Release Date: November 24, 2021

Summary

She’s running from her past, he’s hiding from the world when suddenly their lives collide.

Trish Biltman has spent the last two years evading a past she fears. Tucked away in a small seaside Jersey town, with her two young children, her life is simple. Until the day a photo from her best friend’s highly publicized wedding shows up on Page 6, and she finds herself once again on the run trying to keep her family safe.

Since his divorce, Grant Evans focuses his time and attention on his secluded Pennsylvania farm. His solitary life is fine, until the quiet, brown eyed Trish and her adorable—but loud—kids need somewhere to go. Since his farm is their only option Grant reluctantly opens his doors to them.

Both Trish and her kids, begin to thaw the ice that held Grant’s heart captive for years as he teaches her to trust again. But the darkness from her past comes back, threatening their relationship, just as Grant starts to believe life can be More than Fine.

Review

More Than Fine is the second book in the Becoming an Evans series. We meet the Evans clan in More Than the Game. You can read both books as standalones. However, I recommend reading both to get the whole experience of the Evans clan.

Sometimes book titles are book titles as long as it captures the essence of the story. But I love it when the title appears in the book. When you can stumble upon when reading and say, “that’s why that’s the title.”

Trish ran away from her past to make a better life for herself and her children. She built walls around herself, constantly looking over her shoulders, on the lookout for troubles from her past. You know the saying, ‘you can run from the past, but it always catches up with you.’ You can’t run away from your problems, no matter how much you want to. But, sooner or later, you have to face it. Grant has been burnt from a previous marriage. He’s doesn’t talk much and doesn’t let anyone in. And yet Trish and Grant manage to become friends.

Trish’s motto is ‘everything is fine. I’m fine.’ Grant knows that when a woman says ‘fine,’ it is not what she means. Grant tells Trish, “I wish I could give you something that was more than fine.” They say ‘wounded souls find each other.’ They connect because their souls are broken and can relate to one another. They understand one another. Grant chipped at Trish’s walls until the point that “for once, “fine” didn’t sit well with her.”

The Evans clan is an interesting bunch. I hope they each get their own story. I can’t wait to see what Jenni Bara has in store for us next.

I received More Than Fine in exchange for an honest review, but that does not impact my review in any shape or form.

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