Not Quite Over You

Narrator Tanya Eby gives the characters in Book 4 of the Happily Inc. series wonderful voices that reflect their personalities. Silver and Drew were once were high school sweethearts, and now their second fling is getting serious. Small-town businesswoman Silver is independent and dedicated to her work, and Eby provides her with a no-nonsense tone and an even cadence. Eby bestows Drew, the local banker, with a deep-chested timbre that hides his big heart and his even bigger love for Silver. The high-pitched chatter of the 12-year-old who is the result of their first love weaves around the two main characters. Eby packs her performance with sweetness and romance. A.M.G. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

September 15, 2018
AlcoHaul business owner Silver would love to buy two vintage trailers to expand her mobile wedding-bar business in bustling Happily Inc. The only person who agrees to lend her money is Drew Lovato, the boy she loved in high school. They had a child, and she placed the baby for adoption while Drew was in college. Drew is struggling with his political parents' ambitions for him and hoping to work in his grandfather's bank and invest in local entrepreneurs. In fact, he wants to be a partner in Silver's business. She hasn't told Drew that she is in contact with their daughter, and now that Autumn is coming to visit, she realizes that he deserves to know his daughter. As for Drew, he faces the reasons he left Silver and fights for a second chance. A rare and positive look at open adoption adds dimension to another uniquely appealing Mallery romance in the Happily Inc series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)