Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

 

Synopsis:

Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon.

Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.

Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.

Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.

There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.

At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.

REVIEW

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Amazing is not a strong enough word to describe my feelings for this book. Lucy Score captivates my from the start and the more I dug into Knockemout, the more I didn’t want to leave.

I’ll admit, when I first saw the book, the pure size and length intimated me, (That’s what’s she said 😉)but trust me, once you start reading, you don’t even realize how much you’ve read and you can’t turn the pages fast enough. 

This book is too good. Grumpy, bad boy meets adorable, sunshine girl and their romance couldn’t be better. Throw in some family drama on her end and you got yourself a story you can’t put down.

“Daisies in her hair” Naomi comes to small town Knockemout after her estranged bad girl twin sister, Tina needs help cleaning up yet another mess she created. While she left her own mess back home, Naomi didn’t expect to find a tween niece that she didn’t know about. 

Coming into town, we meet the grumpy, HOTTT 🥵 Knox Morgan. HOT doesn’t do the man justice. He’s the hot bad boy book boyfriend of your dreams. 

Once Knox and Naomi got acquainted, I knew it was end game and I was so in love. I actually loved all of small town Knockemout and it’s cool characters. The sense of community is strong there and I love those kinds of towns.

Knox has a great support system behind him in brother, Nash and best friend, Lucien. Naomi becomes close to town librarian, Sloane and she takes over guardianship of niece Waylay. 

Along with the hot love story of the town, cleaning up Tina’s mess is a build up I didn’t expect and left me gasping and cursing Tina under my breath. 

Overall, TWNGO has the perfect mix of grumpiness meets sunshine, forced proximity, and small town romance and an overwhelming, beautiful sense of found family that made this a FIVE STAR ⭐️ Read for me. 

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 Dates Read: 1/13/2022-1/17/2022