Evvie Drake Stars Over by Linda Holmes

Evvie Drake Stars Over by Linda Holmes

Available June 25, 2019

I loved this book! Just loved it!  I’ve been very exclamation point happy lately but the slew of amazing books coming out justifies my actions. I swear.  

Evvie Drake Starts Over is exactly what I was hoping it would be-funny, heartfelt, and emotional.  Evvie Drake had finally enough of her marriage and was packed and ready to go when she got the call.  Her husband had died in a car accident. No one knew Evvie was going to leave her husband, no one knew how bad their marriage was.  Now she has to attend his funeral and behave like a grieving widow. But time has passed and she needs to start living her life again-and paying her bills.  When her best friend recommends she rents out the back apartment to a good friend of his, she’s unsure of having a stranger living so close. But of course, this isn’t just any friend, it’s Dean Tenney, professional baseball player.  Dean is taking a break from the game while he figures out what is wrong with his pitching arm and to hide from the press for a bit.

It takes some time, but the two of them learn to negotiate the rules of landlord and tenant and their friendship begins when the two strike a deal to not discuss their pasts.  But the stresses of Dean’s inability to pitch and Evvie’s desire to help him put the two at odds. If they can’t get over their past, how can they move on to create a new future, with or without each other?

Reading Friends, this book was so enjoyable.  Evvie’s character has so much to deal with between her guilt over her marriage and the pressure to be the perfect grieving widow.  She asks so many big questions about how we expect people to behave in and out of relationships and what does it look like to move on after a spouse’s death.  Dean has his own struggles to overcome. The pressures of being in the spotlight and letting people down, the uncertainty of his inability to pitch, and the growing attraction to a woman who happens to be his landlord is a lot to hold.

I found this book to be engaging, funny, and an absolute delight.  

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