An unlikely couple must decide what truly defines family.Gentry Cabot’s rebellious life comes to a screeching halt when a one-night stand leads to a sobering new reality: motherhood. Exhausted and overwhelmed, the former wild child struggles to raise an infant on her own. After a lifetime of feeling like the odd Cabot out, Gentry knows that what her son needs most is family. For his sake, she … his sake, she plans to rebuild bridges with them, but first she needs a little help on the home front.
Humanitarian worker Ian Crawford has devoted his life to service. Forced to temporarily return stateside, he’s eager to head back to Haiti to expand the nonprofit he just founded in his late father’s honor. He can’t do that without money, so when Gentry offers a hefty paycheck for a short-term gig as a live-in nanny, he can’t afford to say no. Ian expects to deal with a barrage of privileged problems. What he doesn’t expect is how quickly being a makeshift father transforms him.
Despite his growing attachment to Gentry and her child, Ian still has his dreams, and Gentry wants a full-time dad for her son. When the baby’s father reenters the picture, will Gentry and Ian embrace the family they’ve formed or end up worlds apart?
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One of the main reasons I enjoy this series so much is because the characters are all so down to earth, flawed and real. Jamie always does a fantastic job with character development; allowing us to get to know them and understand why they are the way they are, while we are falling in love with them or wanting to kick them.
Gentry and Ian are no exception and dare I say my favorites so far. They are perfectly imperfect yet perfect complements to each other. I adore them. Ian comes into Gentry’s life just when she needs him the most and not for the first time.
I loved the story line and felt every emotion Jamie poured into her words. It is very well written and just so dang good.
Each book in this series always leaves me wanting more.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of this book!
Jamie Beck books never disappoint. They’re full of heart and emotion. You won’t want to put this book down.
This is the third installment of Jamie Beck’s The Cabots series. Books one and two dealt with siblings Colby and Hunter from patriarch Jed Cabot’s first marriage. Book three centers on free spirit Gentry, Colby and Hunter’s half-sister. Gentry had discovered in book two that she was pregnant from a one night stand from a trip to Napa. She had initially planned to let her brother and his wife, Sarah, raise the child, but decided she wanted to keep it. This book begins with a harried single mom Gentry trying to deal with a colicky and sick baby Colt. Sarah suggests that her friend Ian check out Colt. Because Colt is ill, he cannot go to daycare. Gentry asks Ian to act as a temporary nanny. Ian has followed in his humanitarian father’s footsteps. He is trying to raise money to set up volunteer EMT operations in Haiti. He needs some cash to buy a ticket back to Haiti, so he takes Gentry up on her offer. I loved Gentry. She comes across as this sarcastic tough girl, but she is really a sad lonely girl desperately wanting the love of her family. I liked Ian as well. He had similar issues in that his father pretty much ignored his wife and son in order to save the world. I really enjoyed the development of their love story and felt that this was a great ending to the series.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.
Gentry is a single mother struggling to fit in with her family of over achievers. She’s trying to fit in with the workers at her family’s tea company. Ian is struggling to live up to his father’s name & reputation. He’s trying to get a humanitarian organization setup & running in Haiti. Ian moves into help Gentry with her colicky son, Colt, & earn some money to help with his mission. Neither expected the chemistry & attraction to flare up.
I enjoyed this book. Gentry & Ian are both searching for their place in life. They both have blinders on thinking the path they are taking is the only way to get the hat they want. I love that the opened each other’s eyes to other possibilities but at a realistic time frame rather than an immediate agreement. The interactions between each of the main characters & their families were very telling about why they act & react the way they do.