Wish You Were Here

Woohoo!!! Another thrilling, gripping, heartwarming and sexy book in the BlueBird Basin series! I was beyond excited to get this book and dove in and devoured this book with a smile on my face and glee in my heart! Wish You Were Here is the third book in the BlueBird Basin series and while it will work as a stand-alone, you will be seriously missing out on some important backstories of most of the characters. Speaking of back stories, Jess K. Hardy won me over with the first book in the series, Come As You Are. I was over the moon to read a romance book with characters in my age group!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! Plus, the characters were awesome and I highly recommend reading that book and then Lips Like Sugar as well. Bluebird Basin is a ski hill and also the home of Little Timber sober home. Readers There is a lot of backstories here but I will not go into that – read the first two books in the series. You will thank me and Jess K. Hardy, of course!

I love that the author writes characters that are far from perfect. The characters have flaws, insecurities, vulnerabilities, make mistakes, and bad choices. But they also get back up, dust themselves off, take deep breathes, and get back in the saddle again so to speak. The characters feel real and are very relatable. I love their banter, teasing, sarcasm, and wit. I also love feeling of found family and community that the author creates in each book in this series. This book series also deals with addiction and mental health issues. The author handles them with care, grace, and sensitivity while also showing how addiction affects not only the addicts but those in their lives.

Wish You Were Here picks up a few months after Lips Like Sugar ends. Davis and Kev found love in Lips Like Sugar but unfortunately Kev relapsed and it was like a gut punch for both of them and their relationship. Kev has finished rehab and is coming back to Little Timber sober home and knows he will see Davis again. They have not spoken while he was away and both are hurting. Davis is certain Kev chose drugs over her. It has taken her time but she had found her footing again and is beginning to feel stronger. Kev feels he blew the best thing he ever had and is wary about seeing Davis again…

This book had all the feels! I loved it. I didn’t want to put it down when life got in the way. I loved being back on the mountain with all of the characters that I love reading about. Romance books are all about the journey and I loved the journey that both of these characters went on during the course of this book. I also loved seeing the supportive characters being just that – supportive! I also enjoyed how the characters realistically dealt with their feelings and relied on others in their lives. This is a series with heart and soul. It is relatable, sexy, smart, sensitive, hard to put down, and charming. Plus, it has me rooting for all of the characters the entire way. To make the book even more loveable it has a loveable dog and in this book a horse in need of some love and companionship!

Whew! Jess K. Hardy delivered yet again! If you have not read a book by her, you are seriously missing out.

I highly recommend this book and the entire Bluebird Basin series!

Thank you to Jess K. Hardy who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.