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Wow, just wow!! I grabbed this book for 99 cents off of a BookBub deal and it was worth every penny and so much more. I’m a huge fan of relationships that take time to build and the friends to lovers trope and author Cara Bastone did a fantastic job showing us both in Just A Heartbeat Away. Complex and poignant I found it impossible to put this book down.Sebastian Dorner meets Via DeRosa when he’s at the lowest point in his life as his son, Matty’s Pre-K teacher where she shares that she’s begun...
3.5 StarsJust a Heartbeat Away is a great single dad and age gap romance. I really enjoyed it mainly because of the characters. I absolutely adored Via, Sebastian and Matty. The forty two year old Sebastian is a widow and tries to get back to a normal life with his six year old son Matty. His son’s former teacher twenty seven year old Via shows back up in Sebastian’s life and no matter how hard he tries a crush slowly develops.It’s a cute slow burn with some hilarious dialogue. I enjoyed Sebasti...
If you’re craving a feel good romance, THIS IS IT.This book has the most powerful slow burn I’ve read in a while, prepare yourself for some intense YEARNING. It felt so good to hope, wish, desire and NEED along with the characters. And the delivery? I didn't expect it to be so HOT. The sex on page is equally smoking and heartfelt. So much HEART! So much HEAT!Delightful storytelling, engaging dialogues, and complex characters, I can’t choose whom I prefered: the single dad, his kid, their dog, th...
This is such a sweet small town romance! It's got an older, single dad hero who falls for his son's elementary school teacher. There's slow burn, a dog, and the loveliest characters. If you love small town romances with lots of feels, I highly recommend this one!
DNF at 37%.I kept reading thinking the h will eventually break up with her boyfriend, but she doesn’t do it up until 60% of the book.I don’t have the time for that 😑But special mention to the H for looking at her ankles instead of her ass, a true king 🥵🥰😜 “Also, it didn’t hurt that she looked so damn good with that cap pulled low over her eyes and those leggings that showed two perfectly hollowed ankles.”
I haven’t read too many début stories this year, but I heard good chatter on social media about Cara Bastone’s Just a Heartbeat Away, the first full length novel in her Forever Yours series. (Technically her first book is a prequel novella to the series, When We First Met, but this is her first full length story). What a good decision! It’s got everything I look for in a contemporary romance and is a strong contender for my top ten list this year.Sebastian Dorner is in a spiral of grief after th...
3 starsHad this been done a little differently, I feel like I would have loved it so much! While I did enjoy some of it, most of it ended up being just okay for me. I love a good age gap romance but my goodness… I’ve never in my life read a book so focused on it. Sebastian worried/talked about him being too old for her constantly. She was in her late twenties, and he was in his early forties so it wasn’t the biggest age gap ever or anything taboo, but I felt like the whole book was centered arou...
I read so many romance stories involving age gap. But never like Just a Heartbeat Away. Miss Bastone done a wonderful job. I never consider myself drooling about older man fantasy. After listening to Just a Heartbeat Away, I want to live in this small town. The story is not just about romance. It is focusing about life, age and second chance in love. Seb is hot. I am sure he looks like DILF that kind of fantasy. He lost his confidence after his wife passed away. A young Via, his son's teacher, b...
Just a Heartbeat Away is totally not my tropes. Single dad, age gap, adorable moppet: these are not tropes that I enjoy. Honestly, if I hadn't recently listened to Bastone's Call Me Maybe, which was absolutely totally my thing, and if the reviews weren't so good, I might have DNFed early on, because the start was a bit rough for me. But I'm very glad I didn't, because I was in my feels by the end.What I loved about this book was how much it focuses on mental health and toxic masculinity. Seb is
