Preservation by Kate Canterbary Series: The Walsh Series #7
Published by Vesper Press on June 13, 2017
Pages: 452
Genres: Romance
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Two lonely hearts.
Just once, she'd like to be someone's first choice.She's strong-willed and spunky, but she's left picking up the pieces from her ex's lies and manipulations, and daydreaming about taking a scalpel to his scrotum.Flying under the radar is what he does best.He's laid-back and loyal, but he wants the most off-limits woman in his world, and nothing will ever make that a reality.
An arrangement of mutual benefit.
Two months, four dates.
Five, if things go well.
Five at the most.
But possibly six.
Definitely no more than six dates.
Only the appearance of a romantic relationship is required, and they expect nothing more from their time together. There will be none of those benefits involved.One wild weekend.
After waking up in bed together—very naked and even more hungover—the terms and conditions of their arrangement no longer apply. Now they're faced with something riskier than exposing their fake relationship: letting go of the past and zipping up the future.Some things have to fall apart before they can be put back together.
I just finished reading Before Girl—my first Kate Canterbary novel—and really enjoyed it. The author’s note at the end suggested reading this book to learn about Riley and Alex’s love story, and I’m so glad I chose to dive right in. Preservation was quite the tasty treat—so much so that I want to go back to the beginning of The Walshes series to enjoy the entire meal.
I loved Riley and Alex. Any woman would be lucky to claim Riley Walsh as her man. Rather than being ruled by his demons, he has a fun-loving spirit and a huge heart. Alex Emmerling is a supremely confident surgeon who is tough as nails and abrupt on the outside, but inside she’s insecure and just wants to be loved unreservedly. I liked the way their fake relationship dates and fun outings around Massachusetts help establish a strong friendship which, in turn, creates a slow burn romance. Their relationship is emotionally deep, and once the balance tips towards them being lovers, the build-up pays off in some super hot ways.
I would have loved to see Alex interact with her parents and address some of their conflicts, but I was very amused by Riley’s humorous exchanges with his rowdy family. This entertaining story was very satisfying.
Recommended for fans of:
Architecture
Surgeons
Fake relationships
Large families
About Kate Canterbary
Kate Canterbary doesn’t have it all figured out, but this is what she knows for sure: spicy-ass salsa and tequila solve most problems, living on the ocean–Pacific or Atlantic–is the closest place to perfection, and writing smart, smutty stories is a better than any amount of chocolate.
She started out reporting for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and surreptitiously interviewing people—be careful sitting down next to her on an airplane—ever since.
Kate lives on the water in New England with Mr. Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she isn’t writing sexy architects, she’s scheduling her days around the region’s best food trucks.
I LOVE THIS SERIES! I actually started with book 4 and then went back for the whole thing. Books 1 and 4 are probably my favorite, but this one was good too. All of them were good.
Good to know you can read the series out of order and still enjoy it!