ParkI’m a coward.I’ve hidden for the last decade because I can’t tell her the truth. She was my best friend, the greatest love of my life. When it was finally our time, it was all ripped away, ruined by something out of our control.If I can’t have her then I’d rather be alone, or at least that’s what I thought. One look was all it took.One word and I was obsessed.But friends are all we can ever … obsessed.
But friends are all we can ever be.
Or does fickle fate have one last card to play?
Because love is friendship set on fire.
Rosie
I’m pathetic. For years my best friend has bullied me into doing all manner of stupid, reckless things. This road trip is just another one of them.
Deceit led me to him, but now old lies and new truths could destroy everything.
In a small town, he showed me how big the world was, and now I can’t breathe without him.
He’s my friend, but that’s all he can ever be.
Except, in the blink of an eye the lines between friendship and love have blurred.
Now he’s not just my friend, he’s become my home.
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Park by Gemma Weir is book Four in the Archer’s Creek Series. This is the story of Park and Rosie. I do think you will enjoy and understand this book better if you read them in order but with that said you can make this a standalone book. Park when he was young was once in love with a girl named Taylor. But after learning some harsh things up at the time that completely changed him, he left. Now is the present day 10 years later he still thinks of her but then a red head women who turns out to be Taylor’s friend walks into his life. Park choose in the past to be alone instead of taking a risk on friendship and love…will he do the same with Rosie? I have enjoyed this series so much! I am quickly become on of Ms. Weir biggest fans.
Park is book 4 in the Archer’s Creek series and gives us Park and Rosie’s story. Park fell in love with his bestie Taylor, when he was 15. At 18, when he was finally about to show her how he felt about her something happened to make him leave town and his family behind, never returning. 10 years later, still seeing Taylor’s face in his dreams and never opening himself up to anyone else, imagine his surprise when the first woman who has caught his attention in over a decade, just happens to be Taylor’s best friend and they’re actually in Archer’s Creek looking for him. Rosie is nothing like Taylor, she is vibrant, not just in personality but in colour too with her bright flamelike red hair that his artistic eye can’t help but be drawn to. He can’t have her though, not when she is “Taylor’s” and he wants nothing to do with her. What will happen when Park finally tells Taylor why he left her behind all those years ago and why can he not help himself but want to be with Rosie as much as he possibly can before she leaves him behind and returns to California?
This was a really good story and I liked how while it was obvious from the start that these two were into each other, the actual romance side of it was more of a slow burn. It worked really well and really got me rooting for them to finally get together. There is no MC action in this one, I’d say 95% of it isn’t even at the clubhouse, it’s away from it all and concentrates on the relationship which gave us a chance to get to know the characters. For that reason I’d say that while I recommend reading the other books first as this is a series after all, and they are good books so why not read them, this one could actually be read on it’s own without spoiling anything that has happened before. I really enjoyed Park, giving it 5 stars, and I can’t wait for whoever is next, although I’m hoping it might be Smoke.