Met Her Match by Jude Deveraux

Met Her Match by Jude Deveraux

Expected pub. date:  September 17, 2019 – MIRA

Book courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley

Description: Terri Rayburn is a girl with a reputation. She doesn’t deserve it, but having grown up on the outskirts of Summer Hill, Virginia, she knows how small towns work. The only way to deal with vicious gossip is to ignore it. So she keeps to herself as she runs the summer resort on Lake Kissel.

When she returns home from a short trip to find a handsome stranger living in her house, she smells a rat. Someone is trying to fix her up, and she has to admit that Nate Taggert is just her type. However, Nate is engaged to the daughter of the mayor and strictly off-limits.

Nate and Terri form an unlikely friendship while he throws himself into life at the lake. As Nate starts to hear rumors about Terri he’s confused. Knowing how smart, beautiful and strong she is, he’s determined to discover the source of the gossip. Terri doesn’t want to revisit the past, but Nate won’t stop until he discovers the truth—even if the truth might be more than either of them can handle. (publisher)

My take:  Met Her Match is book 2 in the Summer Hill series. I haven’t had a chance to read book one but I didn’t feel lost jumping in with book 2.

As often happens, small towns can have their own version of the truth when it comes to notorious citizens. One of those citizens was Terri Rayburn’s mother. Terri has spent her life minding her own business as she moved through her school years and worked at the lake resort run by her dad. Everything is fine until she meets Nate Taggert, a larger-than-life stranger who shows up unexpectedly in her house. The two have an instant attraction but other circumstances will force them to maintain a distance which will be a challenge.

This is what I like to call a read-by-the-pool contemporary romance. There’s also a mystery thrown in that will keep Nate involved in Terri’s life and perhaps answer some long-held questions. All in all, a fun read that has me wondering where Deveraux will go next with the good people of Summer Hill.

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