The last of this year's additions to the Lucky Harbor series is about Grace who is one of three friends looking for that allusive someone. Each book stands on its own but it's such a joy enmeshing yourself in all three of their stories.
Grace is extraordinary but she doesn't really know or acknowledge that. She sees herself as the underachiever in a massively overachieving family. What she needs now is some fun. Smart mouth, sassy, and sexy too Josh just can't help but notice and be attracted to the worst possible choice of a woman for him and his already chaotic life. But the heart isn't so choosy.
Grace issn't planning on staying in Lucky Harbor -- it is just a stopover on her search for a job. She is getting rather anxious having sent so many applications with no bites and dreads admitting to her parents that her career path has hit a major stag.
In town she is doing a bunch of odd jobs to boost her meager savings and has resorted to doing some she isn't actually skilled at -- the latest is dog walking. Innocuous surely a college graduate accountant could manage walking a dog but she never counted on Tank. Once she realizes that Tank is yet another part of Josh's life that is overfilling with responsibilities Grace just can't seem to avoid getting involved. Between his hospital and office practice, Josh is also running solo on bringing up his five year old son and supporting his twenty one year old sister. Too many things on that man's plate and Grace knows better than to enter that fray. Well at least her brain does.
Grace manages to bring some order to his chaos and well it doesn't hurt that she also seems to be the salve his damaged heart needs. It isn't just Dr. Josh's heart and life that need some healing. And Grace is proving to be so much more that he could ever have hoped or wished for. Grace brings fun into his life -- she makes him smile -- she makes his heart beat faster. Grace could wind up being the best medicine for this busy doctor and his somewhat crazy family.
Josh needs to take a chance and in order to do that changes are needed in his life. Big changes. Grace needs a really good reason to stay in Lucky Harbor -- could Josh and his family be reason enough to put down roots in this little town.
I love this series and I especially loved Grace's story. Shalvis fills Lucky Harbor with some of the best and quirkiest characters ever, just wait till you meet Lucille. Get ready to fall madly in love with the place, the people and the author.
By noon, Josh wasn't even halfway through his day, and
he'd already been overloaded, overworked, and quite
possibly teetering on the edge of burnout. He could feel
it creeping in on him in unguarded moments, like now when
he was parking his car between his house and the beach to
deal with Grace Brooks.
He knew who she was. He'd seen her around. Blue eyes,
a quick smile, long, shiny blonde hair, and a willowy yet
curvy body that could drive a man right out of his mind if
he gave it too much thought.
As he walked across the sand towards the water, doing
his best not to give it any thought, he caught sight of her
in the water. She was facing the waves, her hands on her
head in a distraught pose. With a frown, he picked up the
pace, just as something dashed towards him in his
peripheral vision.
Something small.
Something named Tank. Josh scooped up the sand-covered
puppy and held it away from him. The pug wriggled
intently, running in air, trying to get closer to Josh.
Finally giving up, Tank refocused his attention on the
woman in the ocean.
"Oh, I see her," Josh said. "And what the hell have you
done now?"
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