Juniper Hill

Una historia simple y liviana para calentar tu corazoncito.

Parece que últimamente me dio por leer o “small town” o “single dad” o ambas juntas. Y cuando este libro llegó a mis manos no podía decirle que no.

Memphis es una madre soltera que huye de la ciudad a un pequeño pueblo de Montana, esta frustrada y no deja de tener días malos. Pero poco a poco estos pasaran a ser buenos gracias a Knox. Su muy gruñon, vecino, casero, hermano de su jefa y chef en el lugar donde trabaja.

Al principio, su relación es tensa, Knox quiere deshacerse de Memphis y ella esta decidida a alejarse de él todo lo posible para no molestarle, para que no sepa que ella exista y así poderse quedar en Juniper Hill, pero eso es prácticamente imposible porque Knox no puede apartar los ojos de ella.

“Quizá ella me buscaba tanto como yo a ella”

Después de que Drake, el hijo de Memphis, les hiciera pasar la noche en vela, Knox se pone en marcha y acude al rescate de nuestra protagonista haciendo, cada noche, que el pequeño se duerma en sus brazos.

Y así poco a poco, Memphis pasó de tener sus peores días, a tener sus mejores días.

“Ella me había dado sus mejores días. Yo le daría los míos.”

I think I liked it more than the first. The drama, the build up, the baby. I cried at the sweet moments. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book.



“Then here's another truth. I'm going to take them. I'm going to take all of your bests. Every damn one until you cant keep track of the top five anymore because there are so many bests that you'll need a hundred to capture them all.”
“Promise?” I whispered.
“I swear it.”

Another absolutely amazing story from Devney Perry and the Eden family! I loved Knox and Memphis's story so so much. Juniper Hill follows Knox, a grumpy Eden brother and restaurant owner and chef, and Memphis, a single mother trying to escape a toxic life and family in New York and start give her and her son a fresh start. As a parent, I could relate to Memphis's depth of love of and devotion to her son, Drake. Knox's story and his history absolutely broke my heart and his healing was just so heartwarming. I loved seeing him step into the role that he did with such love even though he was so scared because of his past. Another thought provoking mysterious subplot, and while I predicted a bit of the twist, the author still got me with other parts of it. This is a forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine romance with tension that I absolutely ate up. In my opinion this book was spicier than Indigo Ridge as far as the explicitness of the scenes. I don't do a pepper rating because I feel like it's so subjective and everyone is so different. Juniper Hill is an adult romance, 18+ for sexual content

A sweet romance with character depth and light suspense. This book can absolutely be read on it's own without feeling like you're missing something but I enjoyed the first in the series just as much and would recommend starting there.

The story feels complete but sets up the next book nicely and I can't wait to read that one too.

re-read July 2023
Gahhh love this book so much. I love Knox and his sweet heart for Memphis and Drake.

Gobbled this book right up
*****


Sexy tattooed chefs are one of my many weaknesses

Add in a single mom who is starting over in a small town, just looking for some freedom and to catch a break.

Knox wants to resist Memphis, but can't. It's a whole will they won't they, but you totally know they will. It's more of a when will they finally...?