Eddie Rodrigues doesn’t stay in one place long enough to get attached. The only time he broke that rule, things went south fast. Now he’s on the road again, with barely enough cash in his pocket to hop a bus south after his (sort-of-stolen) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Midwest, USA.
He’s fine. He’ll manage. Until he watches that girl get hit by a car and left to die.
Local shop owner Grayson Croft isn’t in the habit of doing people any favors. But even a recluse can’t avoid everyone in a town as small as Clear Lake. And when the cop who played Juliet to your Romeo in the high school play asks you to put up her key witness for the night, you say yes.
Now Gray’s got a grouchy glass artist stomping around his big, empty house, and it turns out that he . . . maybe . . . kind of . . . likes the company.
But Eddie Rodrigues never sticks around.
Unless a Christmas shop owner who hates the season can show an orphan what it means to have family for the holidays.
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My Review: (Thanks to NetGalley)
The whole basis of this book, the girl getting hit by the car, fell to the wayside and everyone just forgot about it until right at the end when it turned out that the 'bad guy' wasn't really bad, just stupid and the main characters felt sorry for him and took him under their wing. Weird and pointless with no repercussions for actions.
Both main characters, Grayson and Eddie are annoying and angsty. Lots of miscommunication, plain lying and no character development made me lose interest very quickly. I am actually surprised that this book didn't' end up as a DNF. The introduction of a new and different hobby/skill (glass blowing) was probably the only saving grace and there wasn't enough of it in the story to really learn anything.
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