Tia Louise has this was of building up an amazing story while giving her characters flawlessly flawed. Here with Me was pure perfection! I adored the sweet story that brought me back to first loves and all the sweetness and heartbreak that comes with it. I loved this audiobook and highly recommend it. Emma has that sweet southern charm and Patrick has the southern, broody, hot Sawyer down perfect. Patrick Zeller and Emma Wilder do a great job as Mindy and Sawyer. These books are written as a standalone but the characters carry over to each book in the series so you get to catch back up with old friends. I love all the feels and I love all the characters in this story. Sweet tender times and heart wrenching make you tear up at others. Can he heal and keep Mindy or will he have to let her go to become the man she needs him to be? So many emotions in this book. He is also fighting his demons from his time in the service and he can't seem to let it all go. Sawyer is the head of the family after they lost their parents and he holds all the responsibility of keeping the orchard and everything else running properly. Mindy is friends with Sawyer's little sister and she is also several years younger than him but her love for him is still strong. This is Sawyer and Mindy's story and it starts a long time ago when they were young and innocent and grows into adulthood where the world around them gets complicated. They each have the past they are fighting to live with as well as present day struggles that the strong women that love them help them get through. This is such a great make you feel series. Wonderful epilogue! Worth a credit? Not sure - maybe you don’t have the same pet peeves as me 🤷‍♀️

Also, there was some redemption toward the end as the storyline improved exponentially. This is definitely not Tia Louise’s best work. I felt frustrated reading a lot of this book. And why so much secrecy? I mean, there was nothing to hide and everyone, including all their family members, would have been supportive and super excited for them from the first time romantic feelings manifested. This kind of ongoing weakness drives me nuts! Third, the lack of communication was so juvenile. And Mindy.she let him mistreat and neglect her feelings for years with no backbone. I know Sawyer had issues to work through but dang, he was horrible to Mindy for so much of this story.

First of all.what is the deal with all the characters in this series sneaking through windows into their 20s-30s.weird! Second, I didn’t know who I wanted to strangle more in this book.Sawyer or Mindy.

Boss of me by tia louise