now so close to Cady, he discovers she’s fallen for “Fox”, and yet he’s unable to reveal her heart’s desire is closer than she thinks.
Can Fawkes resist the temptation to get between Cady’s covers, knowing they’ll never have a happily ever after?
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1 primary book#1 in Townsend Harbor
Townsend Harbor is a 1-book series first released in 2023 with contributions by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin.
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I had a love-hate relationship with this book. I really disliked the MMC. He seemed like a problematic manly dude, basically a peeping tom who called her “woman”. We didn't really see their connection build up, it was already there from the beginning, and it was hard to see why they liked each other so much. I also didn't love the writing style, felt quite over the top. Some of the aspects I had trouble with might be appreciated by dark romance readers (to be clear, there's no noncon). But I likely would have DNF'd this if it wasn't an ARC.
On the other hand I appreciated a lot of what it was doing. Bringing together two people who think they're broken, one with chronic pain, the other who has PTSD. The book gave them the space to figure out the strength within themselves and heal themselves, finding strength within one another.
Beyond the romance, there's also some mystery aspects going on, break ins, things moving around, a missing deed... I enjoyed this aspect though it was mostly in the background, and I kind of figured out what was going on
The setting is a bookstore, and there's plenty of love of books in this one. I liked how they cared about each other. I liked the small town setting and most of its occupants. I especially loved the elder lady couple.
The book is set in the kind of fictional Townsend Harbor in Washington. I say kind of because I'm 99% sure it's based on Port Townsend, WA which is a real place. I've been to it and I basically set the whole book there in my mind.
Overall rating: 2.5 ⭐
Thank you to Oliver Heber Books, Xpresso Book Tour and @netgalley for the eARC!
