Do you like beta heroes? Read this book.
Do you like second chance romances with sassy women and
the quiet, but strong as hell men who love them? Read
this book.
Do you like small town romances that avoid saccharine and
surrender to real? Read this book.
THEN HE KISSED ME is the second book in Trentham's
Cottonbloom
series and this one centers on Tally and
Nash. We read about Tally's brother Cade and his true
love Monroe in the first book, and I was delighted to get
into Tally's life for this one. (I would say these could
be stand-alones, though, for the record. There's a
richness in the story-building that's worth your time for
the whole series, but it's not mandatory. Trentham guides
you well, so newcomers won't be lost.) Tally has loved
Nash since... well, forever. And Nash the same with Tally.
When Nash returns to Cottonbloom after a decade-long
absence, Tally has some demons to wrestle with.
Nash is coming back to his hometown as a newly minted PhD
in history (Charlemagne is his specialty) to teach at the
local college. He's a genius who struggled with social
connection throughout his adolescence and adulthood. When
he figured out how to connect, he realized there was no
one he really wanted to romantically connect with but
Tally.
I adored Nash. He's my perfect hero and I loved watching
Tally realize that he was worth her time, her trust, and
her heart. The 3rd-person, alternating POV Trentham
allows us to see inside the heads of each character, and
there were times I wanted to shake each of them. They're
real, grounded, and flawed, which makes their love so
beautiful. I cheered at the end of THEN HE KISSED ME and
I think you will too.
Can two hearts come together in one divided town?
As a boy, Nash Hawthorne spent countless afternoons on the
Louisiana side of Cottonbloom with Tally Fournette, wading
in the river, peeling oranges and catching frogs. When
illness stole his mother, Nash yearned to take Tally and run
away—for good. Instead, he crossed the state line to live
with his aunt. It was a short distance as the crow flies,
but it swept him into a whole new world…
After Nash left, Tally managed to struggle through her own
losses without him. But now that she’s crossed paths with
him again—at Cottonbloom College, where the grown-up,
gorgeous Nash teaches history—she is reminded of their
cherished youthful connection…and an attraction that has
only gotten stronger with age. Between Tally’s possessive ex
and Nash’s snobbish aunt, no one thinks they belong
together. In a town torn apart by old resentments and
rivalries, can they find their way back to the life they
once shared—and turn their long-lost dreams into a real and
lasting love?
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