Thursday, August 10, 2023

Review: Once Upon a Beast (Bourbon Falls, #1) by Kyra Jacobs


It’s a fairy tale as old as time…

Everyone in Bourbon Falls knows Delaney Brooks doesn’t need a man—including Delaney. So when a storm sends her niece’s car hydroplaning into the town hermit’s bushes, it’s nothing Del can’t handle herself. But the winds also cause costly damage to the roof of her family’s beloved bookstore, and Del accepts it’s time to seek help.

Isaac Manning never intended to be the bad guy. But a slanderous post went viral, and he’s forced to take cover in Bourbon Falls, Indiana, hiding to protect his tech company until the online storm blows over. The strategy goes smoothly until a teenage girl destroys his lawn. Now two locals have seen his face, and one is tugging at his heartstrings.

Del’s fundraiser can save her family’s bookstore but she’ll need an amazing website built to draw the crowds in. Isaac, wanting a break from his loneliness, is happy to trade his skills for Del’s landscape panache. But can the two truly work together to support the town’s biggest event of the year without jeopardizing their hearts and reputations too?
 
My Review:
A great start to a new series.
I fell in love with Bourbon Falls and its residents in this book and can’t wait to read more as this series continues.  In this book we meet Del, a landscaper, who loves the town she grew up in as much as she loves the little book store her mother opened many years ago.  Del will do anything to keep the book store open, after a storm damages the roof, including teaming up with the town’s newcomer, Isaac, who everyone refers to as a hermit.  Del learns there is much more to Isaac, then meets the eye.  Soon, she finds herself falling for him.  But will their relationship survive the rumors and speculation and the fact that Isaac might not even be staying in town? 
I loved everything about this book.  The setting, the interesting characters and the storyline.  I had a hard time putting it down. 
 
 

 

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