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Synopsis
Armed with two years’ worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude.
Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled. No one was supposed to get hurt. But then that American tourist showed up. He couldn’t let her die, but he also couldn’t risk being identified at the scene—so, he ran. Back to his everyday life of running his family’s pub. Only, everyday life is getting more and more complicated, thanks to his brother, Aengus, and his criminal associations. When the American girl tracks River down, he quickly realizes how much he likes her, how wrong she is for him. And how dangerous it is to have her around. Chasing her off would be the smart move.
Maybe it’s because he saved her life, or maybe it’s because he’s completely different from everything she’s left behind, but Amber finds herself chasing after River Delaney. Amber isn’t the kind of girl to chase after anyone.
And River isn’t the kind of guy she’d want to catch.
Review
“Nervous green eyes stare back at me from the other side of the tap. The moment they capture me, the moment I see that face, I know it’s her. Fuck. She found me.”
How does one write a review for a book that completely captivated her and stole her day away. I feel no matter how much I tell you I loved this book I will never be able to get across just how much. Full of passion, mystery, history and a romance like no other River and Amber’s story was fresh, unique and absolutely amazing. I knew the moment I opened the authors notes and saw a brief history on Ireland, the IRA and the tension between the country and England that I was in for a romance book so vastly different than I was used to and I could not have been more excited.
Amber is on a trip around the world, solo, and her second country on her stop is Ireland. She had no idea what to expect when she got there but almost dying on day one was not it. A mysterious stranger saves her life then promptly runs away. Determined to find the man and thank him she hunts the sexy bartender down and finds herself chasing after the man with secrets over and over again.
River leads a life so different than good girl, sheriffs daughter Amber, has ever known she has no idea how to fit into this dangerous and scary world. Constantly torn between what her head and upbringing tell her is right to do and what her heart yearns for her to do, she struggles with everything she has been taught to think.
I want desperately to go on and on about every plot point and surprise in this book but that would do you the reader a great injustice. There was literally nothing about this book that I didn’t adore. Have you ever read a book so beautifully descriptive that you felt like you were visiting that country and learning all about it along with the character. I am confident that KA Tucker has visited Ireland because that level of familiarity with the country and setting could have only come from some sort of first hand experience. I also deeply loved how she intertwined the tragic and beautiful history of Ireland into a deeply moving romance novel.
“This isn’t me. I know we’ve had an incredible connection but if I were back home, in my everyday life, this would never have happened. You and I would never have happened. Do you not see that?”
River and Amber’s deep attraction and pull towards each other is something both at times attempt to fight but neither can truly deny. Their pull towards each other is undeniable and something most of us can only ever hope to feel. Funny, sexy, action packed and so well written that I guarantee that if you pick up and start reading Chasing River it will be impossible to put this book down!
~miranda
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Thank you!!