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Night & Day
Ty's parents seem to have their act together, and his little sisters are old enough that he doesn't have to constantly worry about them anymore. He could even enroll in some college classes if he could find an overnight job that won't kill him. One where he might be able to study occasionally, or catch a nap. When he sees the advertisement for a night nanny, it sounds perfect. After all, he's got a soft spot for babies, and raised his sisters himself.
If Ty is having some seriously sinful thoughts about Isabel's handsome, melancholy father-well. His thing for older men is nothing new, and he can keep himself under control for the half-hour their paths cross in the morning and evening.
Jonathan is overwhelmed by his wife leaving abruptly--though, to be honest, he'd known it was over for years--by the new responsibilities he's just been handed at his law firm, and by the baby daughter he adopted three months ago, Isabel. The baby his now-vanished wife had been begging for. He was lucky to get a place for Isabel in the best infant care program in the city, but it closes at 5 p.m. Before Isabel, Jonathan had never held a baby or changed a diaper. He needs help day and night.
When Ty answers his advertisement, Jonathan looks past the tattoos and piercings at the way Ty expertly soothes the baby and hires him on the spot. The only problem in the weeks that follow is how much Jonathan begins to look forward to Ty's arrival every night, and not just because he's ready to hand Isabel over and get some sleep. There's something that fascinates him about the kid who steps out of the darkness late each night with a crooked smile.
When Isabel's daycare temporarily closes unexpectedly, a desperate Jonathan asks Ty if he can work more hours. Ty says he can--if he can crash in the guest room, too.
If Ty is having some seriously sinful thoughts about Isabel's handsome, melancholy father-well. His thing for older men is nothing new, and he can keep himself under control for the half-hour their paths cross in the morning and evening.
Jonathan is overwhelmed by his wife leaving abruptly--though, to be honest, he'd known it was over for years--by the new responsibilities he's just been handed at his law firm, and by the baby daughter he adopted three months ago, Isabel. The baby his now-vanished wife had been begging for. He was lucky to get a place for Isabel in the best infant care program in the city, but it closes at 5 p.m. Before Isabel, Jonathan had never held a baby or changed a diaper. He needs help day and night.
When Ty answers his advertisement, Jonathan looks past the tattoos and piercings at the way Ty expertly soothes the baby and hires him on the spot. The only problem in the weeks that follow is how much Jonathan begins to look forward to Ty's arrival every night, and not just because he's ready to hand Isabel over and get some sleep. There's something that fascinates him about the kid who steps out of the darkness late each night with a crooked smile.
When Isabel's daycare temporarily closes unexpectedly, a desperate Jonathan asks Ty if he can work more hours. Ty says he can--if he can crash in the guest room, too.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2022
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Rachel Ember
28 books202 followersRachel was born and raised in the midwest USA, and now lives there voluntarily, a life choice she only sometimes questions. On the small farm her menagerie calls home, she happily juggles her voracious reading and writing habits with caring for her kids and pets.
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August 14, 2022
“What he felt for Jonathan wasn’t even lust, exactly. At least, not all the time. Lusting after him felt strange… he was so far outside Ty’s league, not someone Ty would presume to touch or be touched by, even in fantasy. Ty’s yearning was much more general, the way as a child he’d yearned for beautiful sculptures spun from glass or a cottage in a storybook grown over with blooming ivy. The nonspecific longing for something that he didn’t entirely understand.”
— manny/lawyer
— sweet, moderately angsty
— slow burn
— age gap
— forced proximity
— class differences
— hurt/comfort
— slow burn
It’s not a secret that I’m a huge Rachel Ember fan and I loved this urban love story. It’s a complete departure from her cowboy romances set in the Midwest.
So what did I love?
✔️A tattooed manny, Ty, is hired by a successful workaholic lawyer, Jonathan, who was recently left by his wife with a three-month-old baby.
✔️Said lawyer is clueless about taking care of the baby, but is saved by the baby whispering manny.
✔️Wonderful characterization and just the right level of angst keeps things interesting.
✔️Great writing.
✔️Tons of UST from the get-go and a delicious age gap.
✔️Strong relationship development as Ty bonds with both the baby and Jonathan.
— manny/lawyer
— sweet, moderately angsty
— slow burn
— age gap
— forced proximity
— class differences
— hurt/comfort
— slow burn
It’s not a secret that I’m a huge Rachel Ember fan and I loved this urban love story. It’s a complete departure from her cowboy romances set in the Midwest.
So what did I love?
✔️A tattooed manny, Ty, is hired by a successful workaholic lawyer, Jonathan, who was recently left by his wife with a three-month-old baby.
✔️Said lawyer is clueless about taking care of the baby, but is saved by the baby whispering manny.
✔️Wonderful characterization and just the right level of angst keeps things interesting.
✔️Great writing.
✔️Tons of UST from the get-go and a delicious age gap.
✔️Strong relationship development as Ty bonds with both the baby and Jonathan.
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March 26, 2022DNF @ 58%
March 27, 2022
This was...not my cup of tea. I wasn't feeling the connection between Ty and Jonathan at all. I didn't realize the book was originally a serial, so that might explain the consistency issues that kept tripping me up. It needed a lot of narrative polish. Somehow it managed to be too much and not enough at the same time. Even the blurb was misleading and seemed to have been written for a different version of the story. There are plenty of five star reviews for this book so it might just be a "me thing", but this story just didn't resonate with me.
June 8, 2022
This shouldn’t have worked for me, but it did. I’m not a fan of kids in my romance nor age gap usually. All the characters had the specificity of real world people that had flaws and good points to balance them out. I really wanted to know more about them.
June 11, 2022
That was not bad. When a hot nanny comes supporting your child. 😏 I really liked the story
May 28, 2022
I've given this a C+ at AAR, so 3.5 stars
I’ve eagerly been snapping up the books in Rachel Ember’s Wild Ones series, so when I saw she had a new standalone novel coming out, I was eager to read it. Night & Day is an opposites attract romance between a recently separated lawyer and the guy he employs as the nanny for his infant daughter; I enjoyed it and liked the central characters, but there were a number of inconsistencies and flaws that left me with the overall feeling that the book wasn’t quite as well thought-out or polished as the others I’ve read by this author.
Tyler Burns is twenty-eight and has been more like a parent than a brother to his three younger sisters ever since he was a kid himself. Their parents are never around – and when they are, they’re throwing parties and spending his earnings on beer instead of groceries – and Ty has shouldered the responsibility for Danielle, Emma and Sam, forgoing college so that he could be around for them while they were growing up and working as many jobs as he could in order to keep a roof over all their heads. When the story begins, he’s waiting tables but needs another source of income, so he applies for a job as a nanny to a baby girl. He might not have any qualifications, but he’s got plenty of relevant experience.
Jonathan Evans is a busy lawyer whose wife Natalie has literally just up and left him a mere couple of months after they brought home their adopted daughter, and he’s in desperate need of help. Baby Isabel isn’t sleeping at night, and Jonathan is so exhausted he can barely function at work; she has a daycare place, but he needs someone who can care for her overnight and decides to employ a nanny. He ends up with four candidates, three of them looking very professional and assured, but only the guy in the worn jeans and battered docs gives him any real confidence that Isabel will be in safe, caring hands.
I liked the slow burn feel of the romance as Jonathan and Ty get to know each other over shared breakfasts, then shared evening meals, chatting and just hanging out, but one of the main issues I had with the book as a whole is that it seems that Jonathan – who is bisexual and has always known it – is checking Ty out on something like day four of his being at the house, which means it’s little more than a fortnight after Natalie left. Even though it’s very clear that his marriage had been in trouble for quite a while, to have him lusting after the nanny just a couple of weeks after his wife left feels … off, and is even more so in the light of what we’re told later about Jonathan rarely feeling genuine interest in – or sexual attraction to – another person.
With all that said, however, there are things to enjoy here. Ty is a total sweetheart – kind, loving, compassionate and smart, he’s one of life’s caretakers who will do anything for those he loves, and he obviously cares very deeply for his sisters and wants the best for them, so much so that he’s sacrificed having a life of his own in order to provide them with a stable upbringing. His sisters are all strongly characterised and I was really pleased when they’re shown to be aware of everything Ty has done for them and then find a way to – in a small way – repay him. Jonathan is quite closed off and awkward when we first meet him, a man just going through the motions and existing rather than living his life, and Ms. Ember does a really good job of showing him coming to that realisation and then starting to rediscover himself, to find love and embrace fatherhood.
I liked the leads, I liked their romance, I liked the way Ty so easily fits in to Jonathan and Isabel’s lives, I liked the world the author builds around them, and was confident of being able to offer the book at least a qualified recommendation – and then the ending happened.
I so disliked the way this played out that it thoroughly soured the ending and cast a pall over the entire book – hence the middling grade.
I can’t deny that I’d also have liked to see Ty’s parents get their comeuppance, but it’s difficult to see what that could have been within the context of the story.
In the end, Night & Day was a mixed bag. I wanted to like it more than I did, and the parts of it I liked, I liked a lot – but the things I didn’t like were impossible to ignore when coming up with a final grade. While this one didn’t quite hit the spot for me, Rachel Ember is a talented author and I’ll definitely be picking up whatever she publishes next.
Note: I believe this story was originally made available as a serial via the author’s newsletter.
I’ve eagerly been snapping up the books in Rachel Ember’s Wild Ones series, so when I saw she had a new standalone novel coming out, I was eager to read it. Night & Day is an opposites attract romance between a recently separated lawyer and the guy he employs as the nanny for his infant daughter; I enjoyed it and liked the central characters, but there were a number of inconsistencies and flaws that left me with the overall feeling that the book wasn’t quite as well thought-out or polished as the others I’ve read by this author.
Tyler Burns is twenty-eight and has been more like a parent than a brother to his three younger sisters ever since he was a kid himself. Their parents are never around – and when they are, they’re throwing parties and spending his earnings on beer instead of groceries – and Ty has shouldered the responsibility for Danielle, Emma and Sam, forgoing college so that he could be around for them while they were growing up and working as many jobs as he could in order to keep a roof over all their heads. When the story begins, he’s waiting tables but needs another source of income, so he applies for a job as a nanny to a baby girl. He might not have any qualifications, but he’s got plenty of relevant experience.
Jonathan Evans is a busy lawyer whose wife Natalie has literally just up and left him a mere couple of months after they brought home their adopted daughter, and he’s in desperate need of help. Baby Isabel isn’t sleeping at night, and Jonathan is so exhausted he can barely function at work; she has a daycare place, but he needs someone who can care for her overnight and decides to employ a nanny. He ends up with four candidates, three of them looking very professional and assured, but only the guy in the worn jeans and battered docs gives him any real confidence that Isabel will be in safe, caring hands.
I liked the slow burn feel of the romance as Jonathan and Ty get to know each other over shared breakfasts, then shared evening meals, chatting and just hanging out, but one of the main issues I had with the book as a whole is that it seems that Jonathan – who is bisexual and has always known it – is checking Ty out on something like day four of his being at the house, which means it’s little more than a fortnight after Natalie left. Even though it’s very clear that his marriage had been in trouble for quite a while, to have him lusting after the nanny just a couple of weeks after his wife left feels … off, and is even more so in the light of what we’re told later about Jonathan rarely feeling genuine interest in – or sexual attraction to – another person.
With all that said, however, there are things to enjoy here. Ty is a total sweetheart – kind, loving, compassionate and smart, he’s one of life’s caretakers who will do anything for those he loves, and he obviously cares very deeply for his sisters and wants the best for them, so much so that he’s sacrificed having a life of his own in order to provide them with a stable upbringing. His sisters are all strongly characterised and I was really pleased when they’re shown to be aware of everything Ty has done for them and then find a way to – in a small way – repay him. Jonathan is quite closed off and awkward when we first meet him, a man just going through the motions and existing rather than living his life, and Ms. Ember does a really good job of showing him coming to that realisation and then starting to rediscover himself, to find love and embrace fatherhood.
I liked the leads, I liked their romance, I liked the way Ty so easily fits in to Jonathan and Isabel’s lives, I liked the world the author builds around them, and was confident of being able to offer the book at least a qualified recommendation – and then the ending happened.
I so disliked the way this played out that it thoroughly soured the ending and cast a pall over the entire book – hence the middling grade.
I can’t deny that I’d also have liked to see Ty’s parents get their comeuppance, but it’s difficult to see what that could have been within the context of the story.
In the end, Night & Day was a mixed bag. I wanted to like it more than I did, and the parts of it I liked, I liked a lot – but the things I didn’t like were impossible to ignore when coming up with a final grade. While this one didn’t quite hit the spot for me, Rachel Ember is a talented author and I’ll definitely be picking up whatever she publishes next.
Note: I believe this story was originally made available as a serial via the author’s newsletter.
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March 29, 2022DNF at 50%
It's maybe one of those It's-Me cases. Wanted to like it but it just didn't do it for me. Too nice, nothing much happens and those events that should affect you like your wife leaving you wordlessly shortly before the adoption of your baby is final only leads to sleepless nights and move into an attraction for the manny.
It's maybe one of those It's-Me cases. Wanted to like it but it just didn't do it for me. Too nice, nothing much happens and those events that should affect you like your wife leaving you wordlessly shortly before the adoption of your baby is final only leads to sleepless nights and move into an attraction for the manny.
March 21, 2022
One of my favorite reads this year!
I absolutely loved this book! The storyline was wonderful and the characters were so amazing! I loved Ty from the very beginning and it was equal parts wonderful and horrible to see the responsibilities his parents pushed on him from such a young age but I also loved the relationship he had with his sisters because of it. Jonathon was so hard to understand at first but the more you learn about him and his marriage, the more you get to understand just how soft-hearted and lost he had become. Seeing these two work toward building a family together was so sweet. As a Missouri dweller, I loved that the book was set in KC! Go Midwest romance! There were a few things that were total surprises to the storyline and I loved/hated how they came about but overall it was a good thing for the characters in the end. I wish Ty had got a "moment" with his parents where he was able to get some vindication for being a better parent to his sisters as a child than they had ever been but...shrug. He was able to move on to a better life in the end! I wish there was a second book with these characters in the works because I was just not ready to say goodbye to Ty, Jonathon, Isabel, and all the sisters! Wonderful writing with really engaging and heartfelt characters!
I absolutely loved this book! The storyline was wonderful and the characters were so amazing! I loved Ty from the very beginning and it was equal parts wonderful and horrible to see the responsibilities his parents pushed on him from such a young age but I also loved the relationship he had with his sisters because of it. Jonathon was so hard to understand at first but the more you learn about him and his marriage, the more you get to understand just how soft-hearted and lost he had become. Seeing these two work toward building a family together was so sweet. As a Missouri dweller, I loved that the book was set in KC! Go Midwest romance! There were a few things that were total surprises to the storyline and I loved/hated how they came about but overall it was a good thing for the characters in the end. I wish Ty had got a "moment" with his parents where he was able to get some vindication for being a better parent to his sisters as a child than they had ever been but...shrug. He was able to move on to a better life in the end! I wish there was a second book with these characters in the works because I was just not ready to say goodbye to Ty, Jonathon, Isabel, and all the sisters! Wonderful writing with really engaging and heartfelt characters!
March 26, 2022
I liked the free weekly update version but the ebook has a few subtle changes and conversations that makes it feel better developed. The minor niggles I had are smoothed out.
Not generaly a fan of 'kid' books, but here Ty's protective nature drew me in to the wailing cuteness.
I like the dynamic between Jonathon and Ty. Felt rich sucessful Jonathon needed Ty in his life, and you know that Ty for all his rough background works hard and would manage on his own. But they both do far better together.
Not generaly a fan of 'kid' books, but here Ty's protective nature drew me in to the wailing cuteness.
I like the dynamic between Jonathon and Ty. Felt rich sucessful Jonathon needed Ty in his life, and you know that Ty for all his rough background works hard and would manage on his own. But they both do far better together.
March 24, 2022
Jonathan and Ty have solid chemistry from the second they meet, and while I admit sometimes Jonathan’s privilege was annoying (dude…just eat the canned spaghetti sauce and get over yourself, please and thank you) underneath all the blindspots fostered by gratuitous wealth there’s such a sincere, adorably kindhearted and shyly awkward guy it’s hard to hold all the conspicuous consumption against him. Ty, on the other hand, is used to struggles both economic and emotional, and is smart, kind, competent and self-sacrificing to a fault: he’s built his life around being a caretaker and does it with admirable patience and grace. Watching him with Jonathan’s baby daughter is cute, but watching him with the sisters he raised is heartwarming and hilarious and kind of the best thing ever. The man taught himself “dad” advice from books, observations, and dreams of the kind of parenting he wanted but never got– how do you not love that? Ty and Jonathan’s romance is relatively low angst–there’s a bit of pining, a touch of drama, and mostly smooth sailing, and it’s all lovely, but I’ll admit that what really made the book for me was not them as a couple but rather the way Ty and Jonathan together come to form the nexus of a beautifully eclectic chosen family, drawing together people from each of their lives to form a stable, supportive community in which everyone gets to thrive. Overall, a really enjoyable read.
*I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
*I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
March 26, 2022
I know this started out being serialized in Rachel Ember’s newsletter before going through editing and being released as a novel.
So, because of the fact it was written, went through readers and then went through editing before. Being released maybe made me a bit more critical.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this, but I feel like it could have been better.
There’s not actually a whole lot of page time with Ty and Jonathan. We are told about a lot of the time they spent together, but I felt like there was so many other characters who were getting page time that I didn’t really connect to these guys as a couple. Jonathan and Natalie, Jonathan and Landry, Johnathan and Rosa, Ty and Shay, Ty and his mom, Ty and his thee sisters, Ty and Miss D, Ty and the money lender….
Speaking of the money lender, what was the point? I kept waiting for that to become relevant, but it’s like it was written to do something with later and then forgotten.
I also was a bit unsure what Rachel Ember was trying to accomplish in terms of Jonathan’s sexuality. He described himself as bi, but then said how rare it was for him to feel a draw to someone, and then later he said he didn’t feel very sexual… so at first I was thinking bi-sexual, demiromantic, but by the end I felt like a really good opportunity for an acknowledged ace-spectrum character was missed.
So, because of the fact it was written, went through readers and then went through editing before. Being released maybe made me a bit more critical.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this, but I feel like it could have been better.
There’s not actually a whole lot of page time with Ty and Jonathan. We are told about a lot of the time they spent together, but I felt like there was so many other characters who were getting page time that I didn’t really connect to these guys as a couple. Jonathan and Natalie, Jonathan and Landry, Johnathan and Rosa, Ty and Shay, Ty and his mom, Ty and his thee sisters, Ty and Miss D, Ty and the money lender….
Speaking of the money lender, what was the point? I kept waiting for that to become relevant, but it’s like it was written to do something with later and then forgotten.
I also was a bit unsure what Rachel Ember was trying to accomplish in terms of Jonathan’s sexuality. He described himself as bi, but then said how rare it was for him to feel a draw to someone, and then later he said he didn’t feel very sexual… so at first I was thinking bi-sexual, demiromantic, but by the end I felt like a really good opportunity for an acknowledged ace-spectrum character was missed.
April 6, 2022
I really really really really really wanted to like this book because the premise sounded amazing. This book felt very under written and under developed. They were time jumps that didn’t make sense and the whole story with Natalie was just weird. I almost feel like it would’ve been better if they killed her off as bad as that sounds. Not sure that this author and their writing style is for me
March 22, 2022
3.5 stars
There was a lot I liked about this story. My favorite character had to be Isabel! Yes, she’s only 3 months old and doesn’t do much but that newborn baby stage is so precious and this book brought those memories back for me. There’s nothing like a newborn, they are totally reliant on the people around them and it’s the one time in life that you are completely innocent. The entire story takes place because of her so she was the central character for me.
Jonathan is trying to keep it all together after his wife leaves him with the newborn daughter they are adopting. He works all day as a lawyer and then is up all night with Isabel. He realizes he needs help outside of her daycare because he’s falling asleep at work and can barely function. When he starts interviewing nanny’s to care for Isabel overnight he doesn’t think any of them can handle the baby who cries almost constantly. When Ty walks in and immediately calms the baby down he knows he’s found his nanny.
Ty has taken care of his three sisters since they were born, his parents are unreliable and have substance abuse issues. He has dedicated all his time to raising his sisters and has a knack for getting babies to stop crying. He loves staying with Isabel overnight and her attractive dad isn’t bad either.
I enjoyed Johnathan and Ty getting to know each other and also bonding over Isabel. This was a slow burn and it fit perfectly into the story. My issue was I didn’t feel the chemistry between them, I just wasn’t connecting with them as a couple. Jonathan was hard to like at times because he is very straight laced. Ty was more laid back since he came from almost nothing. He feels like he isn’t enough for Jonathan at times but Jonathan shows him that’s not true.
There was a twist that I wasn’t sure I liked at first. I was angry! I have to say though that Rachel Ember handled this part of the story wonderfully and I was won over!
I do feel like the ending was a bit rushed, I wish we saw more of the guys with Isabel and Ty’s sisters as a family. I’d love a follow up short story one day maybe showing them all together.
This was a nice story that flowed well overall. That little bit of chemistry I needed was all that was missing but that is all me. The writing was really good and I am loving reading more of Rachel’s books!
**ARC provided for review
**All thoughts and opinions are my own
There was a lot I liked about this story. My favorite character had to be Isabel! Yes, she’s only 3 months old and doesn’t do much but that newborn baby stage is so precious and this book brought those memories back for me. There’s nothing like a newborn, they are totally reliant on the people around them and it’s the one time in life that you are completely innocent. The entire story takes place because of her so she was the central character for me.
Jonathan is trying to keep it all together after his wife leaves him with the newborn daughter they are adopting. He works all day as a lawyer and then is up all night with Isabel. He realizes he needs help outside of her daycare because he’s falling asleep at work and can barely function. When he starts interviewing nanny’s to care for Isabel overnight he doesn’t think any of them can handle the baby who cries almost constantly. When Ty walks in and immediately calms the baby down he knows he’s found his nanny.
Ty has taken care of his three sisters since they were born, his parents are unreliable and have substance abuse issues. He has dedicated all his time to raising his sisters and has a knack for getting babies to stop crying. He loves staying with Isabel overnight and her attractive dad isn’t bad either.
I enjoyed Johnathan and Ty getting to know each other and also bonding over Isabel. This was a slow burn and it fit perfectly into the story. My issue was I didn’t feel the chemistry between them, I just wasn’t connecting with them as a couple. Jonathan was hard to like at times because he is very straight laced. Ty was more laid back since he came from almost nothing. He feels like he isn’t enough for Jonathan at times but Jonathan shows him that’s not true.
There was a twist that I wasn’t sure I liked at first. I was angry! I have to say though that Rachel Ember handled this part of the story wonderfully and I was won over!
I do feel like the ending was a bit rushed, I wish we saw more of the guys with Isabel and Ty’s sisters as a family. I’d love a follow up short story one day maybe showing them all together.
This was a nice story that flowed well overall. That little bit of chemistry I needed was all that was missing but that is all me. The writing was really good and I am loving reading more of Rachel’s books!
**ARC provided for review
**All thoughts and opinions are my own
April 20, 2022
4,25
Naprawdę dobra obyczajówka. Po raz kolejny Rachel Ember pokazała, że slow-burn jest jej mocną stroną, tak jak i tworzenie prawdziwych bohaterów, osadzonych w realnym świecie. Nikt i nic nie jest doskonałe, ale każdy usiłuje sobie dać radę z takim rozdaniem, jakie dostał od życia.
Wolne tempo i szerokie tło - przede wszystkim rodzinne bohaterów - może niektórych zniechęcać (nie po raz pierwszy z tego powodu widzę już u tej autorki DNF w komentarzach). Romans oczywiście jest, ale jest w stosunku do spraw rodzinnych góra równorzędny, jak nie odrobinę nawet drugoplanowy. Ale dzięki temu poznajemy dobrze bohaterów, ich motywacje i priorytety, co nimi kieruje, co są w stanie poświęcić i o co walczyć - i nie miałam wrażenia, że coś się dzieje za szybko - pomimo, iż rozwój uczucia między nimi trwał ile - 6? 8? tygodni? I jedyne co, to żałuję, że książka była dość krótka - bo wcale bohaterowie i ich problemy mi się nie znudziły, wręcz przeciwnie. Ty był świetny, Jonathan zostawał za nim tylko delikatnie z tyłu, do tego siostry Ty'a, córka i prawie była przez niemalże całą książkę żona Jonathana, cały system rodzinny, który udało im się stworzyć pod koniec książki - może i nietypowy, i nieco dziwny, ale w końcu takie jest życie - nieprzewidywalne i trzeba zrobić wszystko, by sobie je ułożyć jak najlepiej...
Lecę dalej do książek Rachel Emebr 😁
Naprawdę dobra obyczajówka. Po raz kolejny Rachel Ember pokazała, że slow-burn jest jej mocną stroną, tak jak i tworzenie prawdziwych bohaterów, osadzonych w realnym świecie. Nikt i nic nie jest doskonałe, ale każdy usiłuje sobie dać radę z takim rozdaniem, jakie dostał od życia.
Wolne tempo i szerokie tło - przede wszystkim rodzinne bohaterów - może niektórych zniechęcać (nie po raz pierwszy z tego powodu widzę już u tej autorki DNF w komentarzach). Romans oczywiście jest, ale jest w stosunku do spraw rodzinnych góra równorzędny, jak nie odrobinę nawet drugoplanowy. Ale dzięki temu poznajemy dobrze bohaterów, ich motywacje i priorytety, co nimi kieruje, co są w stanie poświęcić i o co walczyć - i nie miałam wrażenia, że coś się dzieje za szybko - pomimo, iż rozwój uczucia między nimi trwał ile - 6? 8? tygodni? I jedyne co, to żałuję, że książka była dość krótka - bo wcale bohaterowie i ich problemy mi się nie znudziły, wręcz przeciwnie. Ty był świetny, Jonathan zostawał za nim tylko delikatnie z tyłu, do tego siostry Ty'a, córka i prawie była przez niemalże całą książkę żona Jonathana, cały system rodzinny, który udało im się stworzyć pod koniec książki - może i nietypowy, i nieco dziwny, ale w końcu takie jest życie - nieprzewidywalne i trzeba zrobić wszystko, by sobie je ułożyć jak najlepiej...
Lecę dalej do książek Rachel Emebr 😁
March 25, 2022
This is a really sweet and tender book with some pretty wonderful characters.
Ty and Jonathan are both so kind and heartfelt and are wonderfully layered. A slow-burning romance that paves the way to a beautiful HEA.
Ty has lived an unstable life thanks to parents who were frequently MIA, all the while trying to provide as much stability as possible to his younger sisters. In turn, he’s never really had a chance to live his own life or have his own passions.
Jonathan appears closed off, preferring contracts to people, until you get to know him, then you discover he’s really just lost and he’s actually super gentle and compassionate and an all-around sweetheart.
Watching the two come out of their shells and discover themselves in the safety of the other was the sweetness I needed today.
4.5 Stars
< ARC provided and this is my honest review >
Ty and Jonathan are both so kind and heartfelt and are wonderfully layered. A slow-burning romance that paves the way to a beautiful HEA.
Ty has lived an unstable life thanks to parents who were frequently MIA, all the while trying to provide as much stability as possible to his younger sisters. In turn, he’s never really had a chance to live his own life or have his own passions.
Jonathan appears closed off, preferring contracts to people, until you get to know him, then you discover he’s really just lost and he’s actually super gentle and compassionate and an all-around sweetheart.
Watching the two come out of their shells and discover themselves in the safety of the other was the sweetness I needed today.
4.5 Stars
< ARC provided and this is my honest review >
March 22, 2022
Another beautiful slow burn bi-awakening, age-gap, story from the talented Rachel Ember. Jonathan and Ty have a great connection that you see flourish emotionally and passionately in a realistic manner without making it all about sex like so many other books. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I received this book as an Advanced reader's Copy.
I received this book as an Advanced reader's Copy.
May 1, 2022
3.5 stars - Rounding up bc I do like a lot of what was going on, but it did seem like we were one step removed from a couple aspects. That being said, it gave me vibes of two of my favorite reads, a YA book from the late 80’s and a Les Mis AU fanfic . . . so I wasn’t too mad at it. I think if another pass had been given to shore up the primary relationship, this would have been a solid four stars.
April 15, 2022
I really wanted to like this, but I hated the wife coming back. It’s probably just a me thing but I just did not like her at all. Maybe I’m just jaded, but her being involved kinda ruined it for me
March 22, 2022
OMG, I’m not quite sure I can say ENOUGH about this WONDERFUL 📕‼️I had JUST finished reading Eli Easton’s “Christmas Angel”, which is 📕 #1️⃣ in the 7️⃣📕series, “The Christmas Angel”, where each 📕is by a different ✍️, with different MCs, in a different time period ⏳📆, about a different story, where the only constant the return of a hand-carved Christmas ornament of a wooden angel 👼.
As you can tell 🙄, I was TOTALLY ready to 📖 the next 📕, but was committed to 📖 this ARC of Rachel Ember’s 📕, “Night & Day” that was releasing on 3/25 and I had only been given a couple of weeks to 📖 it, so it had to come next.
Well I started it not in the best head space, expected to have it not hold a 🕯to what I had just 📖 and BOY, was I 😑‼️ I’m not going to say it was better, because they BOTH were “hit right out of the park ⚾️” (yes a 60 year-old Gay male, shockingly 😲, using a sports metaphor‼️ My Dad would be so proud 🥹)… 😉🤭
Everything about this 📕 from the git-go had me “hooked”. Both of the MCs were SO relatable and believable, not coming across as these “stereotypical caricatures” that sadly tend to be reutilized in this genre.
I found myself drawn in to each of their situations and continually surprised 😲 each time when they don’t fall in to the norm individuals in their situation would be in.
I’m not going to give away the story, but to say that their romance is wonderful, both in the external angst effecting their success and the ways that they each resolve either their individual conflict or that of their beloved.
Also I want to add that there are a couple of HUGE surprises in this 📕 that I TOTALLY did not see coming at all. There is☝️plot development that I was SO proud 🥹 of myself to have figured out quickly, only to have gotten it completely WRONG 😑… 🤭‼️ Some might think 🤔 that things get tied up 🪢 much too easily/neatly in HEA fashion and ALL I will say is don’t be “so jaded”, because everything that NOT only the MCs have gone through in life before we encounter them, plus their story before us, the outcome for BOTH them and the others in their lives make perfect sense rather than a traditional “Lifetime TV Movie” ending.
Speaking of which, this 📕 would make for a TERRIFIC “Netflix” 🎞 adaptation or even handed over to “oft” more talented folks “across the pond”.
I’m going to return now to “Summerfield’s Angel” and the rest of “The Christmas Angel” universes, but QUITE happily, Ty, Jonathan, Isabel, Emily, Danielle, Sam, Natalie, Landry, Rosa, Kent & Shay will be staying with me for quite some time and if that’s not the effect you want out of a 📕, than I’ve been doing something wrong for the past 5️⃣7️⃣ years‼️ (Yes, you can ask my 8️⃣4️⃣ year old Mom, but I started 📖 at the ripe old age of 3️⃣)…
As you can tell 🙄, I was TOTALLY ready to 📖 the next 📕, but was committed to 📖 this ARC of Rachel Ember’s 📕, “Night & Day” that was releasing on 3/25 and I had only been given a couple of weeks to 📖 it, so it had to come next.
Well I started it not in the best head space, expected to have it not hold a 🕯to what I had just 📖 and BOY, was I 😑‼️ I’m not going to say it was better, because they BOTH were “hit right out of the park ⚾️” (yes a 60 year-old Gay male, shockingly 😲, using a sports metaphor‼️ My Dad would be so proud 🥹)… 😉🤭
Everything about this 📕 from the git-go had me “hooked”. Both of the MCs were SO relatable and believable, not coming across as these “stereotypical caricatures” that sadly tend to be reutilized in this genre.
I found myself drawn in to each of their situations and continually surprised 😲 each time when they don’t fall in to the norm individuals in their situation would be in.
I’m not going to give away the story, but to say that their romance is wonderful, both in the external angst effecting their success and the ways that they each resolve either their individual conflict or that of their beloved.
Also I want to add that there are a couple of HUGE surprises in this 📕 that I TOTALLY did not see coming at all. There is☝️plot development that I was SO proud 🥹 of myself to have figured out quickly, only to have gotten it completely WRONG 😑… 🤭‼️ Some might think 🤔 that things get tied up 🪢 much too easily/neatly in HEA fashion and ALL I will say is don’t be “so jaded”, because everything that NOT only the MCs have gone through in life before we encounter them, plus their story before us, the outcome for BOTH them and the others in their lives make perfect sense rather than a traditional “Lifetime TV Movie” ending.
Speaking of which, this 📕 would make for a TERRIFIC “Netflix” 🎞 adaptation or even handed over to “oft” more talented folks “across the pond”.
I’m going to return now to “Summerfield’s Angel” and the rest of “The Christmas Angel” universes, but QUITE happily, Ty, Jonathan, Isabel, Emily, Danielle, Sam, Natalie, Landry, Rosa, Kent & Shay will be staying with me for quite some time and if that’s not the effect you want out of a 📕, than I’ve been doing something wrong for the past 5️⃣7️⃣ years‼️ (Yes, you can ask my 8️⃣4️⃣ year old Mom, but I started 📖 at the ripe old age of 3️⃣)…
March 22, 2022
What a beautiful book with such easy to love characters. They say opposites attract and this is definitely true in Tye and Jonathon's case.
Jonathon is really left in dire straights when his wife leaves him and disappears just after their adoption for baby Isabel goes through. He has a high powered job and trying to juggle work with looking after a baby that doesn't like to sleep during the night leaves him at his whit's end. So he places an advert for a nanny to work in the evening so he can finally get some sleep. He doesn't click with the first three applicants, but when he sees how Tye immediately sooths Isabel, he knows he found the man for the job. Tye fascinates him from the start, especially his tattoos and the hole in his lip where a piercing used to be.
The neighborhood that Jonathon lives in is the polar opposite of the one where Tye grew up, looking after his sisters and making sure they came to no harm. However, once he meets Isabel and her gorgeous father, he realises that it's the job for him. When Isabel's day care no longer has a place for her due to staff illness, Jonathon suggests Tye move into the spare room and become a full time nanny. The two begin to realise their attraction to each other, but know it can go no further as an employer/employee relationship wouldn't be right. When they can no longer stay away from each other and enjoy a moment of passion, disaster strikes and Tye feels so guilty for neglecting his youngest sister that he feels he cannot return to live at Jonathon's. With the help of his sisters and some other wonderful characters, Tye finally returns and the two work things out.
What I really liked about this book are the two wonderful main characters and the fact that they both put their families before their own happiness. Tye has never really had a childhood as he's always cared for his siblings as neither of his parents were capable or wanted to be a parent. Jonathon just wants baby Isabel to be well cared for and happy. There are some wonderful secondary characters in the book who help bring the story to life and I loved the way the MC's two worlds came together and especially how easily Jonathon accepted Tye's sisters and his piercing and tattoos. I totally recommend reading this book if you enjoy a low angst employer/employee, friends to lovers romance. I was kindly gifted an ARC for an honest review.
Jonathon is really left in dire straights when his wife leaves him and disappears just after their adoption for baby Isabel goes through. He has a high powered job and trying to juggle work with looking after a baby that doesn't like to sleep during the night leaves him at his whit's end. So he places an advert for a nanny to work in the evening so he can finally get some sleep. He doesn't click with the first three applicants, but when he sees how Tye immediately sooths Isabel, he knows he found the man for the job. Tye fascinates him from the start, especially his tattoos and the hole in his lip where a piercing used to be.
The neighborhood that Jonathon lives in is the polar opposite of the one where Tye grew up, looking after his sisters and making sure they came to no harm. However, once he meets Isabel and her gorgeous father, he realises that it's the job for him. When Isabel's day care no longer has a place for her due to staff illness, Jonathon suggests Tye move into the spare room and become a full time nanny. The two begin to realise their attraction to each other, but know it can go no further as an employer/employee relationship wouldn't be right. When they can no longer stay away from each other and enjoy a moment of passion, disaster strikes and Tye feels so guilty for neglecting his youngest sister that he feels he cannot return to live at Jonathon's. With the help of his sisters and some other wonderful characters, Tye finally returns and the two work things out.
What I really liked about this book are the two wonderful main characters and the fact that they both put their families before their own happiness. Tye has never really had a childhood as he's always cared for his siblings as neither of his parents were capable or wanted to be a parent. Jonathon just wants baby Isabel to be well cared for and happy. There are some wonderful secondary characters in the book who help bring the story to life and I loved the way the MC's two worlds came together and especially how easily Jonathon accepted Tye's sisters and his piercing and tattoos. I totally recommend reading this book if you enjoy a low angst employer/employee, friends to lovers romance. I was kindly gifted an ARC for an honest review.
March 29, 2022
What a cute read!
It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a single dad, but a newly single, new dad and a hot nanny? Absolutely! Let’s discuss...
First, we have Johnathan. He’s the new single dad with a brand new baby that he and his estranged wife were adopting just before she up and left him. They hadn’t had a good marriage in a while and I don’t think either was to blame for that. I don’t want to give anything away about that because it came as a bit of a surprise, so I won’t spoil, but it’s easier to understand her once it all comes togetrher.
Because of her sudden departure, busy attorney Johnathan needs a nanny now more than ever. He doesn’t know if he can handle this dad thing, as his screaming baby and no prospect for a nanny is much harder than he thought it would be.
Enter Ty....
I loved everything about Ty. He’s so selfless and charming. I loved his relationship with his sisters and the caretaker role he played in their lives, their entire lives. He was born to take care of people, literally, he had been doing it his whole life. Maybe not by choice growing up, but it was his calling, for sure.
I loved how he was with Johnathans Isobel.
Being as different as night and day, I wasn’t surprised to find Ty and Johnathan attracted to each other and I could see them together just as easily as I could if I was watching the reality show that I wanna wish them real to be apart of. It was inevitable.
I want to gush and I want to tell you every cute thing about this story but I’ll leave it for now and say that if you like any trope with dads, nannies and maybe a little bit of drama... you’ll adore this.
I would’ve liked to have seen Ty’s parents go to prison or just....get smacked with reality and a little of the karmic justice they deserve and I wasn’t so keen on Shay at first, so I’m glad Ty was protective there. He said everything that I was thinking at the moment and I loved that too!
Very cute story! I’d love to read more of these three and their now big extended family!
5 stars from me!
It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a single dad, but a newly single, new dad and a hot nanny? Absolutely! Let’s discuss...
First, we have Johnathan. He’s the new single dad with a brand new baby that he and his estranged wife were adopting just before she up and left him. They hadn’t had a good marriage in a while and I don’t think either was to blame for that. I don’t want to give anything away about that because it came as a bit of a surprise, so I won’t spoil, but it’s easier to understand her once it all comes togetrher.
Because of her sudden departure, busy attorney Johnathan needs a nanny now more than ever. He doesn’t know if he can handle this dad thing, as his screaming baby and no prospect for a nanny is much harder than he thought it would be.
Enter Ty....
I loved everything about Ty. He’s so selfless and charming. I loved his relationship with his sisters and the caretaker role he played in their lives, their entire lives. He was born to take care of people, literally, he had been doing it his whole life. Maybe not by choice growing up, but it was his calling, for sure.
I loved how he was with Johnathans Isobel.
Being as different as night and day, I wasn’t surprised to find Ty and Johnathan attracted to each other and I could see them together just as easily as I could if I was watching the reality show that I wanna wish them real to be apart of. It was inevitable.
I want to gush and I want to tell you every cute thing about this story but I’ll leave it for now and say that if you like any trope with dads, nannies and maybe a little bit of drama... you’ll adore this.
I would’ve liked to have seen Ty’s parents go to prison or just....get smacked with reality and a little of the karmic justice they deserve and I wasn’t so keen on Shay at first, so I’m glad Ty was protective there. He said everything that I was thinking at the moment and I loved that too!
Very cute story! I’d love to read more of these three and their now big extended family!
5 stars from me!
March 22, 2022
Seeing the cover to this story made me want to read it. I have a weakness for a bearded guy with tattoos! What made this more delicious was the fact that he was a manny (male nanny). I’m a huge fan of opposite attraction and older/younger type of trope! I’m glad I read it! It was soooo good! Nothing is sexier than a hot stud who knows how to handle a crying baby and throw a sexy daddy who needed help in the mix which brings you to Night & Day by Rachel Ember.
The story opens with Ty, the young bearded stud who showed up for an interview with the parents of a baby. While he was waiting outside, questioning himself, a hooded person questioned why he was looking at that particular house. There’s a reason for this. You would need to find that part out about the hooded person. Anyway, he saw another prospect applicant walking out of the house looking distraught. He went up to the house and alas the sexy daddy, Jonathan was holding a crying baby. Ty was able to get the baby to stop crying while crushing on Jonathan. There, he got the job and was able to help Jonathan be less frazzled since he was a partner at a law firm.
I think this is where I’ll stop and encourage you to pick up the book and read it. Find out who the hooded person is and whether Ty and Jonathan will get together.
The story opens with Ty, the young bearded stud who showed up for an interview with the parents of a baby. While he was waiting outside, questioning himself, a hooded person questioned why he was looking at that particular house. There’s a reason for this. You would need to find that part out about the hooded person. Anyway, he saw another prospect applicant walking out of the house looking distraught. He went up to the house and alas the sexy daddy, Jonathan was holding a crying baby. Ty was able to get the baby to stop crying while crushing on Jonathan. There, he got the job and was able to help Jonathan be less frazzled since he was a partner at a law firm.
I think this is where I’ll stop and encourage you to pick up the book and read it. Find out who the hooded person is and whether Ty and Jonathan will get together.
March 21, 2022
This was a genuinely lovely read. When his wife leaves shortly after adopting a newborn baby girl, Jonathan hires Ty to be his daughter’s nanny. Ty loves his new job and is a natural - as he has been taking care of his three younger sisters most of his life. I loved that both Ty and Jonathan are kind, both trying to do the right thing- Ty for his sisters and Jonathan for his baby. Ty moves into Jonathan’s home to be able to care for baby Isabel when she loses her place at daycare and inevitably the two grow closer. I loved how the author dealt with Ty’s guilt over being less available for his sister for the first time. I also loved the side characters, especially Ty’s sisters who are conspiring to be more independent so Ty can build a life for himself. Jonathan’s realization that he had become stagnant in his life and marriage was also beautifully portrayed. Watching Jonathan find himself again and how he starts to embrace fatherhood as he and Ty move from employee/employer to friends to lovers is was one of my favorite parts of the book. This is an excellent romance with lovely MCs who have amazing chemistry, not too much angst, a great mix of humor and heart, and a little bit of mystery. Excellent romance, highly recommend!
I received an arc of this book and this is my honest review
I received an arc of this book and this is my honest review
March 19, 2022
The single dad trope is generally hit or miss for me. After reading Night and Day, it looks like the nanny/infant-age element makes a story a hit for me. I jumped into this book because I am finding that Ember has a writing style that clicks for me, so maybe that was what actually worked for me in this one. I was able to immerse in the story because the characters came to life in a way that made me want to follow along with them. I cared about them and wanted all the goodness that they deserved... turning page after page to get them there.
There is some character background that slowly emerges for both Ty, and Jonathan. I found some surprises throughout while these two opposites tried to resist what we knew was going to happen. This is not an overly sexy book, even though there are some steamy moments. The story revolves more around their relationship out of the bedroom and getting the cogs in the wheels lined up for the future they both need.
I think the cover is perfect and I would recommend Night and Day for readers looking for a romantic story between unlikely characters for different reasons from a writer that seems to know just what needs to be written on the page to keep the reader reading. I really can't ask for anything more. (4.5 stars)
There is some character background that slowly emerges for both Ty, and Jonathan. I found some surprises throughout while these two opposites tried to resist what we knew was going to happen. This is not an overly sexy book, even though there are some steamy moments. The story revolves more around their relationship out of the bedroom and getting the cogs in the wheels lined up for the future they both need.
I think the cover is perfect and I would recommend Night and Day for readers looking for a romantic story between unlikely characters for different reasons from a writer that seems to know just what needs to be written on the page to keep the reader reading. I really can't ask for anything more. (4.5 stars)
March 24, 2022
I love this sweet story!
Jonathan has a newborn daughter he and his wife just adopted, but almost immediately she leaves them both, saying it’s just too much. Even tho she was the one pushing this adoption so strongly. Having never even held a baby before his own, he is suddenly thrust into both mother and father roles and is quickly over his head. Being a successful lawyer and new sole parent has him needing a nanny for after daycare, and thru the night. Immediately.
Ty is such a sweet guy, I just love him so hard. He’s raised his sisters practically single handedly, as they have the absolute worst parents. He needs a job and sees how Johnathan needs help, and immediately is right at home with this sweet angel which amazed Dad. Watching them both fall in love with this sweet baby is so beautiful. But watching them melt when they watch each other with her is my favorite part of this wonderfully sweet story. This author knows how write a love story! I wasn’t able to put it down, read it straight thru. The secondary characters are fully fleshed out, too, and they enhance the story so much. Even tho Johnathan/lawyer and Ty/nanny are from different worlds it seems, this slow burn story shows that love is universal. The heart knows love. Highly recommend this sweet story.
Jonathan has a newborn daughter he and his wife just adopted, but almost immediately she leaves them both, saying it’s just too much. Even tho she was the one pushing this adoption so strongly. Having never even held a baby before his own, he is suddenly thrust into both mother and father roles and is quickly over his head. Being a successful lawyer and new sole parent has him needing a nanny for after daycare, and thru the night. Immediately.
Ty is such a sweet guy, I just love him so hard. He’s raised his sisters practically single handedly, as they have the absolute worst parents. He needs a job and sees how Johnathan needs help, and immediately is right at home with this sweet angel which amazed Dad. Watching them both fall in love with this sweet baby is so beautiful. But watching them melt when they watch each other with her is my favorite part of this wonderfully sweet story. This author knows how write a love story! I wasn’t able to put it down, read it straight thru. The secondary characters are fully fleshed out, too, and they enhance the story so much. Even tho Johnathan/lawyer and Ty/nanny are from different worlds it seems, this slow burn story shows that love is universal. The heart knows love. Highly recommend this sweet story.
April 12, 2022
3,5/5
J'aime beaucoup le style de Rachel Ember que j'ai découvert avec la série 'Wild ones' et dont j'attends les futurs tomes avec grande impatience !
Dans ce roman, l'auteur nous offre une romance entre un babysitter et le père du bébé qu'il garde. Nous faisons la connaissance de Ty, qui postule en tant que babysitter auprès de Jonathan, un jeune papa d'une petite fille de 3 mois.
J'ai bien aimé ce roman, même si au début, j'ai eu l'impression d'être parachutée dans l'histoire en fait, presque comme si nous connaissions les personnages.
Ty est un jeune homme gentil, posé, intelligent, qui a de grosses responsabilités sur les épaules. S'occuper d'un petit bébé n'est donc pas une tâche bien compliquée et Jonathan va le comprendre dès les premières minutes lors de leur rencontre.
Jonathan est un père très aimant, il aime tellement sa petite fille ! J'ai aimé voir aussi la relation entre les deux personnages évoluer, même si, on sait d'emblée ce qui va se dérouler.
Dans ce roman de romance, je trouve que tout est assez poussé... J'ai d'ailleurs lu un roman d'un autre auteur dans ce même thème quelques jours avant celui-ci, et cela n'avait pas marché avec moi en fait. Ici, cela est naturel entre Ty et Jonathan, ceci ajouté au fait de la différence d'âge entre les deux personnages qui n'est pas pour me déplaire ^^
Un petit revirement de situation, même si c'est presque habituel dans ce genre d'histoire, est étonnant dans la façon dont il est amené. Mais surtout, ce que j'ai apprécié ici, c'est la maturité, même si on peut comprendre le comportement inverse (que j'aurais d'ailleurs), dont font preuve les personnages.
Ce roman fut un joli moment de lecture ! Comme je le disais, le thème du babysitter qui tombe amoureux de son patron n'est pas dans mes favoris, je l'ai lu uniquement car c'était Rachel Ember, et pour le coup, je n'ai pas été déçue ^^
J'aime beaucoup le style de Rachel Ember que j'ai découvert avec la série 'Wild ones' et dont j'attends les futurs tomes avec grande impatience !
Dans ce roman, l'auteur nous offre une romance entre un babysitter et le père du bébé qu'il garde. Nous faisons la connaissance de Ty, qui postule en tant que babysitter auprès de Jonathan, un jeune papa d'une petite fille de 3 mois.
J'ai bien aimé ce roman, même si au début, j'ai eu l'impression d'être parachutée dans l'histoire en fait, presque comme si nous connaissions les personnages.
Ty est un jeune homme gentil, posé, intelligent, qui a de grosses responsabilités sur les épaules. S'occuper d'un petit bébé n'est donc pas une tâche bien compliquée et Jonathan va le comprendre dès les premières minutes lors de leur rencontre.
Jonathan est un père très aimant, il aime tellement sa petite fille ! J'ai aimé voir aussi la relation entre les deux personnages évoluer, même si, on sait d'emblée ce qui va se dérouler.
Dans ce roman de romance, je trouve que tout est assez poussé... J'ai d'ailleurs lu un roman d'un autre auteur dans ce même thème quelques jours avant celui-ci, et cela n'avait pas marché avec moi en fait. Ici, cela est naturel entre Ty et Jonathan, ceci ajouté au fait de la différence d'âge entre les deux personnages qui n'est pas pour me déplaire ^^
Un petit revirement de situation, même si c'est presque habituel dans ce genre d'histoire, est étonnant dans la façon dont il est amené. Mais surtout, ce que j'ai apprécié ici, c'est la maturité, même si on peut comprendre le comportement inverse (que j'aurais d'ailleurs), dont font preuve les personnages.
Ce roman fut un joli moment de lecture ! Comme je le disais, le thème du babysitter qui tombe amoureux de son patron n'est pas dans mes favoris, je l'ai lu uniquement car c'était Rachel Ember, et pour le coup, je n'ai pas été déçue ^^
March 15, 2022
Ty: all kinds of hot/tattooed
Heart of gold
Responsible brother
Selfless-and a bit of a martyr
Child care -extraordinaire
From the rough part of town
Jonathan: gorgeous
single dad
Overwhelmed
Living a muted life
Upper class
This author has the ability to paint a picture… and this was a lovely picture. We get to know both Ty and Jonathan … and are brought into their world of adoration for Isabell. We also get to know the community Ty lived in, the social divide between Jonathan and Ty, and Ty’s care for his family. We really get to see the want in both these guys and the relationship progression. At the very core are two men that click and support each other. Maybe I loved this so much because it reminded me of my colicky firstborn with her days and nights turned around. But who doesn’t love to see a man all wrapped up in a baby!
Heart of gold
Responsible brother
Selfless-and a bit of a martyr
Child care -extraordinaire
From the rough part of town
Jonathan: gorgeous
single dad
Overwhelmed
Living a muted life
Upper class
This author has the ability to paint a picture… and this was a lovely picture. We get to know both Ty and Jonathan … and are brought into their world of adoration for Isabell. We also get to know the community Ty lived in, the social divide between Jonathan and Ty, and Ty’s care for his family. We really get to see the want in both these guys and the relationship progression. At the very core are two men that click and support each other. Maybe I loved this so much because it reminded me of my colicky firstborn with her days and nights turned around. But who doesn’t love to see a man all wrapped up in a baby!
March 17, 2022
Entertaining and Relaxing Read.
This was a light, entertaining read. Busy lawyer and single parent Jonathan hires Ty as a night nanny to care for his infant daughter. Initially it feels like the story will be a standard slow burn attraction that will develop between the two and they’ll live happily ever after. As the story progresses the author takes it to a higher level with outstanding character development. The inner fears of the character are revealed as Jonathan and Ty get to know each other. Then very subtlety the other people in their individual lives are revealed, and tightly interwoven into the story line. Some of the relationships are heartwarming, others predictable, and still others surprising. Very good representation of the typical relationships that impact one’s own life. Not to give anything away, the story is well written, great character development and a plot line that is both entertaining and relaxing to read. Well worth the time.
I received a free ARC and I have chosen to leave this review.
This was a light, entertaining read. Busy lawyer and single parent Jonathan hires Ty as a night nanny to care for his infant daughter. Initially it feels like the story will be a standard slow burn attraction that will develop between the two and they’ll live happily ever after. As the story progresses the author takes it to a higher level with outstanding character development. The inner fears of the character are revealed as Jonathan and Ty get to know each other. Then very subtlety the other people in their individual lives are revealed, and tightly interwoven into the story line. Some of the relationships are heartwarming, others predictable, and still others surprising. Very good representation of the typical relationships that impact one’s own life. Not to give anything away, the story is well written, great character development and a plot line that is both entertaining and relaxing to read. Well worth the time.
I received a free ARC and I have chosen to leave this review.
March 22, 2022
In normal every day life these two men would never have met, they are so different, their lives, their past, their opportunities in life, their every experience makes them different from each other. This is what makes the book and the readers enjoyment so unique. The basic plot might have been done before but Rachel does it in a way that is exciting and heady. The need to know what happens next is instant, I literally couldn’t put the book down as the words raced off the page! If you like a story with a few twists and turns but has a HEA this book is for you. Well written, exciting, cute, and most importantly a completely romantic MM novel. Well done and thank you for a great read.
March 22, 2022
Ty has a heart that is too beautiful for the life he grew up in. His three sisters are really much more his children than siblings. Walking into Jonathan's life he quickly grows to love baby Isabel as well as her daddy. Jonathan seems more than a bit emotionally stunted. He doesn't interact well on an intimate level with people. I liked seeing him change and open up. He's a kind and compassionate man even if he is a bit clueless at times. The way he still cared about his ex-wife and treated her made me like him even more. The ending left me smiling and my heart happy.
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