Running after a Heartbreaker by Jami Albright

Running After a Heartbreaker by Jami Albright

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Beau, Beau, Beau, where have you been all my life. This man with his down home drawl, he had me at his first words. Picturing him in my mind’s eye had me wanting to move down south where men will darlin’ me to death.

Hailey is getting married, no wait she isn’t anymore. Hailey has wanted to do nothing more than keep the promise she made to her dying mother that she would keep her bar, scratch that, beer garden open and thriving. Well she got the open part right, the thriving not so much. Fighting tooth and nail at every stop has Hailey questioning her sanity. When she decides to marry her boyfriend she feels she is doing right for herself and for her daughter. Love will come later right, that’s how these things work. When she sees Roger speaking to her father, who also can’t be bothered with the bar legacy she has happening, her spidey sense activates. Bride walks into a bar, bride walks out.

Beau heads off on a quick tour knowing he will have a safe, temporary place to lay his head when he returns. Hailey is letting him rent her house since she is getting married, fully furnished too, since no other place in town would let him keep his dog. When he gets back home he finds a roommate he didn’t expect but one he wouldn’t toss to the curb.

Hailey and Beau don’t deny their attraction to one another, but both vow that nothing good could come from them letting go of their inhibitions. She doesn’t want to be part of his buckle brigade and he isn’t a relationship kinda guy, especially when said relationship comes with a ready made family. As much as they fight it though, the universe ups the ante.

This is my first read by the author and I am an instant fan. Watching Hailey realize she isn’t as happy as she thinks she is was eye opening not only in the course of the book but seeing some reflections in my own life. Letting the town push her around for far too long had me cheering her on. I rated it 4 ½ stars because I felt there was a little too much back and forth when it came to her confidence and jumping to conclusions. Otherwise well done, and I’ve already downloaded the other 3 books to catch up on the secondary characters and how they arrived to their present. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance reader copy without expectations. Great first read for the new to me author.




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