Travis Miller has a machining job, a cat named Elwood, and a pathetic love life. The one bright spot in his existence is the handsome guitar player he sometimes passes on his way home from work. But when he finally gathers the courage to speak to the man, Travis learns that former novelist Drew Clifton suffers from aphasia: Drew can understand everything Travis says, but he is unable to speak or … or write.
The two lonely men form a friendship that soon blossoms into romance. But communication is only one of their challenges–there’s also Travis’s inexperience with love and his precarious financial situation. If words are the bridge between two people, what will keep them together?
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This is an adorable love story!!
I received this book as a gift through Booksprout to read as an advanced read and I would like to give my hones opinion of what I think of this book.
Marcella has really out done herself with this book. The main characters in this story are so real I could feel their emotions flowing through out the book. It is one of those stories that the people are of one mind set at the beginning of the story but as you go along in their lives you witness their personnel struggles, understand what and why they are feeling the way that they do. But you see through help and support each one grows into the person that they were meant to be. Also how they grow to appreciate each other, and have one common goal. What is best for Emma Andre’s little girl.
Andre Gilot is a world renown tennis player. He was once married to Caroline Louvet some sort of duchess. His ex Caroline is taking him to family court to try and obtain full custody of the little girl Emma. The Judge had ordered him to change and had given Andre a year to prove that he could provide a stable nurturing environment for his daughter. That he would be able to control his temper and not go on the rampage that he was so notoriously known for on the tennis court as his lawyer put it, he also suggested that he find a stable relationship and stop being a womanizer. To also stop the wild partying that he was know for as well. For course Andre was upset with this news. He had already scheduled a huge party at his home that night and this is where fate stepped in.
Amber Fisher is what you would call a starving artist. She works for a catering service to keep a roof over her head, and to pay her bills. On a day that is supposed to be her day off she is called in because her boss has and emergency. They just happen to be working the party that Andre is throwing and it is while she is going over the list of drinks that Andre is introduced to her. He is instantly drawn to her, but doesn’t really make any type of move on her. It is after the party when he is with his friend that he see her while she is cleaning up and places a wager with her. If she can return this serve while he is blindfolded and has one arm tied behind his back he will pay her $100,000. If not she will have to be his nanny for one year. The money of it blew away her common sense, and she accepted the bet. Right after she did he included being his fake fiancee as well.
Will the two of them be able to pull this off? Especially when Caroline has so much more than just to take away Andre custody on her mind. It is amazing the lengths that this woman will go. There is an another character in the story. Magnus Clausen his rival on the tennis court and the one person that was constantly bringing Andre’s temper to the front. Great story to see how Amber and Andre work through all of these obstacles and to see the outcome.