The Edens #5
Lyla & Vance
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Devney Perry’s books are a delight to read, enchanting and endearing. She always presents a beautiful story, charming characters who are dealing with some personal issue, a family that you would want for yours, and in this series, a lovely small town called Quincy, picturesque and very touristy. So apart from reading a wonderful story, you get an idillic setting that really makes you wish the place was real and accessible. Her books are a true delight to read!
Lyla has an intervention from her sister Eloise, convincing her to take a break from her coffee shop. Lyla has been working non-stop for over a hundred days and Eloise is worried. So Lyla accepts, goes hiking to the mountains and is almost strangled by a scarred-face, ginger haired man. He leaves her unconscious and when she wakes up, she goes lickety-split to the hospital to her doctor sister Talia. After a week long search & rescue hunt for the man doesn’t give results, efforts are stopped and in comes Vance Sutter.
Vance has personal history with the scarred man, when he heard about the APB he came, hoping to finally capture this fugitive, who killed his own wife and daughters. We know that Vance has some personal connection with the man and his family but it won’t be revealed until later in the book.
There’s a lot of hidden pain in Vance, from his personal family history, to his professional life as a backcountry deputy in Idaho. The chemistry between Lyla and Vance is electric, Lyla wants to forget her nightmare and with Vance, everything vanishes from her mind. Vance finds relief from the grief of losing people he considered family. Both find surcease to their demons together, and a secret alliance is born.
There’s a low thrum of suspense through the book as Vance continues the search for the man, interspaced with the budding relation between Lyla and Vance. You go from very sexy and sweet moments to the nitty gritty of a hike where you’re looking everywhere. I kept expecting the guy to suddenly jump in front of them!
I loved the wonderful connection between Lyla and Vance. Although Lyla shared everything about her family and her town to Vance, he was very reticent. She knew he would leave, and she accepted it, and lived for the moment. It was sad and beautiful, how she loved and gave and didn’t demand anything in return. I think this space that she gave Vance is what made him fall so hard in love with her.
There are very emotional moments in the story, as only this author can write. The love of family is always strong and present. And Vance, who was somewhat estranged from his family, found another big and loud group to mesh with. Bittersweet at the end, beautiful and passionate, completely riveting and entertaining. This book is made to enjoy during one day when you play hooky from work and hide in your couch to read, as I did! And the bonus epilogue was everything I needed from this story!
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