Cottonwood Cove #1
Hugh and Lila
I read On the Shore in the Cottonwood Cove series and loved finding a new author to read. I liked it so much that I got the other books in the series and read them back to back. I’m loving this author’s small town books, so will be sure to check out other series.
What I liked about her books:
- Lovely small town, very picturesque
- The typical gossip train, but the people are very protective of the people living there, even temporary visitors
- The Reynolds family: there are 5 siblings, two wonderful parents, they’re huggers, meet every Sunday for dinner, and have very loud and fun times
- The siblings’ chat group, they’re a lot of fun, full of banter, the siblings razzing each other, but when things are dicey they’re supportive
- Mrs. Runither, she’s an older woman, owns Cottonwood Café that makes the best macaroni and cheese. She’s inappropriate, harasses everyone about their sexual lives, and yet everyone is tolerant
In this first book of the series, we got some of the family history. Their father had cancer and they had two scary years. Hugh was studying sports management but changed to business, then took over the family’s diner and bar and opened up a restaurant. He was overwhelmed with a ton of work and little sleep until his best friend’s little sister came to rescue him. She did Business and Finance at Northwestern U in Chicago and just graduated. Lila came to organize and streamline the restaurant’s operation and in a couple of weeks, put systems in use and took a huge load off Hugh’s shoulders. And in working together, they realized there’s a ton of attraction between them.
I loved all the plot lines in this story! Lila and Hugh have a huge attraction but there’s the bro code, so they resisted as long as they could. Lila’s and Travis’ mother died when they were little and their father checked out. He went into booze and painkillers and basically abandoned his kids. Travis had to grow up fast to take care of Lila, got her into university with a sports scholarship. She worked hard and ended up a national running champion and with a great job offer in a Fortune 500 company in Chicago. Travis was proud and determined to keep his sister away from town, away from their addict father’s influence. He was judgy, closed minded, very stubborn in his views regarding their father and what he wanted for Lila.
Lila had a check list of things she wanted to achieve this summer, top of the list losing her V-card. It’s a fun summer reading about Lisa’s checklist and Hugh’s poor attempts to resist. Lila is decided to help her father and get him into treatment, against Travis’ judgement. You get to admire Lila’s tenacity in achieving her goals and her goodness. It’s super entertaining with the family drama, the sexy times, the tension of keeping lies with Travis, and the insecurity of all that Lila hopes to achieve this summer. She’s also realizing how happy she’s in her hometown versus the workload she faces back in Chicago. I love that it’s emotional without excessive drama or angst, so completely enjoyable.
The other siblings will appear in the next books and I can’t wait for their stories. We have Cage, the older sibling, a veterinarian and single father, grumpy but still managed to raise a little angel, three year old Gracie. There’s Finn, aspiring actor who is currently starring in a series; Brinkley, who appears to be the firecracker in the family, a journalist who is stalking a football player hoping to get a story out of him; and Georgie, the baby of the family, art student with a sunshiny personality. There are good times awaiting with these stories!
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