I've never been one to shy away from a "romance" novel. I certainly don't refer to them as my "guilty pleasure" because there is nothing guilty about being wrapped up in a good book. And Love at First will completely wrap around you.
Clayborn manages to completely capture those feelings. It's one of my favorite things about this genre. She's able to remind you and pull you in to how you felt when you first started dating someone. That quick heartbeat, the constant blushing (maybe this one is just me), not being able to get enough of that person. Clayborn puts you in Will and Nora's relationship like it's your own and you'll just sit there sitting in happy feelings from the echoes of their romance.
Will is a doctor. He hasn't had the easiest childhood - his parents died young and he didn't have a lot of help or influence by any sort of parental figure in his life. He does everything he can to hide that though. He is strict with himself. Anything to avoid being thought of as "rash, reckless, or ." He's been running from those traits since he was 15 years old. Now a wrench has been thrown into his life plan when an uncle he truly didn't know bequeaths his apartment to Will. Will is stuck with this apartment that has all sorts of messy emotions and memories tied to it for a full year. He is anything but thrilled. Until the idea of using it as a short-term rental comes up. This, THIS, he can work with.
Enter Nora. Nora is lives in the small apartment building Will has just gained residence to. She and the other residents are steadfast and firm in their discontent with this "short-term rental" development. These are people whose whole lives are in this building. None of the residents have been there for less than the long-haul. Even Nora, the youngest resident, inherited her apartment from her Nonna and has been an extended member of the apartment family since her childhood.
What ensues is a charming game of sabotage. Innocent ploys to get Will to change his mind end up building up to a fun and flirty relationship with Will and Nora. But each of them has their own baggage to unpack.
This was a charming and fun escape just when I needed it. I can't wait to read through all of Clayborn's backlist and eagerly wait on baited breath for her next novel!
Clayborn manages to completely capture those feelings. It's one of my favorite things about this genre. She's able to remind you and pull you in to how you felt when you first started dating someone. That quick heartbeat, the constant blushing (maybe this one is just me), not being able to get enough of that person. Clayborn puts you in Will and Nora's relationship like it's your own and you'll just sit there sitting in happy feelings from the echoes of their romance.
Will is a doctor. He hasn't had the easiest childhood - his parents died young and he didn't have a lot of help or influence by any sort of parental figure in his life. He does everything he can to hide that though. He is strict with himself. Anything to avoid being thought of as "rash, reckless, or ." He's been running from those traits since he was 15 years old. Now a wrench has been thrown into his life plan when an uncle he truly didn't know bequeaths his apartment to Will. Will is stuck with this apartment that has all sorts of messy emotions and memories tied to it for a full year. He is anything but thrilled. Until the idea of using it as a short-term rental comes up. This, THIS, he can work with.
Enter Nora. Nora is lives in the small apartment building Will has just gained residence to. She and the other residents are steadfast and firm in their discontent with this "short-term rental" development. These are people whose whole lives are in this building. None of the residents have been there for less than the long-haul. Even Nora, the youngest resident, inherited her apartment from her Nonna and has been an extended member of the apartment family since her childhood.
What ensues is a charming game of sabotage. Innocent ploys to get Will to change his mind end up building up to a fun and flirty relationship with Will and Nora. But each of them has their own baggage to unpack.
This was a charming and fun escape just when I needed it. I can't wait to read through all of Clayborn's backlist and eagerly wait on baited breath for her next novel!