Elias:I broke Zane Chase’s heart on the night of my high school graduation. I played straight for years, pushing love away at every turn. I created a picture perfect life–I built a billion dollar company, married a good girl, had a kid. I hid myself for decades, and I got exactly what I wanted.But it all came crashing down. My company fired me, the wife ditched my gay a$s and took our daughter … and took our daughter with her. The only place to go is home. My first night Abingdon, I run right into Zane. His crystal blue eyes and sculpted body wake something deep inside of me.
I offer Zane a cool million to work with me, to build something new in Abingdon–something amazing. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I’ve never been with a man before. I’ve never fallen in love. And I fcking hate Virginia. I thought there were no happy endings for a man like me, but Zane is showing me that I might be wrong.
Just when everything seems perfect, my ex drops my daughter off with me and disappears from both of our lives.
Now I’m not just an unemployed a$shole in a small town, I’m also a single dad to a traumatized kid whose mom has vanished. My little girl doesn’t trust me, and I desperately need a crash course in parenting. I thought Zane was my second chance at life–but he’s too good to drag into this mess I’ve created.
Zane:
Elias Spaulding is a total dck. He’s rude and presumptuous–seems he never learned any damn manners. He’s got wild ideas, fast cars, and more money than God. He’s everything a wild-child, punk artist like me should hate. But he’s the most fascinating man I’ve met in years. And deep down, he’s the same boy who stole that first kiss from me in the darkness of my dorm room.
Beneath his bad attitude is a man who wants a real life–a home, a family, someone to love. I was never the kind to settle down, not since I left for New York. But something’s telling me that Elias might be worth the trouble.
I’m falling in love with Elias, whether I like it or not. And I can see myself here, in Abingdon, building a life with him and his daughter.
A dangerous ghost from Elias’ past appears, threatening to ruin everything we’ve built. Elias keeps trying to push me away in the midst of all the drama, but this time, I’m not leaving.
Chase Me Home is the third novel in the Bridge to Abingdon series. Each book focuses on one amazing couple, and each can be read as a fabulous standalone read. Chase Me Home has steamy first-time love scenes, a lot of family drama, some adorable kittens, a British nanny, and a much needed update for Jackson Academy. Elias and Zane are the hope of Abingdon, and they’re working hard to bring it into the twenty-first century. Enjoy!more
This is the 3rd book I’ve read in this series and just like the previous two, it can stand alone more than nicely but who doesn’t like to follow a cast of characters from an interesting little town? This one is no different. I won’t rehash the plot but just say that both major characters and a slew of supporting characters in this book are well developed with smart dialogue and a story line that kept me interested, invested and really caring about these folks. This author accomplishes all of these things very well and and I’ll be looking to read more of her work. Highly recommend.
arc review For honest review this is a beautiful story of Elias who goes to high school at Jackson academy and invents the programming language ,but has a conflict with himself when he meets Zane Chase .He graduated school and starts techmetrics gets married and has a kid Zoe ,then divorced but he still is lost . When at his high school reunion he sees Zane again and with Zane he find himself and the man he wants to be.
Elias Spaulding is returning to his hometown to regroup and start over. At his HS reunion he runs into his first crush, Zane Chase. You know, the one whose heart he broke when he pushed him away because he wasn’t ready to face himself. It’s now years later and a lot has changed. Zane is just what Elias needs now, if only he’ll give him a second chance. Little does he know he’s going to need Zane for more than just a chance to reconnect. His life is about to take a drastic turn which may bring everything crashing down, including their budding relationship.
This is an amazing story full of emotion, drama and hot, steamy passion. In this story, we are introduced to Elias’s daughter Zoe and Zane’s brother Malcolm. Both are persons with special needs. The subject of special needs is handled with sensitivity and caring, exposing some of the insensitivity that is often faced in our school systems. My heart broke for Zoe and the struggles she went through trying to cope with having her world turned upside down. For Elias, too, having special needs of his own, having to come to grips with being a full-time, hands on father of a very amazing and challenging daughter. And if I didn’t already love Zane, I would have fallen for him when he described his feelings for Malcolm, and how Malcolm has made him a better man. This book is so full of feelings that it will grab your heart from the beginning, squeeze it until you cry, and then fill it to overflowing by the end. I highly recommend this extremely engaging, heart-wrenching and wonderful love story! Don’t miss it! You won’t be sorry!!
This is a very sweet second chance romance. It can also definitely be read as a standalone, although the series is really good.
Once again, we’re back in Abingdon and both of our MCs are Jackson Academy alumni. Elias was a closeted senior at the prestigious boarding school, while Zane was an out freshman with a huge crush.
Skip ahead to the class reunion. After being declared “Most Likely to Succeed” at Jackson, Elias has reached near billionaire status. Unfortunately, he got to that point not only through his own genius, but his ruthlessness as well. After pushing the board too far, he is effectively “resigned” from the company he built from the ground up. He is now unemployed, divorced, and estranged from his daughter. He hopes that while he is in town for the reunion he does not want to attend, he might have a chance to reconnect with his little girl who is having some issues.
Zane Chase has grown up. He’s a successful artist with celebrity status. He’s going to be staying in town for the new artists-in-residence program a fellow alumni has been working on. After being rebuffed by Elias back in high school, he got over the crush; or so he likes to believe. However, at the after the reunion reunion party, Elias finally convinces him to give him a couple of hours of his time.
Things move quickly from there. A little too quickly. Between building a new company and exploring new sexual exploits, Elias is completely overwhelmed when his ex-wife suddenly abandons their nine year old daughter with him, explaining that she can’t take Zoe’s issues any more.
Watching the story unfold as Elias realizes hard truths about himself, his daughter, his family, and what was starting with Zane was almost painful. It hurt my heart. Knowing that Zane understood the situation more clearly, but felt that his hands were tied was hard. But the author tells a good story, and takes the reader on a fairly realistic journey; that is, if we all had amazing skills and what basically amounts to unlimited funds, but this is fiction, so yeah. Of course, there is a twist thrown in, but I didn’t really understand the point in the storyline. Maybe you will. It think it was to add a touch of suspense, but it just didn’t seem necessary IMO.
Overall, the characters are well developed, the story was entertaining, and the sexy times were nice.
Happy reading!
* I received an ARC of this book. *