Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
Reviewed by Helen
I loved the blurb on this book is sounds like lots of fun and there were some very fun parts in this one as we get to know Ruthie Midona the daughter of a preacher who works at Providence Luxury Retirement Village, Ruthie might only be a young woman but she acts and dresses as a much older person the only friends she has are the residents and she loves her job and the endangered tortoises that she does all she can to protect, but when she helps out a tattooed biker at a gas station her life as she knows it is about to change big time.
Teddy Prescott is inked and a tattoo artist and a wanderer, he comes from a wealthy family although he doesn’t seem to fit in very well, he doesn’t take life seriously at all and there appears to be no intention of even helping with the family property development company that is until an angel helps him out and he ends up working at Prescott Developments acquisition and the home of his angel Ruthie, his father is hoping that Teddy will finally grow up and put more effort into the family.
Teddy starts working for the Parloni sisters at the village and they are the most eccentric of all of the residents their previous male personal assistants have never lasted long but lo and behold it looks life Teddy is coping well with them. Ruthie is also being helped by her assistant in the office Melanie Sasaki who is doing her best to get Ruthie onto some dating sites and do her best to get her to stay away from Teddy without much success. This is the first time that Ruthie has had friends her own age and life is picking up for her and Teddy as they get closer even if it is the last thing either of them wanted.
I struggled with this one, I didn’t feel a connection with the characters, they seemed a bit immature to me but as I got further in it picked up and I found this a sweet romance of people finding what they wanted and true love there were some fun parts and it was great to see Ruthie and Teddy find their HEA in a great ending.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy to read and review.
Teddy Prescott is inked and a tattoo artist and a wanderer, he comes from a wealthy family although he doesn’t seem to fit in very well, he doesn’t take life seriously at all and there appears to be no intention of even helping with the family property development company that is until an angel helps him out and he ends up working at Prescott Developments acquisition and the home of his angel Ruthie, his father is hoping that Teddy will finally grow up and put more effort into the family.
Teddy starts working for the Parloni sisters at the village and they are the most eccentric of all of the residents their previous male personal assistants have never lasted long but lo and behold it looks life Teddy is coping well with them. Ruthie is also being helped by her assistant in the office Melanie Sasaki who is doing her best to get Ruthie onto some dating sites and do her best to get her to stay away from Teddy without much success. This is the first time that Ruthie has had friends her own age and life is picking up for her and Teddy as they get closer even if it is the last thing either of them wanted.
I struggled with this one, I didn’t feel a connection with the characters, they seemed a bit immature to me but as I got further in it picked up and I found this a sweet romance of people finding what they wanted and true love there were some fun parts and it was great to see Ruthie and Teddy find their HEA in a great ending.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy to read and review.
3 stars
Published March 31st 2021 by Hachette Australia
