Is Love Worth the Risk?
When 22-year-old Summer Stafford’s parents split halfway through her senior year at college, her world is rocked. Reeling from the divorce, Summer derails her own future by giving up her lifelong plans for a big-city career and moving home to the farm. Maybe coming home will help her figure out where it all went wrong—and prevent it from happening to her someday.
Ford … happening to her someday.
Ford O’Neal’s future involves one person: himself. He doesn’t have a permanent address and he definitely doesn’t commit. To a place or a person. He plans just far enough ahead to secure his next stop and lands at a work-study program at Heritage Plantation where he can grow his own herbal creations.
Summer is gorgeous and smart and fun to be with, the perfect way to pass five months. It won’t be love—Ford’s got too many things to accomplish, too many places to go, before he settles down. But he’s got no problem with seizing the day…
As long as a little thing like love doesn’t ruin his fun…
Warning: This book has a cliffhanger that is wrapped up in book 2.
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Kinda slow storyline. There’s chemistry but it’s hard to believe it developed into love. The redeeming part is the ending. Very romantic and sweet.
Book one in the Grayson County series. Summer Stafford has led a charmed life. Her parents are the perfect couple, she grew up privileged, but still having to work, on Heritage Plantation, she’s the perfect daughter, she’s one of the “darlings” of Grayson County. Like I said, a charmed life. Until everything all falls apart one day and she realizes her whole life has been a sham. Now she’s back home. She gave up her big city dreams and her dream boyfriend. She should feel worse than she does, but somehow she’s beginning to realize all her dreams have been a sham as well.
Ford pretty much runs with the theory that it’s not the destination as much as it is the journey. He doesn’t set goals much farther out than a few months. He lives in the moment and figures the rest will take care of itself one way or another. Then he slams into Summer and while he’s not questioning his life, he realizes she is and maybe he can help her figure it all out.
Don’t pick this one up unless you’re prepared to read the series! It ends on a cliffhanger and you’ll want to make sure you’ve already got book two. This is a sweet country read that moves quickly. The characters, all of them, are engaging and full of life and personality. You feel like you’re visiting with friends the whole time you’re reading. You want to join in the gossip because, of course, you have the inside scoop! This one is pure fun with a side of wisdom about life and love.
I just read a Hallmark movie.
This book hit me with all the feels. The slow burn to raging inferno between Ford and Summer was just what the doctor ordered. All the delicious tension and then release (ha ha) had me reaching for my own guy. Maybe I’m just in a sappy mood but this book just made me feel like fairy tales can come true. Good story with an HEA and wonderfully NOT child appropriate.
Not that good
Starting New
Summer comes home after graduating from college. Out wasn’t her plan. Her parents are divorcing & she needs to take over the business paperwork of the family farm. Ford is learning more & worked the farm . is she willing to risk her heart.
Characters strong and believable.
A fun read but be prepared to have to buy next book, which is why I only gave it three stars. The two books could have been one, there didn’t seem to be a reason to end it; put together the two books would have been a reasonable length and it really didn’t add too much suspense ending at that point of the story.
a book not worth reading…puzzled as to who the audience is supposed to be.
Good read!
Loved it.
I enjoyed the difference in setting and the way the romance played out with subtly and did not because too abrupt or strong. I also find the positive clash in the characters make the connections more appreciated. Overall a great telling of the real meaning behind the risks:)
YA read
Very immature characters and juvenile “problems” and behaviors. The cover is the only mature thing about the book.
Writing just alright for me. I think a younger girl might like it more than I did. No real depth of characters or issue for me. so I will not read the rest of the series.