Kate Canterbary
Author of In a Jam
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The Packing List — Author — 4 copies
Jenga, Cookies, and Cocktails 3 copies
Untitled (Benchmarks) 2 copies
Untitled Standalone 1 copy
The Break-In 1 copy
The Santillian Triplets 1 copy
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Must Love Spring — Contributor — 3 copies
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He's a grumpy, shy, filthy-mouthed lawyer/farmer and she's a cute, lost, clueless teacher who can't see a keeper when he's right in front of her face. Add in a precocious and foul-mouthed 6-year girl and you get a delightful, feel-good, slow-build, second-chance romance that I couldn't put down.
I couldn't get enough of Noah and Shay as they reunite in the cozy town of Friendship, Rhode Island where they met as teenagers and became good friends. Noah was the shy, overweight, acne-prone boy show more and Shay was the new troubled girl from out of town who just wanted someone to care about her. Unbeknownst to Shay, Noah falls head over heels for her, and then she leaves town after graduation thinking she had nothing to stay for in Friendship.
Forward to several years later where Shay is a jilted bride and Noah is an adoptive father to his niece Gennie. Shay comes back to Friendship a broken woman who has inherited her Grandma Lollie's tulip farm with two requirements. She must stay on the farm for 50 percent of the year and she must marry within that year to fully inherit the farm. And who comes to her rescue? Her new neighbor, Noah. The one man who hasn't stopped loving this woman since high school. The man who left his life as a big-time lawyer to run his father's many farms and take care of an active child.
I love Noah's grumpiness as he tries to stay away from Shay as he fights his feelings for her. He's angry she left Friendship so long ago and never came back. But she's here now and his shyness and grumpiness do not run her off. In fact, she finds it fascinating and teases him so he blushes. Little did she know he has a hot, sexy, filthy-talking man under all that standoffish persona. Yummy! When Shay tells him Lollie's directives he asks her to marry him so he can buy the property from her when she leaves. But what has he done? He needs to keep away from the only woman he has loved because his heart can't take losing her again. Until Shay takes her vows literally as she saves Noah from one of many women who has set her eyes on him. Holding hands, kissing, and hot dirty sex are in store for these two and it's well worth waiting for. Shay's abandonment issues are strong and Noah's communication skills are lacking so when Noah proves his love for her, it's magical and so satisfying.
Let's not forget Shay's feisty girlfriends who approve of Noah wholeheartedly and Noah's curious farmhands who are the closest friends he has. But the character that steals the show is Gennie who loves pirates, dogs, and goats, but not chickens. It's her unruliness and foul language that are hilarious as she makes her feelings clear and helps bring Noah and Shay together.
Pick up this delightful book, it will melt your heart and make you chuckle with the unforgettable characters and a lovely rural setting.
Thank you to Ms. Canterbary for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectations of a positive review. show less
I couldn't get enough of Noah and Shay as they reunite in the cozy town of Friendship, Rhode Island where they met as teenagers and became good friends. Noah was the shy, overweight, acne-prone boy show more and Shay was the new troubled girl from out of town who just wanted someone to care about her. Unbeknownst to Shay, Noah falls head over heels for her, and then she leaves town after graduation thinking she had nothing to stay for in Friendship.
Forward to several years later where Shay is a jilted bride and Noah is an adoptive father to his niece Gennie. Shay comes back to Friendship a broken woman who has inherited her Grandma Lollie's tulip farm with two requirements. She must stay on the farm for 50 percent of the year and she must marry within that year to fully inherit the farm. And who comes to her rescue? Her new neighbor, Noah. The one man who hasn't stopped loving this woman since high school. The man who left his life as a big-time lawyer to run his father's many farms and take care of an active child.
I love Noah's grumpiness as he tries to stay away from Shay as he fights his feelings for her. He's angry she left Friendship so long ago and never came back. But she's here now and his shyness and grumpiness do not run her off. In fact, she finds it fascinating and teases him so he blushes. Little did she know he has a hot, sexy, filthy-talking man under all that standoffish persona. Yummy! When Shay tells him Lollie's directives he asks her to marry him so he can buy the property from her when she leaves. But what has he done? He needs to keep away from the only woman he has loved because his heart can't take losing her again. Until Shay takes her vows literally as she saves Noah from one of many women who has set her eyes on him. Holding hands, kissing, and hot dirty sex are in store for these two and it's well worth waiting for. Shay's abandonment issues are strong and Noah's communication skills are lacking so when Noah proves his love for her, it's magical and so satisfying.
Let's not forget Shay's feisty girlfriends who approve of Noah wholeheartedly and Noah's curious farmhands who are the closest friends he has. But the character that steals the show is Gennie who loves pirates, dogs, and goats, but not chickens. It's her unruliness and foul language that are hilarious as she makes her feelings clear and helps bring Noah and Shay together.
Pick up this delightful book, it will melt your heart and make you chuckle with the unforgettable characters and a lovely rural setting.
Thank you to Ms. Canterbary for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectations of a positive review. show less
I don't know how this book ended up on my list, considering that I have tried and failed (moderately failed? Never clicked?) with Canterbury's writing before. Also note, this is a book with tie-ins to prior books and it's the 2nd in the series, so Im growing.I am sure everyone was curious about Sebastian from prior books but I didn't feel like I missed anything-I *did* feel like I wanted to go back to Canterbury's backlist though.
I knew from the opening scene of the book it was going to be show more a little - well - different from what I was expecting. A trauma surgeon is basically obsessed with thick thighs of cheerleaders and somehow it's...sexy? And not gross? I was like "ok, I love him"
Both principals are near 40. (42&39-seriously one of these days write the hero younger, you cowards) Both are defensive little hissing hedgehogs. So yes, this book was my catnip. It pulled of the animosity and the weird attraction underneath. And Sebastian is the best kind of quiet and grumpy fixer. (I love Zeke from Sara Ney's[book:The Failing Hours|32066878] and Sebastian is just the hotter, more refined grown up version). The heroine is no less compelling, someone who desperately seeks order in certain presentable ways but is rolling chaos underneath. She's highly relatable with a low social battery and her hidden mess.
It kept me entertained and reading. I don't know if I am feeling generous on this little hot streak I'm having or if I am just getting lucky, but this was a lot of fun. show less
I knew from the opening scene of the book it was going to be show more a little - well - different from what I was expecting. A trauma surgeon is basically obsessed with thick thighs of cheerleaders and somehow it's...sexy? And not gross? I was like "ok, I love him"
Both principals are near 40. (42&39-seriously one of these days write the hero younger, you cowards) Both are defensive little hissing hedgehogs. So yes, this book was my catnip. It pulled of the animosity and the weird attraction underneath. And Sebastian is the best kind of quiet and grumpy fixer. (I love Zeke from Sara Ney's[book:The Failing Hours|32066878] and Sebastian is just the hotter, more refined grown up version). The heroine is no less compelling, someone who desperately seeks order in certain presentable ways but is rolling chaos underneath. She's highly relatable with a low social battery and her hidden mess.
It kept me entertained and reading. I don't know if I am feeling generous on this little hot streak I'm having or if I am just getting lucky, but this was a lot of fun. show less
Ash and Zelda meet on a flight. Zelda, who has neither a job nor a place to stay awaiting her in Boston, becomes determined to persuade Ash to employ her and Ash, who has dealt with the pain from an injury by ordering a whiskey, doesn’t respond as he normally would.
I was very entertained by the first half of this! The way Ash and Zelda each describe things, both in their respective first-person narration and in their conversations with each other, is amusing. I liked the way they just roll show more with each other’s weird quirks. (Early on Zelda thinks: Strange, population: the two of us.) I liked the contrast between their verbal sparring and how physically affectionate they are with one another. I liked the tension between the ways in which they’re acting like a couple (see previous sentence) and the ways in which they’re not, actually, together.
Once that dynamic changed, once they become a couple, I wasn’t as interested nor as entertained, and I couldn’t pinpoint why. Do I think their relationship progression is unrealistic? Well, not actually, not given everything that’s previously established. Do I think more tension and complications would have made for a more satisfying story? Perhaps.
Is it the fact that I don’t find Ash being bossy in bed at all appealing? Personally, that aspect was not appealing to read about, but I don’t think that explains it. Those scenes are the sort which, if I were sufficiently captivated by the other aspects of narrative, I could -- and would -- just gloss over.
File under: #why doesn’t genre romance appeal to me? IDK. I really don’t.
Regardless, the entertainment value of the first half was worth the price of admission. I’m likely to reread at least some of this, and I might consider reading something else by Canterbury if the opening appeared to be similarly amusing.
I was very entertained by the first half of this! The way Ash and Zelda each describe things, both in their respective first-person narration and in their conversations with each other, is amusing. I liked the way they just roll show more with each other’s weird quirks. (Early on Zelda thinks: Strange, population: the two of us.) I liked the contrast between their verbal sparring and how physically affectionate they are with one another. I liked the tension between the ways in which they’re acting like a couple (see previous sentence) and the ways in which they’re not, actually, together.
Once that dynamic changed, once they become a couple, I wasn’t as interested nor as entertained, and I couldn’t pinpoint why. Do I think their relationship progression is unrealistic? Well, not actually, not given everything that’s previously established. Do I think more tension and complications would have made for a more satisfying story? Perhaps.
Is it the fact that I don’t find Ash being bossy in bed at all appealing? Personally, that aspect was not appealing to read about, but I don’t think that explains it. Those scenes are the sort which, if I were sufficiently captivated by the other aspects of narrative, I could -- and would -- just gloss over.
File under: #why doesn’t genre romance appeal to me? IDK. I really don’t.
Regardless, the entertainment value of the first half was worth the price of admission. I’m likely to reread at least some of this, and I might consider reading something else by Canterbury if the opening appeared to be similarly amusing.
I'd hoped for a smoother getaway from Denver. As a matter of course, I always hoped for smooth exits. Graceful like a swan. Hell, I was fine with graceful like migratory geese. Whatever it was that got me the fuck out of here without breaking anything—else. [...] As I shuffled down the jetway with the rest of the passengers, I mentally picked up the morning's dramas, set them on fire, and sent them out to sea. I couldn't imagine Viking funerals were the norm as far as coping mechanisms went but it worked for me.show less
One of the best of 2018
Sweet holy titfire. This author is always one click for me. Always. I swear she could rewrite my state DMV manual and I would read it as if it was the newest literary masterpiece. She is like my drug dealer only it is words instead of drugs that keep me hooked.
I had mixed feelings about this book when it first was announced that it would be coming out. Not because I didn’t want to know the story of Cal (trust me I did). I felt this way because it was bittersweet to show more think of starting a book about a guy that I knew from Nick and Alex from the Cornerstone series. That series is one of my all-time favorites and it still hurts my heart that it is over. Having read the Cornerstone series, it was nice to have that added connection to the characters and stories when they did interact. It made the series have an even stronger connection for me. Although, you don’t have to have read that series for this standalone to make sense (although you should TOTALLY read that amazing epic series—god knows I have several times over in its entirety).
Cal. Sweet lord. This guy. I was intrigued by Cal because even though he was only a secondary character he still had a presence. That is what this author is phenomenal at doing—creating secondary characters that are powerful but don’t overshadow the main characters while biding their time for their own story to be told. Mind blown. He truly was a duality in himself and one of the reasons I fell hard for him. He was awkward and charming. Alpha and Gentleman. Blunt and fumbling. He somehow made it all work together (another testament to the gift that this author has). He knew with certainty that Stella was his end game and would do whatever to get her on the same page. Stella. This girl is in the same league as Shannon. She is a take no prisoner female in a man dominated sports world and she makes no qualms about being the best. In order to do that she keeps a routine that doesn’t allow her to see that there is more to life. She is feisty. I like that the author did not make her a size zero (like a size 14 is bad) and that she oozed confidence and self-esteem and tons of lady swag. I don’t think either of these characters had any idea of how their encounter in the park would become such a serendipitous event in their life.
I cannot recommend this book or author enough. I set my calendar around her release dates. Her characters and her stories always become part of my world and own a piece of my heart. show less
Sweet holy titfire. This author is always one click for me. Always. I swear she could rewrite my state DMV manual and I would read it as if it was the newest literary masterpiece. She is like my drug dealer only it is words instead of drugs that keep me hooked.
I had mixed feelings about this book when it first was announced that it would be coming out. Not because I didn’t want to know the story of Cal (trust me I did). I felt this way because it was bittersweet to show more think of starting a book about a guy that I knew from Nick and Alex from the Cornerstone series. That series is one of my all-time favorites and it still hurts my heart that it is over. Having read the Cornerstone series, it was nice to have that added connection to the characters and stories when they did interact. It made the series have an even stronger connection for me. Although, you don’t have to have read that series for this standalone to make sense (although you should TOTALLY read that amazing epic series—god knows I have several times over in its entirety).
Cal. Sweet lord. This guy. I was intrigued by Cal because even though he was only a secondary character he still had a presence. That is what this author is phenomenal at doing—creating secondary characters that are powerful but don’t overshadow the main characters while biding their time for their own story to be told. Mind blown. He truly was a duality in himself and one of the reasons I fell hard for him. He was awkward and charming. Alpha and Gentleman. Blunt and fumbling. He somehow made it all work together (another testament to the gift that this author has). He knew with certainty that Stella was his end game and would do whatever to get her on the same page. Stella. This girl is in the same league as Shannon. She is a take no prisoner female in a man dominated sports world and she makes no qualms about being the best. In order to do that she keeps a routine that doesn’t allow her to see that there is more to life. She is feisty. I like that the author did not make her a size zero (like a size 14 is bad) and that she oozed confidence and self-esteem and tons of lady swag. I don’t think either of these characters had any idea of how their encounter in the park would become such a serendipitous event in their life.
I cannot recommend this book or author enough. I set my calendar around her release dates. Her characters and her stories always become part of my world and own a piece of my heart. show less
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