Title: LoveLines
Author: S. Walden
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Author: S. Walden
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Synopsis
Arrive to work at 7:58 A.M. sharp. Check. Count forty-seven steps to cubicle. Check. Arrange pens in their red-blue-black-green-purple order of importance. Check. Apply hand sanitizer before opening email. Double check.
And that’s just the first few minutes of her work day.
Thirty-one-year-old proofreader Bailey Mitchell is a slave to her tics. She inherited Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from her father, and it’s done nothing but inhibit her love life. She’s run the gamut of boyfriends—none of them willing or able to cope with her condition.
Enter 32-year-old Reece Powell, her new coworker at Beach Elite Marketing Firm. He’s more than willing to cope. He finds her habits cute and quirky . . . for now. Reece wins her over, and life coasts along for them until Bailey experiences a devastating blow. Tragedy exacerbates her OCD, and Reece realizes her tics aren’t so cute and quirky anymore. Just like all the others, he has the choice to leave.
But Reece isn't like all the others.
The Wilmington Saga
Follow the stories of Wilmington, NC residents as they fall in and out of love, mend and break hearts, grow, change, lose, win, and experience what it means to truly live in this small coastal community.
And that’s just the first few minutes of her work day.
Thirty-one-year-old proofreader Bailey Mitchell is a slave to her tics. She inherited Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from her father, and it’s done nothing but inhibit her love life. She’s run the gamut of boyfriends—none of them willing or able to cope with her condition.
Enter 32-year-old Reece Powell, her new coworker at Beach Elite Marketing Firm. He’s more than willing to cope. He finds her habits cute and quirky . . . for now. Reece wins her over, and life coasts along for them until Bailey experiences a devastating blow. Tragedy exacerbates her OCD, and Reece realizes her tics aren’t so cute and quirky anymore. Just like all the others, he has the choice to leave.
But Reece isn't like all the others.
The Wilmington Saga
Follow the stories of Wilmington, NC residents as they fall in and out of love, mend and break hearts, grow, change, lose, win, and experience what it means to truly live in this small coastal community.
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Review
When I started this book, I’m not sure what I expected. I think I assumed it would all be fun and games. A lighthearted read about a girl with OCD and her cutesy tale of finding love. Some parts in LoveLines could be described exactly that way, but it’s so much more than only that. SO much more. This book blew me away. It was leaps and bounds above what I expected, and that’s saying something considering I think S. Walden can do no wrong. She somehow made a book I was so thrilled to read even better than I had planned in my mind.
Bailey has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. With her disorder, she leads her life every day, on time and on her set schedule. Til she meets Reece. Reece changes everything. They grow as a couple and she grows out of her compulsions. It all plays out like a perfect romantic comedy, and you can feel it…hell, even Bailey knows, it can’t be that good for that long. And it isn’t. This is the story of her relationship with Reece as well as the battle within herself.
These characters are adorable. I love Bailey and Reece together. Every conversation and every scene was perfection. Even through the hard times and the lows, as rough as they were to get through because your heart is hurting so badly, they’re still amazing together (or apart). I don’t know anyone with this disorder but it seems like the details and the instances with her tics, etc were dead on. S. Walden obviously did her homework or is familiar with OCD, because every single detail seemed accurate. Bailey is sweet but funny, witty and strong. She goes through so much. Seeing how she changes was wonderful. And Reece. You’ll swear he was made for her from the first time he lays eyes on her. Although there are arguments and some intense moments in their relationship, you just can’t imagine them not being together.
Overall, this book surprised me. I had no doubt I’d love it. That wasn’t even a concern. It just wasn’t quite what I thought it would be, but that’s a good thing. A very good thing. It’s not the fluffy, sunshine and rainbows tale you think it is when you pick it up. There’s A LOT to their story, but I was enthralled with every page. It ranges from sweet and amusing, to tragic and heartbreaking all in just a few chapters. You’ll feel so many different emotions within this book, but you’ll enjoy every single last one. I highly recommend it and it’s absolutely going on my reread list.
<3 Erin
Bailey has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. With her disorder, she leads her life every day, on time and on her set schedule. Til she meets Reece. Reece changes everything. They grow as a couple and she grows out of her compulsions. It all plays out like a perfect romantic comedy, and you can feel it…hell, even Bailey knows, it can’t be that good for that long. And it isn’t. This is the story of her relationship with Reece as well as the battle within herself.
These characters are adorable. I love Bailey and Reece together. Every conversation and every scene was perfection. Even through the hard times and the lows, as rough as they were to get through because your heart is hurting so badly, they’re still amazing together (or apart). I don’t know anyone with this disorder but it seems like the details and the instances with her tics, etc were dead on. S. Walden obviously did her homework or is familiar with OCD, because every single detail seemed accurate. Bailey is sweet but funny, witty and strong. She goes through so much. Seeing how she changes was wonderful. And Reece. You’ll swear he was made for her from the first time he lays eyes on her. Although there are arguments and some intense moments in their relationship, you just can’t imagine them not being together.
Overall, this book surprised me. I had no doubt I’d love it. That wasn’t even a concern. It just wasn’t quite what I thought it would be, but that’s a good thing. A very good thing. It’s not the fluffy, sunshine and rainbows tale you think it is when you pick it up. There’s A LOT to their story, but I was enthralled with every page. It ranges from sweet and amusing, to tragic and heartbreaking all in just a few chapters. You’ll feel so many different emotions within this book, but you’ll enjoy every single last one. I highly recommend it and it’s absolutely going on my reread list.
<3 Erin
Excerpt
My phone beeped some time around 6:30 A.M. the following morning.
Reece: We need to talk about that kiss. When can I call you?
I couldn’t read the tone. Who can ever read tones in text messages and emails anyway? My instinct, though, was to lean toward the negative. (Hey, I had a history to back it up.) I immediately thought the worst: He doesn’t like me. He doesn’t want whatever happened at the theater to go any further. I’m a bad kisser.
I glanced at the time: 6:31 A.M. Oh, what the hell? He was obviously awake.
“Reece?” I said hesitantly into the phone.
“Bailey!” he replied. “Did I wake you? I didn’t mean to wake you. That’s why I texted. I thought maybe you turn your sound alerts off at night. I’m sorry if I woke you. I’ve just been up all night. I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to call you yesterday, but I thought maybe I should leave you alone for a day or two. But then it just drove me crazy all day, and then I didn’t sleep last night. I think I mentioned I didn’t sleep. And I kept thinking about you and the theater and . . .”
I grinned from ear to ear as I listened to Reece prattle on about how he couldn’t get me out of his mind. Silly Bailey. And you thought you were a bad kisser!
“Reece?” I interrupted.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Am I talking too much? I have a problem with that. It’s something I’m working on. I talk more when I’m nervous—”
“Reece!”
He went silent.
“I wanted to call you yesterday, too,” I said.
He sighed into the phone. A happy sigh. “Really?”
“Yes. I nearly did, but then my sister called and wanted me over at our parents’ house last night. She needed to make an announcement and whatever. It’s not important,” I said.
“What announcement?” Reece asked.
“Oh, about how she’s getting married,” I said dismissively.
“That’s pretty cool.”
I grunted. We fell silent.
“I’ve been thinking about you nonstop,” Reece admitted.
“Really?” I asked. I wanted to confess the same thing, but I wasn’t sure it was wise for girls to be so transparent. I’d already initiated the first kiss. That was as far as I’d go.
“Oh, yes,” Reece replied. “I . . . I know we aren’t supposed to date.” Brief pause. “But I want to.”
Reece: We need to talk about that kiss. When can I call you?
I couldn’t read the tone. Who can ever read tones in text messages and emails anyway? My instinct, though, was to lean toward the negative. (Hey, I had a history to back it up.) I immediately thought the worst: He doesn’t like me. He doesn’t want whatever happened at the theater to go any further. I’m a bad kisser.
I glanced at the time: 6:31 A.M. Oh, what the hell? He was obviously awake.
“Reece?” I said hesitantly into the phone.
“Bailey!” he replied. “Did I wake you? I didn’t mean to wake you. That’s why I texted. I thought maybe you turn your sound alerts off at night. I’m sorry if I woke you. I’ve just been up all night. I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to call you yesterday, but I thought maybe I should leave you alone for a day or two. But then it just drove me crazy all day, and then I didn’t sleep last night. I think I mentioned I didn’t sleep. And I kept thinking about you and the theater and . . .”
I grinned from ear to ear as I listened to Reece prattle on about how he couldn’t get me out of his mind. Silly Bailey. And you thought you were a bad kisser!
“Reece?” I interrupted.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Am I talking too much? I have a problem with that. It’s something I’m working on. I talk more when I’m nervous—”
“Reece!”
He went silent.
“I wanted to call you yesterday, too,” I said.
He sighed into the phone. A happy sigh. “Really?”
“Yes. I nearly did, but then my sister called and wanted me over at our parents’ house last night. She needed to make an announcement and whatever. It’s not important,” I said.
“What announcement?” Reece asked.
“Oh, about how she’s getting married,” I said dismissively.
“That’s pretty cool.”
I grunted. We fell silent.
“I’ve been thinking about you nonstop,” Reece admitted.
“Really?” I asked. I wanted to confess the same thing, but I wasn’t sure it was wise for girls to be so transparent. I’d already initiated the first kiss. That was as far as I’d go.
“Oh, yes,” Reece replied. “I . . . I know we aren’t supposed to date.” Brief pause. “But I want to.”
Author Bio
S. Walden used to teach English before making the best decision of her life by becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Georgia with her very supportive husband, who prefers physics textbooks over fiction and has a difficult time understanding why her characters must have personality flaws. She is wary of small children, so she has a Westie instead. She is the USA Today bestselling author of Going Under. When she's not writing, she's thinking about it.
She loves her fans and loves to hear from them. Email her at [email protected] and follow her twitter feed at @swaldenauthor.
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She loves her fans and loves to hear from them. Email her at [email protected] and follow her twitter feed at @swaldenauthor.
Find S. Walden on her Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads