{"id":64067,"date":"2022-04-01T07:27:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=64067"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:27:02","slug":"review-sure-sandalwood-1-by-jillian-liota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=64067","title":{"rendered":"Review: Sure (Sandalwood, #1) by Jillian Liota"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

This is a gorgeously emotional romance. A single dad\/nanny love story that is sweet and slow burning, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

Colton\u2019s life has just fallen apart. He has lost his wife, and in his grief, he learns of a devastating betrayal. He\u2019s now all alone with his adorable 3-year-son, dealing with his loss and his anger, and he now has to face up to returning to work after happily being a stay-at-home Dad.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been my life, my entire life since the day he was born.
\nAnd now I\u2019m going to have to hand my life to someone else.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emily has endured a difficult childhood and has pulled herself out of an awful situation to become a nanny. It\u2019s a job she\u2019s passionate about, but her small Californian town doesn\u2019t have a lot of options. She\u2019s almost out of luck when she is offered a position working with Colton. Sandalwood is a small town, and she\u2019s met Colton before when he wasn\u2019t at his best. She isn\u2019t thrilled to be working for him but can\u2019t afford to pass up the job, plus, Colton\u2019s son Teddy is completely irresistible.<\/p>\n

Things are initially very tense. Colton resents that he has to have a Nanny, and he doesn\u2019t hide that from Emily. Though even his jaded eyes can see that she loves little Teddy, and he is flourishing under her care. He slowly comes to accept her place in their lives and the two of them develop a friendship that is tentative at first, but soon becomes a lot more intimate, and when attraction sparks, their draw to each other is impossible to resist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to push away from you when everything is screaming at me to hold you close.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The passion between these two is sizzling, and there\u2019s a strong emotional connection between them that makes it all the more intense, and though they agree to keep things physical at first, the progression of their relationship feels so natural. They are there for each other in a way that they need, and everything between them is so easy! But Colton has been so badly hurt, and he doesn\u2019t want to take advantage and be the cliched widower sleeping with the nanny. And Emily is strong and sensible, devoted to her career and wanting to be there for both Colton and Teddy, but she also knows her place and doesn\u2019t want to complicate things between them.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a messy situation, but Liota has written their stories well. They are both of them at a crossroads in their lives, and I loved watching them figure out what they want in order to find their happy, and then fight to hold onto it.<\/p>\n

Emily feels like the best choice I could ever make, and if that means I\u2019m risking my heart again, so be it.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a really sweet romance. It\u2019s a quick read, but still packs an emotional punch, and I loved these characters and loved watching them come together.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

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Sandalwood<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Solo (#0.5) <\/strong>(Soren & Ozzy)
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\nFree: Available from Prolific Works<\/a><\/p>\n

Sure (#1) <\/strong>(Colton & Emily)
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