Keira Andrews

I read this maybe a year ago. It was powerful and moving - who could forget the night of the buggy accident in the snow storm.

The writing was excellent - Keira Andrews is one of my most admired authors. Same for narrator John Solo. Andrews has written around 55 novels, and I've read 7, so plenty more to go!

I left off Rumspringa in chapter 15/18. I wanted to finish the story, but in a way I was never going to go back to it because I was worn out! The audiobook is nearly 9 hours and intense.

I haven't been drawn to Amish stories - being a voyeur into such a weird sect didn't appeal and I can't stand extreme or religious conservatism and close mindedness. But it was more interesting than I expected to meet these characters and this community.

(Later) Stumbling across A Clean Break, book #2 in the series, drew me back to finish Rumspringa and I'm glad I did.… (mere)

A 4-hour novella by Keira Andrews, who is fast becoming one of my go to authors for reliably good romance.

Gavin and Charlie discovered their feelings for each other in about Year 10 - Gavin ran for the hills. He spoke with his father, who was who told him his sexual orientation was a phase. The isolated Charlie hates Gavin for abandoning him and they don't speak again ... until they meet at a rental car desk on the eve of Christmas 4 years later, after a snowstorm has cancelled flights.

Very reluctantly, they share the last car, and the drive home across most of the US provides the setting for the great reconciliation. They finally reveal to each other what really happened back then. The result is, they are given back their lives and a chance at happiness.

It's touching and adorable.… (mere)