Oh, I am so glad that we got Anthony's story! It didn't connect in my mind when I read the blurb, but Anthony is Tony... aka Indie's long-term boyfriend from the going-nowhere-relationship-that's-more-like-roommates from Rhett. It was so nice to see how Anthony was impacted by the events that led to the end of his and Indie's relationship!
When we see Anthony now, he's lower than low. He's depressed for having lost Indie, and then he lost his job. And then he drove drunk and crashed into a vet's building. For community service, Anthony was ordered to volunteer at the cat shelter he crashed into... and little did he know, but that day, he crashed into the home of the woman of his dreams.
Swayze (Sway) is everything Anthony is not. Where he's rigid, she's lax. He plans everything, she plans nothing. They are completely opposite, but they bring out a different side to one another. And in different ways, they are both very broken people. Anthony wears his emotions on his sleeve -- anyone who asks, he'll tell them that he's in a funk due to the end of a long-term relationship. He feels unlovable. And Sway doesn't let any guy get too close because she feels she's damaged goods physically. She doesn't make plans for her future because everything she dreamed about was ripped away from her.
Yet somehow, Sway takes in stray Anthony, rehabs him like one of her injured kittens and he manages to heal her heart and soul along the way.
This is a sweet, uplifting read with the only drama between the characters being Sway's own issues and hang-ups. I've loved every book in this series so far, and adored the tease we got to her sister Skye's story, coming up next! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.