Cal Prescott is the summer Annie Baxter will never escape. The man she’s destined to remember. Except Annie doesn’t believe in forever or kismet or soulmates. The traveling daydreamer has places to visit and photographs to take. Her heart is made to wander. It doesn’t matter where Annie roams… New York to Seattle to California …she finds herself drawn to Cal. Inexplicably so. A magnetic … Seattle to California
…she finds herself drawn to Cal.
Inexplicably so. A magnetic attraction. Like the moon and the tide — two forces of nature decidedly connected.
Only they’d decided not to speak of their future or talk about what-ifs. It’s one summer. A chance to escape. A time to forget.
But love won’t wait for the perfect moment. Fate doesn’t require belief to exist. And maybe the freedom they both lust after has been right in front of them all along.
Wanderlust is the second book in The South Beach Connection Trilogy
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Yet again A.R. Hadley has blown me away with her masterful, poetic writing and completely wrapped me up in the tense give and take between Cal and Annie. Wanderlust is a continuation of the series and their sexy summer, and while some questions from the first book are answered there are even more emotions delved into that leave things up in the air still. I cannot wait for the next (and last) installment in The South Beach Connection Trilogy to see how this age gap romance plays out, or if the summer is really all they’ll have.
This series has been a hard read for me (although I’m not sure why) but I’m invested in seeing how everything is going to turn out for Annie and Cal. There are so many secrets, pain, betrayal: baggage from their lives. It’s only a summer fling…or is it? I just want to know more…and want to know what happens next.
This is the second book in the trilogy. This book was definitely a page turner. I could not put it down. This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster.
The contination of Cal and Annie’s story in which we find out more about the underlying story of each character. Need to read book 3 to hopefully see Cal and Annie get their HEA!!
I thought the first book was interesting with Annie and Cal but this second book was just as good. It was a page-turner and I just needed to know what was going to happen between them. It was good and well written book can’t wait to read the third book of this series.
This is book two in the series and they need to be read in order.
Annie Baxter is struggling with what to do in her “relationship” with Calvin Prescott. Those around her want her to remember her own goals and not get swept away by a man who is not known to commit.
Calvin Prescott knows he is has different goals than what Annie has and doesn’t want to let her go but also doesn’t want her to to stay with him and give up her young life for him.
Will Annie and Calvin be able to sort out how they feel about each other before it’s time to say goodbye?
So I struggled a little with this book as I really do not like Cal and it definitely impacted how I feel about the book and the decisions that were made.
I liked Annie and I was happy when she began living life for herself a little but she is still trying to cope with the loss of her brother and part of me thinks that’s why she is so attached to Cal. I hated how Annie confessed how she felt and then Cal got distant with her.
Cal was not a character I liked and I was so mad that he would tell Annie one thing and then his actions would convey a totally different message. I understand where he is concerned about their age difference but he should never have gotten involved with Annie, even just for a summer, if he had these concerns.
I was kind of mad when Cal found out Annie’s secret at the end but I guess we will see where the next one leads.
After the ending of Landslide, I wanted to see where Annie and Cal are. There really isn’t any progress. They just didn’t seem to click and it just made it drawn out. It just seemed like an endless cycle.
Wanderlust is book 2 in the South Beach Trilogy. Annie is still having a hard time with her brothers death. Annie is still seeing Cal. She knows at the end of the summer, her and Cal with be go their separate ways. Can Annie let him go without telling Cal how she really feels. Cal is struggling with his own feelings. With the age difference he isnt really sure. Can he let her go. I really enjoyed this book. It was slow in spots. And there were times i wanted to yell at them to grow up. I can’t wait to read book 3.
The summer is coming to an end for this passionate couple. Moving away, work, wanderlust… will it end here or is there a chance they’ll be able to make it work… a connection that can’t be broken??
I definitely recommend and love this story! I have never highlighted a book so much. The poetry, the love, it makes my heart happy. Looking forward to starting Continuum.
The second book in this trilogy was beautifully written. Almost poetic. The descriptions in this book had me feeling as if I was there and exexperiencing Annie and Cals struggles as if they were my own. I enjoyed the first book in the series but I loved this book. The feels were real and I can not wait to read the next book and see how it all comes together.
Book two in series, The middle of the saga of Cal and Annie, heat, wanderlust, love connection. So we’ll written, like reading a friend’s diary, intimate, sad, real.Recommended over 18, due to sexual situations.
Annie is still trying to keep in her mind that it’s just a fling. It’s her summer. There is no love for Cal, but reality is setting in and it is love. She loves Cal, but where their future holds is unsure. Annie is going to California to get her photographs in an exhibit and to see what the world is like. Cal is denying his feelings but he does see that it’s more than just fooling around. He ask Annie for time but yet he keeps texting and sending songs that Annie shuts down her phone and gives what he wanted time. Time to figure things out. When she gets back to Miami she hasn’t contacted Cal because her mind is all over the place. Does he love her? Does he want want her in his life? A must read to find out.
This is a carry on from Landslide and its great. Trying to make it through the summer and trying to figure out what’s next and trying to keep to the no strings attached would be hard for anyone but they are both very head strong and he’s 20 years older so he thinks he knows better. The back and forth is great and the twist is something either one saw coming. Well worth reading.
This is book 2 and cal and Annie’s story continues and omg! Wow is my emotions all over the case what they go through! Their relationship has progress since book 1. Can’t wait to read what happens next.
The second part of the story was good, Still no closer to the closure I was was wanting. So I will wait “patiently” for the next one.
I read this book in two sittings! I was so invested to see what happened next. I like the way their relationship developed more over the course of the book and Cal opened up. The ending got to me! Can’t wait to read the end of the trilogy and see how their story ends!
The South Beach Trilogy book two Wanderlust. I give this read 5 stars!
In book two Annie is still struggling with the death of her brother. There a moments in our life that impact us so deeply that everything around that time and after are all connected to that moment. That moment when we lose a loved, someone so close to you. The person whom you grew up with, the one who had your back and you had his. I get this, more than you know. I have lost a brother, just typing that sentence took my breath away and it’s been seven years. Death is not just losing the person who dies, it’s losing a piece of you.
Annie and Cal continue seeing each other, Annie’s feelings for Cal have only grown and Cal is doing his best to keep his feelings in check. As the summer is coming to an end Annie is forced to face the fact that Cal is leaving and so is she. Should she tell him how she really feels? Afraid of all the “what ifs” I really felt sad for her as she tries to force herself to let go of Cal.
Cal is having a hard time admitting his feelings to himself let alone Annie. My read on Cal, he is hurt. He is overthinking a lot of things especially his relationship with Annie. He is just assuming too much. Love is love, there is no age limit when two adults find love with each other.
Will Annie and Cal make it, will they finally admit their true feelings to each other? What will happen when that day comes?
Loved loved loved!!!