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The Southerlands #2
Loving Bailey
Chef Bailey Southerland can’t get any satisfaction – at least not in the way that really matters. She’s got family and friends she adores and a promising career, but her love life is like a soufflé that never managed to rise. When the mouthwatering writer with his clear blue eyes and easy, open manner moves into the cottage down the hill, it looks like things might finally be going her way. She doesn’t need him to be Mr. Right, but he has all the makings of a fantastic Mr. Right Now.
Badly burned by love, Trace Campbell tried to convince himself he’s content being just friends with his gorgeous neighbor, Bailey. If he can’t get his hands on her at least he can sink them in the soil and grow the produce on his farm that she needs for her restaurant, spending time with her while keeping her at a safe distance. But strawberries are a poor substitute for mind-numbing kisses and when another man shows up and it’s obvious he’s interested in more than Bailey’s cooking, Trace has to dig his head out of the dirt and put his heart on the line or risk losing the woman he loves.
Badly burned by love, Trace Campbell tried to convince himself he’s content being just friends with his gorgeous neighbor, Bailey. If he can’t get his hands on her at least he can sink them in the soil and grow the produce on his farm that she needs for her restaurant, spending time with her while keeping her at a safe distance. But strawberries are a poor substitute for mind-numbing kisses and when another man shows up and it’s obvious he’s interested in more than Bailey’s cooking, Trace has to dig his head out of the dirt and put his heart on the line or risk losing the woman he loves.
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First published June 9, 2014
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53 books268 followersNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Evelyn Adams loves coffee, her kids, Netflix, and books. Not necessarily in that order. If she's not writing steamy romances, she's chasing kids, reading, or binging Mrs Maisel
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March 6, 2015
Nice quick sweet read, I didn’t like this one as much as the first but it was still good if you are looking for something angst free, a couple of minor miss understandings but no major drama trough out the book.
Its books like this that are going to do wonders for my reading challenge, super easy to read and quick to get through finished this one in a couple of hours.
May 15, 2023
I have to say, this one was an education for an old woman who grew up in an era where virginity was PRIZED by men and women alike, not SHAMED by both.
Somehow, I thought maybe this book would be a little different from the first one. I was intrigued by the idea of a virgin character, and thought it might be more about love and less about sex, sex, sex, but over half the book seems to be sex scenes. So much for thinking maybe the 2nd book wouldn't be as sex saturated as the first. It was worse, far worse, a beautiful story about love destroyed by pornography.
It left me wondering why my generation - the one that started all this "free love" (free LUST is a far more accurate description) and "no fault divorce" nonsense thought this was a good inheritance for our daughters and sons. It's not. Divorce is faulty in most cases, and I say that as someone whose parents divorced when I was 6, and Mom had excellent reasons to divorce. Even in the book, Trace is hurt by his parents' divorce, and by his live in girlfriend's leaving him, moving out on him when she hadn't really given their relationship a chance.
When our son was younger, I took him, his 2 besties (who were brothers) and their older sister roller skating. She was getting all 13-year-old mooney-eyed over a cute guy at the rink. We stopped to have soda fountain drinks, and I mentioned that he was a "looker," & I could see why she liked him. She was a bit shocked, & I grinned at her & said I was happily married & older, but there was nothing wrong with my eyesight as long as I kept my glasses on. It opened the door for us to talk a bit. I asked her if my perception was right; that virgins were teased for being virgins, but as soon as you slept with a guy, you were a slut. She said it was indeed that way. She wasn't sure how to handle the pressure- AT THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE- to lose her virginity. I am appalled that this was the case then and it is apparently worse now! It horrifies me to think of a 13 year old being pressured that way. What is it now, 11? FAR, FAR too young!! Anyway, I thought for a minute, then I asked her of those friends of hers would stick with her if she got pregnant...no. Would they keep their mouths shut if she got an STI, or would there be gossip? Gossip. I asked her what her mom & dad would do if she got pregnant or had an STI; would they fuss at her then calm down & be there for her? She said yes, to both. I said I thought too many girls forgot their mothers had had their own pressures at whatever age they were, understood far more than their daughters realized, & they were entitled to a bit of fussing before they settled down to get down to the business at hand, whether it was an unplanned pregnancy or an STI or some other complication. I said that it seemed to me that there was a lot to worry about with having sex...AIDS wasn't the only incurable illness (though now, it is more like a chronic illness than a death sentence), there were genital warts, gonorrhea (clap), syphilis, and it was taking a lot stronger antibiotics to take care of it. Then there is herpes, the gift that keeps on giving - disease and pain, and comes and goes as far as the rash, but never really goes away...it waxes and wanes in strength. Condoms are 85% effective against pregnancy, and a sperm is a lot bigger than a herpes virus or the HIV/AIDS retrovirus. And most birth control failures are condoms, or hormonal based methods like the Pill that are blocked if the woman is on antibiotics for anything from bronchitis to an STI. Considering all these factors, it seemed to me to be safer to be ridiculed for being a virgin than to be called a slut or mocked for STIs or pregnancy. Besides, as I told her, it is YOUR body, not theirs, and they don't get to tell you what to do with your body. They don't get to make fun of your choices; you're not making fun of theirs. If they can't - or won't - respect that, you need different friends. She is now happily married, 14 years, I believe, and has 2 beautiful boys. And she laid down the law to those school friends and got more respect for doing so
Apparently, now, things have gone away from darned-if-you-do, darned-if-you-don't, and come full circle to darned-if-you-don't, period. But it is still nobody's decision but the person themselves, and no one else's business. And no one has a right to make fun of or condemn someone else's decision. Not if they love and repsect that person, and I'd venture to say that Bailey's sisters have no business making fun of her when her career was one of the reasons she was both succeeding at a young age, and why she hadn't had a serious relationship. And I have to admit that, when she did give it up, the 2 of them found the act (that I paged through rapidly) as mind blowingly good as my husband and I did as 2 young vurgins on our wedding night. I just didn't need the details of the act in such depth that the physiologically undoable feats I noticed as I paged through the sex manual were treated as normal when they're not (I am a speed reader, so even paging through, things lodge on my brain whether or not I like the idea).
While I am intrigued by the teasers about the next romance in the series, I can't handle reading another beautiful story that will doubtless be ruined by the same repetitive, mindless, and physiologically impossible sex scenes as the last 2 I have read in the series. These are stories that don't need the sex scenes to be good, but oh, my word, there are so many of them, as if nobody knows how to have sex. I'd venture to say that in today's lousy public schools that, for example, teach 9 year old boys how to fist each other in illustrated books and video media, that how to have sex is about all they know when they leave school. Most can't read past a 4th grade level; can't do the 4 basic operations on a simple calculator, and know of no formula for ratio and proportion, can't tell you how many states are part of the US, or what, say, Woodrow Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt did as presidents, don't know the difference between the Civil War and the Revolutionary War nor who was on each side, can't read or write cursive, have no idea who many of the world's most famous artists are, that it seems the only things being taught are sex and victimhood in school. If sex was that difficult to figure out, we wouldn't have so many idiots on the road, or in our state and federal legislatures. And though I was, 3 times, in a position where a man wanted to sexually abuse me (and thanks to my judo senseis, who taught the girls enough jujitsu and made us practice getting out of holds and taking an attacker down), they instead found themselves injured, not having gotten their pleasures out of making me their victim. I am proud to say, for me, it's not "#me, too," it's "#NOT ME!" And I extended that protection to a 17 year old emancipated minor roommate in the boarding house where I stayed with 4 other girls, 3 years later...I threw 3 men from the stairs leading up to our rooms, down and out the door and into a large tree across the street (after sticking my head out the door and asking people to stay clear of the door as I was moving a few things out and I'd only be a minute). I got applause for it, and a, "You show 'em, honey!" from a little old lady I'd swear was 90 if she was a day, decked out in a dress suit with matching purse, shoes, and hat, and dress white gloves, and a polished cane (I would bet she, like me these days, practiced the fine art of "cane fu"!). Maybe one of the author's characters could, at some point, have a kick-butt character who wants sex after marriage and wants to stay a virgin until there is a ring on her finger from a man she loves and respects, and leave the sex to the imagination of the reader. We can handle it.
Somehow, I thought maybe this book would be a little different from the first one. I was intrigued by the idea of a virgin character, and thought it might be more about love and less about sex, sex, sex, but over half the book seems to be sex scenes. So much for thinking maybe the 2nd book wouldn't be as sex saturated as the first. It was worse, far worse, a beautiful story about love destroyed by pornography.
It left me wondering why my generation - the one that started all this "free love" (free LUST is a far more accurate description) and "no fault divorce" nonsense thought this was a good inheritance for our daughters and sons. It's not. Divorce is faulty in most cases, and I say that as someone whose parents divorced when I was 6, and Mom had excellent reasons to divorce. Even in the book, Trace is hurt by his parents' divorce, and by his live in girlfriend's leaving him, moving out on him when she hadn't really given their relationship a chance.
When our son was younger, I took him, his 2 besties (who were brothers) and their older sister roller skating. She was getting all 13-year-old mooney-eyed over a cute guy at the rink. We stopped to have soda fountain drinks, and I mentioned that he was a "looker," & I could see why she liked him. She was a bit shocked, & I grinned at her & said I was happily married & older, but there was nothing wrong with my eyesight as long as I kept my glasses on. It opened the door for us to talk a bit. I asked her if my perception was right; that virgins were teased for being virgins, but as soon as you slept with a guy, you were a slut. She said it was indeed that way. She wasn't sure how to handle the pressure- AT THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE- to lose her virginity. I am appalled that this was the case then and it is apparently worse now! It horrifies me to think of a 13 year old being pressured that way. What is it now, 11? FAR, FAR too young!! Anyway, I thought for a minute, then I asked her of those friends of hers would stick with her if she got pregnant...no. Would they keep their mouths shut if she got an STI, or would there be gossip? Gossip. I asked her what her mom & dad would do if she got pregnant or had an STI; would they fuss at her then calm down & be there for her? She said yes, to both. I said I thought too many girls forgot their mothers had had their own pressures at whatever age they were, understood far more than their daughters realized, & they were entitled to a bit of fussing before they settled down to get down to the business at hand, whether it was an unplanned pregnancy or an STI or some other complication. I said that it seemed to me that there was a lot to worry about with having sex...AIDS wasn't the only incurable illness (though now, it is more like a chronic illness than a death sentence), there were genital warts, gonorrhea (clap), syphilis, and it was taking a lot stronger antibiotics to take care of it. Then there is herpes, the gift that keeps on giving - disease and pain, and comes and goes as far as the rash, but never really goes away...it waxes and wanes in strength. Condoms are 85% effective against pregnancy, and a sperm is a lot bigger than a herpes virus or the HIV/AIDS retrovirus. And most birth control failures are condoms, or hormonal based methods like the Pill that are blocked if the woman is on antibiotics for anything from bronchitis to an STI. Considering all these factors, it seemed to me to be safer to be ridiculed for being a virgin than to be called a slut or mocked for STIs or pregnancy. Besides, as I told her, it is YOUR body, not theirs, and they don't get to tell you what to do with your body. They don't get to make fun of your choices; you're not making fun of theirs. If they can't - or won't - respect that, you need different friends. She is now happily married, 14 years, I believe, and has 2 beautiful boys. And she laid down the law to those school friends and got more respect for doing so
Apparently, now, things have gone away from darned-if-you-do, darned-if-you-don't, and come full circle to darned-if-you-don't, period. But it is still nobody's decision but the person themselves, and no one else's business. And no one has a right to make fun of or condemn someone else's decision. Not if they love and repsect that person, and I'd venture to say that Bailey's sisters have no business making fun of her when her career was one of the reasons she was both succeeding at a young age, and why she hadn't had a serious relationship. And I have to admit that, when she did give it up, the 2 of them found the act (that I paged through rapidly) as mind blowingly good as my husband and I did as 2 young vurgins on our wedding night. I just didn't need the details of the act in such depth that the physiologically undoable feats I noticed as I paged through the sex manual were treated as normal when they're not (I am a speed reader, so even paging through, things lodge on my brain whether or not I like the idea).
While I am intrigued by the teasers about the next romance in the series, I can't handle reading another beautiful story that will doubtless be ruined by the same repetitive, mindless, and physiologically impossible sex scenes as the last 2 I have read in the series. These are stories that don't need the sex scenes to be good, but oh, my word, there are so many of them, as if nobody knows how to have sex. I'd venture to say that in today's lousy public schools that, for example, teach 9 year old boys how to fist each other in illustrated books and video media, that how to have sex is about all they know when they leave school. Most can't read past a 4th grade level; can't do the 4 basic operations on a simple calculator, and know of no formula for ratio and proportion, can't tell you how many states are part of the US, or what, say, Woodrow Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt did as presidents, don't know the difference between the Civil War and the Revolutionary War nor who was on each side, can't read or write cursive, have no idea who many of the world's most famous artists are, that it seems the only things being taught are sex and victimhood in school. If sex was that difficult to figure out, we wouldn't have so many idiots on the road, or in our state and federal legislatures. And though I was, 3 times, in a position where a man wanted to sexually abuse me (and thanks to my judo senseis, who taught the girls enough jujitsu and made us practice getting out of holds and taking an attacker down), they instead found themselves injured, not having gotten their pleasures out of making me their victim. I am proud to say, for me, it's not "#me, too," it's "#NOT ME!" And I extended that protection to a 17 year old emancipated minor roommate in the boarding house where I stayed with 4 other girls, 3 years later...I threw 3 men from the stairs leading up to our rooms, down and out the door and into a large tree across the street (after sticking my head out the door and asking people to stay clear of the door as I was moving a few things out and I'd only be a minute). I got applause for it, and a, "You show 'em, honey!" from a little old lady I'd swear was 90 if she was a day, decked out in a dress suit with matching purse, shoes, and hat, and dress white gloves, and a polished cane (I would bet she, like me these days, practiced the fine art of "cane fu"!). Maybe one of the author's characters could, at some point, have a kick-butt character who wants sex after marriage and wants to stay a virgin until there is a ring on her finger from a man she loves and respects, and leave the sex to the imagination of the reader. We can handle it.
June 20, 2016
Bailey Southerland has accomplished a lot for a 25 year old. She’s already finished culinary school and at the age of 21 started her own restaurant in the little resort community of Mountain Lake. Four years later, she still feels like the business is on shaky ground because of the lake being down, keeping customers away but at the same time she’s grown her place into a destination, helping her to keep the doors open. The one thing she seems to have not been able to accomplish is Trace’s affection. She’s dropped every hint in the book from subtle to obvious and he continues to keep his distance.
Trace is a local famer who sells his goods to area restaurants and farmers markets. He met Bailey four years ago, as she moved in and remodeled the house that is now her restaurant. And he’s been loving her from afar for just about as long. His life has taught him that love is not forever and only results in hurt and pain. He would rather love Bailey from afar than to lose their friendship.
All of that changes when a writer comes to town and shows interest in Bailey. Trace has started to realize two things from his years around Bailey and her family. One, her family is full of love and affection, maybe love can last and two, if he doesn’t figure it out, he may lose Bailey to another man instead of love lost. Withholding his feelings wasn’t going to keep her so how far is he willing to go to show her that he wants more.
I am in love with this series. I started with book one and then to book 3 and now back to book 2. I would suggest reading them in order but each book does stand enough on its own be read however you get a chance. Now on to book 2.5 so that I can read the rest of the series the way it was meant to be read.
Trace is a local famer who sells his goods to area restaurants and farmers markets. He met Bailey four years ago, as she moved in and remodeled the house that is now her restaurant. And he’s been loving her from afar for just about as long. His life has taught him that love is not forever and only results in hurt and pain. He would rather love Bailey from afar than to lose their friendship.
All of that changes when a writer comes to town and shows interest in Bailey. Trace has started to realize two things from his years around Bailey and her family. One, her family is full of love and affection, maybe love can last and two, if he doesn’t figure it out, he may lose Bailey to another man instead of love lost. Withholding his feelings wasn’t going to keep her so how far is he willing to go to show her that he wants more.
I am in love with this series. I started with book one and then to book 3 and now back to book 2. I would suggest reading them in order but each book does stand enough on its own be read however you get a chance. Now on to book 2.5 so that I can read the rest of the series the way it was meant to be read.
May 27, 2015
so I enjoy the beginning of the story but through the middle and end Bailey became a bit over dramatic with the v card and just didn't express her self better I got annoyed at her but other then that good story
December 31, 2017
This is a quick, easy read, and most enjoyable. It is a very gentle story about unrequited love, from both sides of the romance. It is a little bit repetitive in places, which is why I deducted a star, but still worth reading. Bailey, a chef with her own restaurant, has loved Trace for a long time, he has always been there for her when she needed help, but appears to have no romantic feelings for her. Trace, a market gardener who supplies most of Bailey's fruit and vegetables, has loved her since he first met her, but his parents divorce, and his disastrous romance with Anna has made him believe that romance is not a possibility, that he only way he can keep Bailey in his life is just to be her friend.
Then Spencer, a writer walks onto the restaurant, and there is an instant attraction between him and Bailey, although both acknowledge to themselves it is a temporary thing. Trace sees them together, and instantly panics, seeing all his dreams collapse (even though he had never tried to build them). It takes a few crises for both of them to be able to acknowledge what they have both known all along.
Well worth reading on a lazy afternoon.
Then Spencer, a writer walks onto the restaurant, and there is an instant attraction between him and Bailey, although both acknowledge to themselves it is a temporary thing. Trace sees them together, and instantly panics, seeing all his dreams collapse (even though he had never tried to build them). It takes a few crises for both of them to be able to acknowledge what they have both known all along.
Well worth reading on a lazy afternoon.
February 21, 2024
Trace wouldn’t love lightly and when he did, it would be forever. As much as she’d love thinking it might be more, he was here looking after her as a friend.
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I really found this hard to get through, I couldn’t stand the whole sort of love triangle that we had between Bailey, Trace and Spencer. Talking about Spencer I have never wanted to punch a character so much, he was so unlikeable for me and I wish he wasn’t in this book. I will say I really liked Trace’s character I loved the protective side we got to see and the partly found family was extremely beautifully written. I also wished the ending wasn’t so rushed it would of been nice to see how it was resolved instead of just seeing it through another characters eyes, it was like in the end we didn’t really get an epilogue for these characters.
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I really found this hard to get through, I couldn’t stand the whole sort of love triangle that we had between Bailey, Trace and Spencer. Talking about Spencer I have never wanted to punch a character so much, he was so unlikeable for me and I wish he wasn’t in this book. I will say I really liked Trace’s character I loved the protective side we got to see and the partly found family was extremely beautifully written. I also wished the ending wasn’t so rushed it would of been nice to see how it was resolved instead of just seeing it through another characters eyes, it was like in the end we didn’t really get an epilogue for these characters.
December 28, 2020
Bailey & Trace
Bailey has invested her inheritance and all her savings into opening her restaurant Season's four years ago. Trace is the local farmer that has been Bailey's friend and supplier since she bought Season's. Bailey has been so busy making her business successful she's neglected her romantic life. The only man she's interested in is Trace. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be interested until there's a little competition for Bailey's affection. Great story, characters and setting.
Bailey has invested her inheritance and all her savings into opening her restaurant Season's four years ago. Trace is the local farmer that has been Bailey's friend and supplier since she bought Season's. Bailey has been so busy making her business successful she's neglected her romantic life. The only man she's interested in is Trace. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be interested until there's a little competition for Bailey's affection. Great story, characters and setting.
December 1, 2024
I added this to my kindle for stuff your kindle day, so I didn't have high expectations going in. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. I took stars off because not only did the author have all the characters urge the main girl to be suspicious of his intentions, she then had them all ignore it completely later on. Then, the author has a huge event happen and just uses a time skip to smooth it over. Those things made the ending feel incredibly rushed. I liked the main character. Run of the mill, so if you're there for easy like I was, its a good quick read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 4, 2025
Perfect!
I love this series so much! An absolute wonderful story teller, Evelyn Adams can bring you into the Southerland world with amazing ease!
You feel like part of the family and can't wait to read all of their HEA's! You are so invested in each and every one of them!
I couldn't turn the pages fast enough and had to go back and reread to make sure I didn't skip a single word!
I love this series so much! An absolute wonderful story teller, Evelyn Adams can bring you into the Southerland world with amazing ease!
You feel like part of the family and can't wait to read all of their HEA's! You are so invested in each and every one of them!
I couldn't turn the pages fast enough and had to go back and reread to make sure I didn't skip a single word!
November 13, 2024
The Southerlands love big!
This book is even sweeter than the first! I am starting to fall in love with the Sutherland family. This is my first series by Evelyn Adams and I am adding this author to my favorite list!! Lots of emotions and exciting twists keeping the reader involved!
This book is even sweeter than the first! I am starting to fall in love with the Sutherland family. This is my first series by Evelyn Adams and I am adding this author to my favorite list!! Lots of emotions and exciting twists keeping the reader involved!
June 3, 2017
Lovely
What a great story, love the fact that the characters from each book are in the story too. Feels like you get to know each of them a little better. Look forward to the next one.
What a great story, love the fact that the characters from each book are in the story too. Feels like you get to know each of them a little better. Look forward to the next one.
November 4, 2021
I really liked The Southerlands series, but this one was not as good as the first. The author didn't finish the climatic event that brought the characters together. I think I like the family aspect of this book more than these two characters.
On to the third book.
On to the third book.
July 12, 2025
Loving Bailey
I enjoyed reading this story. It demonstrates the struggle of opening a new business and the struggle of.loving someone and they don't realize it. I think there are many readers who would relate to this book.
I enjoyed reading this story. It demonstrates the struggle of opening a new business and the struggle of.loving someone and they don't realize it. I think there are many readers who would relate to this book.
December 17, 2025
The chance to get deep but hidden feelings into two lives.
Sometimes feelings can get buried under fear of being turned away and you miss the boost required to connect with the love of your life.. This is just such a story. Enjoy.
Sometimes feelings can get buried under fear of being turned away and you miss the boost required to connect with the love of your life.. This is just such a story. Enjoy.
February 3, 2024
Plot 📔📔📔
Characters 👤👤👤
Sweet 🍭🍭
Spice 🌶🌶🌶
Funny 🙊
Sad 😥😥
Writing 🖋🖋🖋
Characters 👤👤👤
Sweet 🍭🍭
Spice 🌶🌶🌶
Funny 🙊
Sad 😥😥
Writing 🖋🖋🖋
March 19, 2019
Baily and Trace have liked each other for awhile, but neither wants to do much about it in fears of ruining their friendship. While they do get their HEA, there is a bit of a love triangle in this which I wasn't super fond of. At one point it's suggested that the reason Trace even bothered to try was because he was jealous that Bailey was moving on with another man, and where is the lie? The "other man" keeps popping up so if that isn't your thing, I'd give this a pass.
September 5, 2016
Evelyn Adams “Loving Bailey” was the second book in the Southerland Series.
Bailey Southerland, chef and owner of Seasons, which is located near Mountain Lake Lodge. Four years she has been dropping hints of her attraction to a man that only sees her as a friend. Since the lake drained and is very low on water, is keeping customers away. The Seasons’ is a destination place for dining which the only thing is keeping it open.
Trace Campbell, local farmer, who has fallen for the very talented chef, Bailey. The problem …his family had a bad marriage and he already had a failed relationship which has him keeping Bailey in the friend category.
When there is a family emergency and they cannot find Bailey, Jude ask Trace to find her and bring her home. He finds her with the writer, Spencer Davis, in his shirt and this open his eyes to stake his claim to the woman who has his heart.
I enjoyed this book but not as well as the first book. Looking forward to Travis and Summer’s story which should be heart wrenching with both of these characters with their hidden pain from two broken souls.
Bailey Southerland, chef and owner of Seasons, which is located near Mountain Lake Lodge. Four years she has been dropping hints of her attraction to a man that only sees her as a friend. Since the lake drained and is very low on water, is keeping customers away. The Seasons’ is a destination place for dining which the only thing is keeping it open.
Trace Campbell, local farmer, who has fallen for the very talented chef, Bailey. The problem …his family had a bad marriage and he already had a failed relationship which has him keeping Bailey in the friend category.
When there is a family emergency and they cannot find Bailey, Jude ask Trace to find her and bring her home. He finds her with the writer, Spencer Davis, in his shirt and this open his eyes to stake his claim to the woman who has his heart.
I enjoyed this book but not as well as the first book. Looking forward to Travis and Summer’s story which should be heart wrenching with both of these characters with their hidden pain from two broken souls.
August 30, 2022
This is the second book in Evelyn Adams' Southerlands series. These are the first 2 books that I have read by this author. I thoroughly enjoyed both books and am looking forward to reading more of the Southerland family.
In this book, Bailey and Trace are the key characters and they have such a fun relationship with a few stumbling blocks, of course. If you are looking for a clean, fun romantic book, take a look at this series. I always suggest reading the books in the order they are published. I think it makes identifying characters much easier, but you could definitely read this book as a stand alone novel.
In this book, Bailey and Trace are the key characters and they have such a fun relationship with a few stumbling blocks, of course. If you are looking for a clean, fun romantic book, take a look at this series. I always suggest reading the books in the order they are published. I think it makes identifying characters much easier, but you could definitely read this book as a stand alone novel.
November 12, 2014
'Feels Like Love: A Southerland Family Contemporary Romance' Southern Heart Series book 2 by Evelyn Adams is a great read! This is a excellent follow up to 'Feels Like Home: A Southerland Family Contemporary Romance' Southern Heart Series book 1. I absolutely loved reading about Bailey and Trace. This is a great series. I can not wait to see what happens next in the Southerland family and the Southern Heart Series. Highly recommend to all fans of romance and family series.
February 14, 2015
Bailey and Trace are just to cute together, they have amazing chemistry. They both have their own business and are both in love with each other but it's taken them four years and a new guy in town to finally throw them together. The book took a little too long IMO to get the main couple together and then seem to rush their story at the end a little but it was still a very hot read and I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series.
August 2, 2015
Bailey is in love with the farmer who supplies her restaurant. He is in love with Bailey but has this crazy notion that love doesn't last and friendship will. That is until Bailey hooks up with a local writer, then jealously rears its ugly head. This was a cute addition to the Southerland's story, but I just didn't like this one as much as before. I am however looking forward to Summer's story because of all of them so far, she has the most to gain by finding love :)
April 17, 2015
I love the Southerland family book series by Evelyn Adams. Loving Bailey is no different for me. Bailey and Trace are two of my favorite characters from this series, along with Autumn and Jude and Summer and Travis.
Take a peek at this sweet and sexy romance and see if you agree with me! I don't think you will be disappointed, I know I wasn't!!
Take a peek at this sweet and sexy romance and see if you agree with me! I don't think you will be disappointed, I know I wasn't!!
January 13, 2021
An excellent story. I enjoyed the complexity of the whole. Like in real life many things are going on at the same time. Family issues come up, there are natural consequences to nature which can put additional stress on, and sometimes people need a wake up call or jolt to realise they may miss out on the best parts of their life.
July 20, 2015
4.5 stars
It was a great story but the ending just seemed a little rushed. Also, some of the doubts and concerns seemed a little contrived at times. It was still a really good read with amazing characters and a lovely romance. I can't wait for the next one.
It was a great story but the ending just seemed a little rushed. Also, some of the doubts and concerns seemed a little contrived at times. It was still a really good read with amazing characters and a lovely romance. I can't wait for the next one.
March 7, 2015
Author
I love this author's writing. I always feel like I am there and can see her characters. Wonderful writing..thank you.
I love this author's writing. I always feel like I am there and can see her characters. Wonderful writing..thank you.
October 12, 2015
Part 2- focused on the sister Bailey
May 17, 2015
Enjoyed this book!!!
June 11, 2015
Loving Bailey
A Good sweet slow romance. It's Hard to put down. I can hardly wait for the next book. You will enjoy it.
A Good sweet slow romance. It's Hard to put down. I can hardly wait for the next book. You will enjoy it.
July 5, 2015
Oh for a good old-fashioned melodrama. With sexy bits. If that's your cup of tea, go for it. Not mine.
October 29, 2015
Really good story. I liked it from beginning to the end and look forward to what the next book will bring.
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