Reviewed by: Sue Eaton

TITLE: Carter

SERIES: Twilight Falls #2

AUTHOR: A M Salinger

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 222 pages

RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2020

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Carter’s carefree, movie star lifestyle comes to an abrupt end when he becomes the guardian to a little girl he has never met before. Will his hot new neighbor Elijah prove to be the one thing he and Maisie need to make their family whole?

Carter Wilson has it all. A dazzling career, fame, fortune, and women falling at his feet. All that changes the day he becomes the guardian to his newly orphaned niece. When he moves to his hometown of Twilight Falls to give Maisie the stable life she deserves, the last thing Carter expects is a hot neighbor who is soon making him wish for things he has never wanted before.

After abandoning a promising career in Europe to fulfill the vow he made to his grandmother, pastry chef Elijah Davis is determined to make his new bakery business a success. What he doesn’t need is a distraction in the shape of the hunky movie star next door and the little girl who is fast worming her way into his heart.

But when an old flame chases Elijah to Twilight Falls and a bitter movie producer threatens to expose Carter’s secret bisexuality, both Elijah and Carter realize they will have to fight dirty if they want their relationship to survive.

REVIEW:

I was so happy to come back to Twilight Falls and catch up with the group of friends again. Carter left Twilight Falls to become a movie star, he has had a very successful career with the world as his oyster. He has a reputation as a love them and leave them but is the media portraying the true story or is there more than meets the eye. Tragedy strikes and Carter steps up to take care of his young niece, realising they would get no peace in Hollywood, Carter and Maisie return to Twilight Falls where all of Carter’s friends step up and help take care of Maisie.

Elijah had a very successful career in Paris as a pastry chef, making delicious treats. After his volatile relationship breaks down, he remembers his Grandmothers wishes that he set up a Patisserie in Twilight Falls, a place he spent many a happy holiday.

Neither of them is looking for love, both are facing personal difficulties, that they think leave no time or energy for a relationship. Then they find themselves living next door to each other.

Carter and Elijah are wonderful together, Elijah didn’t know that Carter was a famous movie star and sees him as an attractive, fun guy dealing with the death of his sister and taking on the responsibility of caring for Maisie. Maisie was a delight, to see her blossoming from traumatised to a precocious, lovable child was a wonderful part that I enjoyed. She was instrumental in bringing them together, she had spent most of her life in France and due to the trauma of the death of her parents was only speaking French and poor Carter was struggling to get her to eat or sleep. Enter Elijah who also speaks French and cooks French food, a godsend for Carter and Maisie, who immediately bonds with Elijah.

Slowly but surely Carter and Elijah’s relationship deepens and what starts as supportive friendship soon turns to romance. As we all know, issues from the past, that they both try to walk away from never stay buried and tend to come back and haunt us. The question then, is do they run away or face that past head on and lean on each other for the strength they need.

I was surprised that Elijah’s ex-boyfriend, the pompous, arrogant, top French Chef who I thought I’d hate, I warmed up to.

Carter’s friends rally round, to help with Maisie and we learn a bit more about them, their history together, and the mischief they got up to when they were teenagers.

Another wonderful romance from Twilight Falls.

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