New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jay Crownover returns with the third standalone title in her Getaway series, ESCAPE. Check out the review below, and pick up your copy today!
About ESCAPE:
Everything inside of him is screaming that he needs to run, he needs to go, he needs to escape.
Lane Warner is used to being overshadowed and overlooked.
After all, he’s the youngest brother and the most laid back one in the family. He’s the one known for going with the flow and not making waves, even when things seem to be at their worst.
Very few things in life have had the ability to rile Lane up and get under his skin. At the top of that list is his childhood friend Brynn Fox…no…Brynn Warner. The fact that they share a last name was the one thing that has the power to light him up and spin him out of control like no other. There was no calm, cool and collected when it comes to all the reasons why Brynn had to become part of his family.
It’s slowly killing him to keep wanting what he can’t have, so Lane sees only one way to stop himself from doing something they’ll both regret…he has to leave.
Everything inside of her is calling out to find him, to follow, to bring him home.
Brynn Warner is used to being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
After all, she’s the daughter of an unrepentant gold-digger who never once blinked at being the cause of her daughter’s pain and suffering.
Very few things in her life have ever brought happiness and a sense of security. At the very top of that list is Lane Warner. She has unwaveringly loved the youngest Warner since the first minute she laid eyes on him. He was everything Brynn ever wanted and everything she knew she could never have.
Sometimes the right choice is the one that hurts the most and Brynn’s had to make a few that felt like they might be the end of her.
When Lane takes off, one thing is clear, the only choice Brynn has is to go after him.
She’s going to bring her wayward cowboy home….whatever it takes.
Escape is a standalone novel, the third book in the Getaway series, which features the hardheaded and brokenhearted Warner brothers and the women who dare to love them. These boys are very good at putting the wild in wilderness.
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Review:
3.75 stars
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I was really looking forward to this book. Lane and Brynn's relationship has been building throughout the other two books in the series and I was really looking forward to them finally getting together. Lane and Brynn were best friends growing up. Brynn had a pretty terrible home life and when she was a senior in high school it finally came to a head, landing her in the hospital. In order to keep her safe, Lane proposed to Brynn, but she refused him, not wanting to marry someone she loved romantically, but that she felt saw her as a sister. Lane's father then proposes that he marry her, in name only, and she accepts. She moves to the Warner family ranch and Lane's father dies soon after of cancer, but Brynn finds a true home and family there. Now, it is years later. Brynn has been in love with Lane for years, but finally has convinced herself to move on and that he will never see her romantically. When Brynn's boyfriend proposes Lane finally faces the truth that he loves Brynn too. Can the two finally get over their past and start to face a future together? The couple ends up on a long road trip together, where they meet a young man with a lot of trouble after him. There is a lot of suspense as they fight to keep this young man safe and get back to their ranch.
I did enjoy this book. I had been looking forward to it for awhile. The writing was very good. I was expecting a pretty angsty, heartbreaking book, though, and this was not. I was glad in a way because these two deserved something good and easy for once in their lives. However, there was a lot of suspense and not as much romance as I expected. Once the finally got together, near the beginning of the book, there was very little resistance for their relationship. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more focus on the romance. Also, the epilogue began at 86% and the book ended at 88%. I felt the pacing of the story was off in general and that a few plot points weren't fully resolved or were glossed over at the end. Still, I was satisfied that Lane and Brynn got the HEA they deserved. They were definitely soul mates and deserved to finally be together. The suspense storyline was interesting and enjoyable. I was happy with the way everything worked out for the Warner family. I would have liked a further ahead epilogue and there are some side characters that I hope to see books for, so I hope Ms. Crownover decides to continue this series. I have really enjoyed it and I definitely recommend it!
Excerpt:
Brynn
“Want me to follow you or meet you at the house?” I was going to have to GPS my way back. There were a lot more roads in northern California than there were in Sheridan and a lot more traffic. Everything was busy and moved so fast, driving felt like a full-contact sport on these roads. Getting back to Sutton’s place was going to take nerves of steel and white knuckles on the steering wheel now that I didn’t have a missing cowboy to distract me and occupy my mind.
Lane gave the sensible rental a once over, and then shifted his gaze to where his lifted, beast of a truck was parked. I’d seen the mud-splattered, red four-by-four from a mile away, and the familiar sight made my heart thump so loudly I couldn’t hear the blaring horns honking at me as I dared to drive the speed limit. That truck meant Lane was close by and everything would be okay once I could touch him, and talk to him. Everything would go back to normal and the home I had sacrificed for would once again be a place where I felt like nothing bad could ever touch me again.
“Follow me. We’ll eat there and grab something to take back to the house. That gives Sutton another hour to do whatever it is he’s doing with Em.” The knowing gleam in his gaze said he knew exactly what it was that his older brother was doing with Emrys. “We can drop Daye and the food off and then head back to the airport so you can ditch the rental.”
I blinked at him in surprise as I tried to follow his train of thought. “I was just going to drop it off when I flew home.” I didn’t see any reason to make an unnecessary trip to the airport. All the people coming and going was overwhelming. It was like I’d stepped off the plane into a whole new world, one that was waiting to swallow me whole and run me over.
“When were you planning on flying home?” Gentle curiosity colored his tone as he watched me carefully.
I shifted anxiously on the heels of my boots and nervously tugged on the ends of my long hair. “I don’t know. I bought a one-way ticket since I didn’t know how long I was going to have to beg and plead with you to come back to the ranch. I figured I would leave my options open in case you sent me on my way without hearing me out.” Dread that he wouldn’t even see me when I came all this way ate at my insides from the moment I stepped on the plane until his arms had wrapped securely around me in a hug that I would never forget. Being in his arms felt more like coming home than any time I’d walked through the door of the ramshackle home my mother kept on the reservation, or anytime I’d managed to h8ide away at the Warner ranch.
He cocked his head to the side and narrowed his eyes at me. “I’ve always listened to what you had to say, Brynn. Even when the words hurt.”
The “yes” that ended everything we may have been to one another. I could still feel the way that word ripped my heart to shreds and turned my future upside down.
I sighed. “Things are different now, Lane. You left.” I couldn’t keep the hint of betrayal and hurt that colored my tone hidden.
A frown pulled at the corners of his mouth as he moved away to put his boots on. He was looking at the ground, tension tight along the line of his broad shoulders when he muttered, “I know I did. I took the easy way out. I thought things would be even harder than they already were if I stayed.”
I scoffed and gave my head a shake. “Things were worse with you gone.” At least I was far worse without him there.
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About Jay Crownover:
Jay Crownover is the international and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, the Point Series, the Breaking Point Series, and the Getaway Series. Her books can be found translated in many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.
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