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Just a Heartbeat Away

Forever Yours, Book 1

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Just a Heartbeat Away

By: Cara Bastone
Narrated by: Patrick Zeller
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Some people change your life.

Others change your heart.

Newly widowed dad Sebastian Dorner was unraveling at the edges - until his son’s teacher, Via DeRosa, threw him a lifeline. Now, two years later, they reconnect at Matty’s new school, and an inconvenient but unmistakable jolt of attraction crackles between them. But why does the first person to spark with Sebastian in years have to be a millennial? Is 20-something Via really too young for him, or does 40-something Sebastian just feel too damn old?

A former foster kid, Via’s finally forged the stable life she’s always dreamed of - new job, steady income, no drama. The last thing she needs are rumors about her and a single dad at school. But why does she keep being drawn into his capable, worn-flannel orbit? And why does being around Sebastian, Matty, and even their dog, Crabby, seem to spark so much want?

They’re trying to ignore the tension threatening their friendship. But sometimes what’ll heal you is just a touch - and a heartbeat - away....

©2020 Cara Bastone (P)2020 HarperAudio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Heartfelt Dogs

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Not as good as the conversational ones. Takes a while to get going and when it does it still isn’t that gripping. Okay though.

Not the most gripping but a pleasant meander

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This book was well written but not much happened. I may try the next book to see if more happens in the story.

Slow romance

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I've loved everything I've read from cara but this is one of rhe best. Wonderfully read, heart warming I can't wait for the next part of the story.

Another wonderful Cara bpok

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Very easy listening. Typical soft romance with the last few chapters with very descriptive sexual encounters.

First part of the book was okay but latter part had an extra spark.

Easy listening

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I thought I was listening to a romance novel but at the risk of spoiling it the ending goes full on spicy. Perhaps it's too much of a gear change because it feels so different from the first three quarters of the book. Otherwise a lovely story in every way and very appealing characters.

Sweet and spicy

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This was such a beautifully written book. I have read and enjoyed a few other stories by Cara Bastone, so I know what an intelligent and insightful writer she is. This one did not disappoint at all.

The romance was slow-burn (not usually my favourite), but it made the coming together at the end all the sweeter - and what an epic melding of two souls it was! I am still reeling from the kitchen/bedroom scene at the end, not just because it was spicy (that it was!) but because the author was able to infuse such a deep emotional connection into their lovemaking, something I rarely see in other romances. Sebastian was just lovely, my new book boyfriend. This had all the feels. So good!

Beautiful slow-burn romance

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I utterly loved this audiobook! I listened in my car during my long commute and most days found myself wishing the usually mind-numbingly boring journey was longer.

Perfectly uplifting

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I had previously enjoyed one of the author's other books 'Call me maybe' which was witty, accessible and fun so I thought I'd give this one a shot, though I'm still not entirely convinced that romance is a genre for me. The storytelling was fine - the author can write and invests a lot in worldbuilding. However, I did find the world she built (contemporary NYC) was not one I recognised - it was a lilly white existence, with a couple of LGBTQ characters sprinkled in for good measure. There were no non white characters and at one point the female MC expresses surprise that one of her colleagues (an older white woman) had been in an interracial marriage! The female MC also has a lament about how an Italian neighbourhood in Brooklyn no longer has Italians - well, sister, imagine how all the under represented minorities feel about their neighbourhoods in say Harlem, Bronx etc. The female MC's best friend is from Bayou country and the way she is depicted feels like full on cultural appropriation. It's fine (and probably sensible) that Cara Bastone does not attempt to write non white characters as I'm guessing she doesn't know any, but what I really objected to is depicting this very narrow vision of one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world - it was jarring. I also did not care for the insinuations in the book that an indication of a well balanced and fulfilled woman is one who has to be a good mother. There were countless examples of assumptions (which I won't list) based on gender stereotypes which I felt the author was endorsing and not deriding. Finally, I could have done without the cringey sex scenes at the end - just felt a bit creepy. The author can write and she shouldn't be faulted for writing about what she knows, just a shame that the world she knows consists of tedious people who look and sound the same.

Disappointing

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I listened to the whole of the book and there was no story, nothing happened.

The book never got interesting

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