About the Book
Stalwart and steady, Darcy O'Malley
has been by Luke Jordan's side since childhood. She has seen him through
trials and tragedies, romances and breakups. They've been everything to
each other—except boyfriend and girlfriend. Why ruin a good thing? What
Luke can't explain, however, is why suddenly Darcy's presence is making
his heart beat so hard. Something has changed since he left Appleton,
and it's making him uneasy. Is it possible his best friend is meant to
be something more? Dare he risk their perfect friendship in the hopes of
finding his perfect wife?
This book was release in October 2014
This was a well loved library book that was reviewed
My Review
“The Guy Next Door” by Missy
Tippens is a book that is full of family, friendship and that
attraction between girl and guy that just makes a romantic, like
myself, sigh with contentment. There is conflict, don't get me
wrong, but this story almost felt as if I walked into the middle of
something yet I didn't feel lost at all with how the story was told.
Here is a story where two people have
been the closest and best of friends for so long that one of them is
blinded by what is front of them. It is that struggle between both
of them that makes for the conflict. Then there is that long awaited kiss
really which was worth the way until someone really needed a royal kick in the
pants. Really I was on pins and needles for that first
kiss for I knew it was going to be something really special when it
finally happened and it was in my opinion until someone opened their mouth and ruined the moment which frankly made me laugh for it was such a special moment and the one who ruined the moment stayed true to form too.
This is also a wonderful eye opener to
stop taking loved ones (family and friends) for granted. We need to
think of them, to be there for them, to forgive and love them no
matter what. Sometimes things happen that out of our control, then
there are the times when we think we have so much time that we put
things off. However, this is a wonderful story to remind us to make sure
we live for today, to spend time with loved ones and to stop being
afraid and to take that risk for the pay off might just be worth it. It is was when characters stopped being afraid and took the
time to grab the moment that so much was cleared up.
Darcy is the typical girl next door who
is not so much a girl but a woman who is warm, giving, loving, and
overworked at the same time. She does all she can to stick to her
self imposed plan but she is willing to make changes when something
really important comes up. Darcy is a woman who knows how to value
her family and friendships, where things have value and has a hard
time just dropping something without having someone there to pick up
where she left off.
Luke is a man who values his family and
getting his career going, though family comes first. Luke has plans
for his future, with a lot of high hopes, yet he is not so set in
those plans that he can't go with the flow when things are changing
on him. His emotions go through some pretty big changes all within
reason of what is going on throughout the story.
I truly found myself glued to the book
with the classic girl/guy next door story with some twists to where
it seems as if I read this book in record speed. There was something
about the attraction that was there in the book that just hooked me
with the book, for this wasn't that typical sexual attraction but
something deeper it seemed. The attraction seemed more to the inner
self of the other person, and it seems as if the attraction is now
being seen through new eyes. This attraction really did seem to jump
off the page at times. Regardless of that I would still allow my
neighbors young teen read this book if she wanted for there was
nothing that I thought would be inappropriate.
I hope all who read this book enjoys it
as much as I did.
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