Robyn Heath has made a pretty good life for himself away from Pickleville. He loves his job as a paramedic, has a best friend who he adores who also happens to be his partner at work, and he even gets laid every once in a while. Life couldn’t be better. Until the man who broke his heart comes back into town.
Caden Flynn has been gone for a long time. Five years fighting for his country has taken its toll and changed him in some fundamental ways. One thing he wants more than anything is to right the wrongs he’s caused Robyn. Robyn proves to have a very stubborn heart.
The book starts five years earlier, where we meet both Robyn and Caden. To me, Robyn follows Caden with a case of hero worship, and I am not sure that he really knows what love is all about. However, this is also the time that Caden totally shatters his heart, and from then on Robyn decides that he will not date anyone else. Caden doesn’t really understand that Robyn will be heartbroken when he leaves for the military, so he too comes across as naïve in that respect.
Then we fast forward to the current day, and Robyn is a hard working paramedic, and he has moved away from Pickleville to live and work. He goes back occasionally, but only when he knows Caden will not be there. Caden returns back to Pickleville when he has leave, but he never gets to see Robyn, and has to rely on his brothers to keep him abreast of how Robyn is doing.
Things all change when Robyn returns for a birthday party, and someone tells him the Caden will be coming to the party. Caden has been injured and is still recovering back in Pickleville, and he is looking forward to seeing Robyn again, as it has been quite a while since he last saw him.
When Robyn see Caden at the party, his heart begins to break again, so when Caden asks to talk to him later, Robyn refuses and actually starts to get quite upset. Caden is desperate to talk to Robyn, as he is beginning to realise is how badly he treated Robyn five years earlier. However, Robyn wants nothing to do with Caden, and still tries to avoid him.
Robyn later has a change of heart and decides to talk to Caden, but not to reconcile, he wants closure of what happened between them. However, Caden has begun to realise how much Robyn means to him, and wants the chance to apologise and see if they can try again.
Is Robyn’s mind really made up that he does want closure?? Is Caden able to find a way to apologise to Robyn for what he did?? Is there any chance that they can actually reconcile??
This is the first book in the Pickleville series that I have read, and I have to say I really did enjoy this story. This book has me wondering about the other characters that were in this story from earlier books in the series, so I guess I will be adding to my TBR list.
Then we fast forward to the current day, and Robyn is a hard working paramedic, and he has moved away from Pickleville to live and work. He goes back occasionally, but only when he knows Caden will not be there. Caden returns back to Pickleville when he has leave, but he never gets to see Robyn, and has to rely on his brothers to keep him abreast of how Robyn is doing.
Things all change when Robyn returns for a birthday party, and someone tells him the Caden will be coming to the party. Caden has been injured and is still recovering back in Pickleville, and he is looking forward to seeing Robyn again, as it has been quite a while since he last saw him.
When Robyn see Caden at the party, his heart begins to break again, so when Caden asks to talk to him later, Robyn refuses and actually starts to get quite upset. Caden is desperate to talk to Robyn, as he is beginning to realise is how badly he treated Robyn five years earlier. However, Robyn wants nothing to do with Caden, and still tries to avoid him.
Robyn later has a change of heart and decides to talk to Caden, but not to reconcile, he wants closure of what happened between them. However, Caden has begun to realise how much Robyn means to him, and wants the chance to apologise and see if they can try again.
Is Robyn’s mind really made up that he does want closure?? Is Caden able to find a way to apologise to Robyn for what he did?? Is there any chance that they can actually reconcile??
This is the first book in the Pickleville series that I have read, and I have to say I really did enjoy this story. This book has me wondering about the other characters that were in this story from earlier books in the series, so I guess I will be adding to my TBR list.
Caden stopped breathing the instant he saw Robyn again. His Robby was so fucking pretty, just like he always had been. He had filled out slightly and his hair was styled differently, longer on top and shorter all the way around. Caden wanted to run his fingers through all those loose curls on top.
"I fucked up so hard, man," he whispered to Brad, who still stood beside him. He watched as Jaron took Robyn's elbow. They exchanged some words and then Jaron let Robyn go. Robyn went inside and it took everything in Caden not to follow, to make Robyn listen to him as he explained himself, even though there wasn't a damn thing he could say without sounding like an asshole.
"Yeah, you did," Brad said.
"He hates me, now."
"He used to love you," Brad pointed out.
"Well, he acts like he doesn't even care now."
"He cares. He's trying not to though." Brad looked at him, holding his gaze. "He slept in your room every time I would let him. I heard him cry on your pillow, Caden. When you stopped calling him, he would beg me to make you call him. Even after he moved with Neil and Owen, he still begged to talk to you. He would even call me specifically to ask after you until a couple years ago."
"Why didn't you tell me this before now?"
"My point is that you never asked about him. Not once."
"You're saying I didn't care as much as he did."
"I don't know if you did or not. The undeniable fact is that man loved you with everything he had."
"You're saying I can’t fix it?"
"I don't know if you should even try. My gut tells me you should let him go," Brad said.
"I give up. I'm not talking to you anymore. You sound like Yoda and it's driving me crazy. I need advice on Robyn not on how to use the force." Caden started to fold his arms, but then winced at the pain it caused. He remembered the crushing force of the truck as it rolled over him, pinning his arm down. The worst part was turning his head to find Yarborough's lifeless eyes next to him, the lower half of his body was gone. The vehicle had shifted, moved off its side and when it did Caden's arm was freed. Not before crushing the bones and leaving a scar that ran from his bicep to just before his wrist.
Caden felt a hand on his back and turned to see Luis. "Thank god. I need advice and Brad is being cryptic."
Luis shrugged. "You probably just need to pay attention to what he said." Luis pounded him on the back. "Have fun. This is supposed to be a party. Now, where is Owen?"
"I fucked up so hard, man," he whispered to Brad, who still stood beside him. He watched as Jaron took Robyn's elbow. They exchanged some words and then Jaron let Robyn go. Robyn went inside and it took everything in Caden not to follow, to make Robyn listen to him as he explained himself, even though there wasn't a damn thing he could say without sounding like an asshole.
"Yeah, you did," Brad said.
"He hates me, now."
"He used to love you," Brad pointed out.
"Well, he acts like he doesn't even care now."
"He cares. He's trying not to though." Brad looked at him, holding his gaze. "He slept in your room every time I would let him. I heard him cry on your pillow, Caden. When you stopped calling him, he would beg me to make you call him. Even after he moved with Neil and Owen, he still begged to talk to you. He would even call me specifically to ask after you until a couple years ago."
"Why didn't you tell me this before now?"
"My point is that you never asked about him. Not once."
"You're saying I didn't care as much as he did."
"I don't know if you did or not. The undeniable fact is that man loved you with everything he had."
"You're saying I can’t fix it?"
"I don't know if you should even try. My gut tells me you should let him go," Brad said.
"I give up. I'm not talking to you anymore. You sound like Yoda and it's driving me crazy. I need advice on Robyn not on how to use the force." Caden started to fold his arms, but then winced at the pain it caused. He remembered the crushing force of the truck as it rolled over him, pinning his arm down. The worst part was turning his head to find Yarborough's lifeless eyes next to him, the lower half of his body was gone. The vehicle had shifted, moved off its side and when it did Caden's arm was freed. Not before crushing the bones and leaving a scar that ran from his bicep to just before his wrist.
Caden felt a hand on his back and turned to see Luis. "Thank god. I need advice and Brad is being cryptic."
Luis shrugged. "You probably just need to pay attention to what he said." Luis pounded him on the back. "Have fun. This is supposed to be a party. Now, where is Owen?"
Living in Southwest Michigan, April resides with her husband and two kids. She has been an avid reader for several years. Writing her first story at the age of ten, the characters in her head still won't stop telling their stories. If April isn't reading or writing she can be found outside playing with the animals or taking a long walk in the woods.
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