Joe took her post-graduation rejection pretty hard – in fact, he turned to alcohol and dang near ruined his career and his life. This was a legitimate reason to me, even more legit than the usual “went to Hollywood to make it in the movie biz” that often accompanies this trope. It wasn’t the crush of a small town life, so much as a desire to be something on her own. I liked that Keri left her small town life and small town boyfriend because she wanted to be HER – not someone’s girl, someone’s mother, someone’s daughter. In Exclusively Yours, the author examines the “high school sweethearts find love again some 20 years later” trope. I guess what I’m saying is, it’s pretty standard fare – a family (extended) full of great guys and a small town surrounding them. I can’t really tell for sure from book 1, but I’m guessing this is going to be a series based on the small-town life of the Kowalskis whose business is Joe, the bestselling author, but in the next few books there will be the local family-run B&B. The books are Harlequin/Carina Press offerings.
My take on the story: This is the first in a series – the Kowalskis – with a bunch of good looking fellows, brothers and it seems, later in the series, cousins – all of whom need their happily-ever-afters.
Who knew a little blackmail, a whole lot of family and some sizzling romantic interludes could make Keri reconsider the old dream of Keri & Joe 2gether 4ever? The chemistry between Joe and Keri is as potent as the bug spray, but Joe’s sister is out to avenge his broken heart, and Keri hasn’t ridden an ATV since she was ten. He proposes an outrageous plan-for every day she survives with his family on their annual camping trip, Keri can ask one question. Joe’s never forgotten the first girl to break his heart, so he’s intrigued to hear Keri’s back in town-and looking for him. The Publisher’s Blurb: When Keri Daniels’s boss finds out she has previous carnal knowledge of reclusive bestselling author Joe Kowalski, she gives Keri a choice: get an interview or get a new job.
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