As a Last Resort
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3.8 • 6 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Opposites attract when a real estate developer's quest for a promotion returns her to the coastal hometown she loathes—where she's reunited with her teenage crush turned town golden boy.
“Fresh, funny and crisply written, As a Last Resort is a rom-com for lovers of second chances and meant-to-be lovers. Don't miss this one.” ―Annabel Monaghan, USA Today Bestselling author of Same Time Next Summer
There’s no place like home … and that’s exactly how real estate developer Samantha Leigh plans to keep it. When she ditched Rock Island, Florida for New York City, Sam left everything behind—her alcoholic mother, the high school bullies, her ex-best friend, and her first crush, Austin Marcs. She’s never looked back—until her boss ambushes her with an extended assignment on Rock Island, where promotion will be on the line.
Sam has no choice but to book a flight home ... to where nothing has changed. Her mom still drinks, the mean girls became mean-girl mommies, and Austin? The town’s golden boy is now its favorite ferryboat captain—still smoking hot, inexplicably devoted to the island, and Sam’s total opposite in every way. He insists Rock Island is perfect as is, without her big corporate ideas, and he’s determined to prove it.
Before long, Austin’s personal tours of sandy beaches and swoony sunsets almost make Sam forget her hometown hate. But is falling for the guy—and the town—she left behind worth the risk?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This solid debut from Wollett follows resort developer Samatha "Sam" Leigh, who left coastal Florida for New York City after high school and never looked back, escaping her alcoholic mother and painful memories of her late father. Seven years later, a business trip back home to quaint Rock Island may help her win a coveted promotion. The stakes of this return quickly dissipate, as Sam is almost immediately forgiven by her former best friend, Lexi, whom she ghosted, and easily warms to her surroundings. Easing her way is Lexi's dreamy older brother, ferry boat captain Austin Marcs, who repeatedly comes to Sam's rescue for little things like plumbing emergencies as well as bigger things, like helping her avoid the inappropriate advances of a coworker and wrangle her mother, who's fallen off the wagon. Wollett builds believable chemistry between Austin and Sam, but it's the side characters who steal the show, particularly Lexi's assistant Ivy, whose intervention in a third-act conflict at Sam's workplace ties the plot in a neat bow. The result will appeal to Hallmark movie fans who root for city girls to return to their small towns.
