A childhood best friend romance with a twist.You know how the story goes . . . Boy and girl are childhood best friends. Boy moves away and devastates girl. Years later, two strangers meet on the internet and one of them has a secret.Or two.When Ally Honeycutt rushes home to her small town of Pickerton Grove she never expected to find her once best friend working at his family’s business. No … business. No longer the small little boy she once chased lightning bugs with,Drew Collins would give any sinful rock star a run for his money. With soulful dark brown eyes and hair that slips easily through her fingers, she’s less worried about what he keeps trying to tell her and more interested in the way his lips feel on hers.
Drew Collins has made a lot of mistakes in his life, the last one landing him behind bars. He never dreamed a single dare would find him back in contact with the first girl he ever loved. Ally Honeycutt is everything good in the world, and his mistakes make him the bad boy every fictional girl dreams of. Now if he could only stop falling in love long enough to tell her the secrets that could ruin it all.
They say you can’t go home again but what happens when home is in the heart of your best friend?
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Andrea Johnston definitely delivered a unique plot line with this friends to lovers/second chance story line. It was filled with sweet memories and a unique rekindling of a friendship. Andy and Ally were best friends growing up until the age of about 11 and then things went downhill due to circumstances they couldn’t control. Andrea peppered this story with cute scenarios and a friendship that was beyond adorable. The only reason this wasn’t a five star read for me was because I still couldn’t really connect with the characters and their friendship – I felt like it moved too fast and we didn’t get enough backstory to develop their friendship – probably was just me though. This was definitely a cute read – I’m a huge fan of friends to more and this definitely delivered on that count. Andrea Johnston always delivers the sweetest stories 🙂
I was not sure of the concept of this book but it intrigued me. D and Ally become friends when they start emailing back and forth. I liked how they would ask each other questions. Later in the book when D gets out I love how much Gary welcomed him home. It warmed my heart. Grandma was pretty fun too.
I love a book that makes me feel. This one hit them all. I laughed out loud. I got teary eyed. I was sad. I was hopeful. I was happy! The fact that Love After Lockup
sparked the idea for this book intrigued me. And I was not disappointed with how that played out! I wanted to hang out with Ally (& Didi). Drool over Drew working on a car. Bake a pie & sip some tea with Granny. I was drawn into the story and felt as if I knew the characters! And that cover people! Fabulous!!! If you love a small town romance and/or a friends to lovers, this one is for you!