Release Blitz & Review: Jack

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Former Marine Jack Carter has left Afghanistan behind, but after a close encounter with a suicide bomber, he now battles a hidden enemy. Ashamed that he succumbs to heart-stopping panic attacks, he refuses to leave his house and makes excuses for failing to meet up with his best friends. He’s got the perfect set up—his job allows him to work from home, he hires out the dog walking and grocery shopping and he has subscribed to a meal delivery service that comes complete with a cook. Jack expected a lunch lady, but he gets Whitney. She’s bubbly, she’s way too chatty, and his dog loves her more than him. But he forgives her all of that because she’s sexy as hell and a bright spot in an otherwise lonely day.

Whitney Baldwin has been groomed to follow a long line of highly successful lawyers into an equally successful family law firm, but she’d rather bake a cake than read a tort. Her dream is to open her own patisserie. To say her father is disappointed in her career path is an understatement—if she can’t pull this off, she’ll have to head home with her tail between her legs. In a last bid to make her dream a reality Whitney accepts a job with Dinner Magic and lands an insanely handsome client in Jack Carter. His crazy good looks captivate her, but it's something about his hyper-awareness of her combined with a vulnerability that is an irresistible recipe.

The smoldering attraction between Jack and Whitney quickly turns molten. But when he makes an important promise that he can’t keep, Whitney can’t fathom how this relationship is going to work. Will Jack ever be able to conquer his worst fears for true love?

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This is the 5th book in a wonderful series by a variety of authors.  The series follows 7 friends as they come back home and find their HEA's.  What I have loved so far about the series is that each book seems to be a continuation.  The authors have thoughtfully included facts and characters from previous books.  It reads as though the same author has written them all.  

This one takes a step away from that flow.  It is the first book that I would say could be read and enjoyed as a stand alone.  Jack had a traumatic experience in the military and as a result has become agoraphobic.  Whatever he can have delivered vs leaving his home, he has figured it out.  His work lets him stay at home and write.  Until his personal chef turns his world on edge and demands just a bit more out of him. 

I loved Whitney and her carefree spirit.  I also loved that she took the high road and admitted that she could stay and support Jack but she was worth more in a relationship than that.  

Great commentary on PTSD.  Wonderful friends to lovers story.  I just missed the rest of the guys.  We see Zane for a hot minute and then he's gone.  Maybe that was the intent after all.  Jack has a long way to go before he is close to feeling normal again.  I just would have loved to see the support of more of his friends as his issues came to light.  

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Regardless, a great love story. Great character development.  Very much looking forward to the rest of the series! 

*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review. 

Julia London is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the popular Secrets of Hadley Green series, the Cabot Sisters series and The Highland Grooms historical romance series. She also wrote the Pine River and the Lake Haven contemporary romance series. She is a six time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award for excellence in romantic fiction, and RT Bookclub award recipient for Best Historical Romance for Dangerous Gentleman. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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