A Woman’s World Book Club pick.When Jackson St. James decided that six weeks in Vermont’s Green Mountains would help him get his life together, he didn’t anticipate replacing his craving for whiskey with a craving for his alluring new landlord, Gabby. Now, instead of prioritizing his sobriety and the resolution of the lawsuit threatening his business, he’s making excuses to spend time with the … to spend time with the spunky young landscaper whose candor is more than a little addictive.
Gabby Decouteau refuses to let her pill-popping mother and unreliable baby daddy turn her into a cynic, so she doesn’t fight her attraction to her enigmatic new tenant. Although Jackson’s smile rarely reaches his eyes, his generosity and dependability make her willing to overlook his demons. But once she convinces Jackson to give in to temptation, Gabby’s jealous ex threatens to disrupt the life Gabby has built for herself and her son.
With so much at stake, Gabby and Jackson must decide if love is worth the risk.
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This series has been great and now we have the conclusion with Jackson’s story. Each of the siblings have had their problems and dealt with them in different ways. Jackson dealt with his demons by diving into a bottle of booze. After an altercation at work his family forces an intervention and he leaves his business in the hands of his best friend and goes on vacation to Vermont to get his head together. What he doesn’t expect is to meet Gabby, his landlord’s daughter, who is a single mom who has a strength to rival any man. She was just what Jackson needed. Will they be what they needed for each other? This was a great series and I recommend it.
I loved this whole series.
Absolutely “worth the risk”. In this conclusion to the St James series, Jackson, middle son, is dealing with the repercussions of the end of Worth the Trouble and has decided to leave town for a few weeks to sort out his issues. He heads to Vermont, and just as he is getting into town he almost literally runs into Gabby during a thunderstorm. He’s a mess, and she has a kid. But this is a romance novel, and these are our leads, so you know where this is going. As always in this series, very real handling of the various situations, and I really do love the decisions Jackson ultimately comes to. Great conclusion to a great series.
Jackson’s story really touched me. Maybe it’s being a middle child like he is, although they don’t specifically discuss that in this story. But I really felt the character always felt like he was in a sort of tug-of-war and ended up being the peace maker…which is a classic middle child characteristic.
My love for Jackson does not negate my love for Gabby. She is a spitfire and has such a huge heart. When we meet Gabby, she’s learned to put up some shields and is no longer a pushover. She’s been used in the past and it seems like she was pretty pliable. She’s learned her lesson, at a very young age, and no longer allows others to pick her fate for her. Gabby’s father has been her rock, but she is even strong enough to stand up to him when it comes to what is best for her heart and her son. Her dad is not a bad guy, not by a long shot. He loves Gabby and is only trying to protect her. But Gabby is now an adult and a wonderful mother and needs to be able to make her own choices in life.
It’s truly wonderful the way Jackson sees Gabby and Gabby sees Jackson. They have no preconceived ideas about the other and that allows them to view each other in a clear way. On top of that, they are both such caring and empathetic people so their connection is fast and deep.
The way Jackson’s doctor forces him to face his character flaws on his own is brilliant. It had me seeing things in Jackson’s journey to rock bottom that I hadn’t considered previously. Although Jackson was no longer drinking, he was still having an issue admitting there was even a problem. I appreciated that the author didn’t have him have an aha moment at the beginning and had things make sense to him slowly and in a more organic way.
I’ve really enjoyed this series and I’m so glad I found a new-to-me author that has sucked me in so completely. I already have the first book in her The Cabots series ready to go!
This review can also be found at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/worth-the-risk-st-james/