but with the emotional impact you've come to expect from New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan.

Will he ask you what some of your lists are, like a calm list, to keep you entertained and occupied as you’re on a road trip? I'm always disappointed when people rave about books before I get to them because I feel they inadvertently set the book up for a fall. I loved how this book was not your typical romance but it was more about each character healing because of the other and how experiences can shape you. I don't know if I'm more disappointed in the book or more disappointed in myself for being disappointed. Quand Bree Prescott arrive dans la petite ville du Maine, elle espère y trouver la paix qu'elle recherche désespérément.Bree knows sign language because her father's deaf (which meant she could sign to Archer), Bree lost both of her parents (as had Archer), etc. I loved her interactions with Archer, the way they communicate through sign language, the fact that despite Archer’s lack of voice, they still manage to develop their own little inside jokes, quips and idiosyncrasies. I always feel bad when people recommend me a book, praise it to the moon and back, and I end up just finding it mediocre, at best. Two days later I drove past Archer's house on my way back from lying on the small lake beach and his gate was slightly open. I supposed we all coped in our different ways—pain and healing as individual as the people who experienced them.

i felt like my braincells were deteriorating like yeah, ig it was somewhat sad but are we gonna just ignore how poorly it was all laid out?

The book is well paced, the characters are well developed, the surrounding cast all play their parts and everything just comes together perfectly.

I'd read this book somewhere in 2016, but I wasn't a reviewer then, so that had to be rectified immediately. Like we can't see God or touch him or see him, just feel his presence, Archers quiet demeanor doesn't need words for validation of his radiance. Something traumatic happened to him when he was seven years old and left his voice box so damaged he could no longer speak. He smiled back and put his lips against mine, mouthing, I love you, too, as if he were breathing love into my body. I was also interested in how the lead male was a reclusive mute who had very little interaction with people.Ironic coming from me, I know, but I felt like all the sex (except the first times that were kinda fitting for Archer's character - and yet, of course, he was a sex god with sex godly skills) spoiled the depth this story was trying to pass on to. Wealthy socialite Olivia Barton never imagined her fiancé would disappear on what was supposed to be a routine business trip.