Once a man who lived by the letter of the law.But with the welfare of a teenager at stake, she must put aside rocky first impressions and work with a man who needs her as much as she’ll come to need him.
Foxylutely Book Reviews – “This was another winning storyline from Freya Barker and one I did not want to end.”
Mindy Lou’s Book Review – “What an incredible and emotional story about a single father struggling to help his troubled, teenage daughter.”
The Laundry Librarian – “A Change of Pace is the perfect down home, all the feels, REAL romance read. It was refreshing, heartbreaking and beautiful.”
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
You realize this is supposed to be a bonding exercise, right? I swear the two of you make it feel more like the Hunger Games than euchre night…
I hardly think you’d qualify as a spinster. You don’t wear the prerequisite sensible shoes.
Seriously, you’d think he was pushing out triplets the way he’s moaning and grunting. Nothing worse than a sick man… Married bliss, they say. A load of jabberwocky. Wait ‘til pretty boy gets a cold, the romance will evaporate fast then a fart in a fan factory.
My Review:
I adore Freya Barker stories and I particularly relished how she employed the uncommon twist of a selfless and nurturing single-parent dad for this one. Newt was a relatively awesome dad despite only stepping into the full-time parent role a few years prior. But then, I always enjoy picking up a Freya Barker book. Her stories are relevant, unique, and original, yet easy to sink into and feature realistic people with real-world issues while also providing entertaining side servings of romance, sensual steam, and levity. As with all her books, the primary and secondary characters featured in Change of Pace were recognizable and realistically flawed, yet endearing and well-meaning with each valiantly struggling with their own foibles, choices, and concerns. The writing flowed smoothly and was comfortably easy to follow while also emotive and engaging. I appreciate and marvel at her observant insights and thoughtful touches which deftly insert each thread into a cohesive storyline. Plus, I scored the added bonus of learning a new word – garburator, which according to Mr. Google, is what our friends to the north call the garbage disposal.
Another outstanding review! I do like a book where the surrounding characters are also interesting and have personality. Another for the TBR. Woman you cost me a fortune! 😀
Sounds cute! I love single dad representation.
I don’t often want to read about single fathers (or parents in general, really) but you review and the cover have me very tempted.
Great review! Glad you enjoyed it!
A must read!
Thank you so much for the fabulous review! 🙂
This book sounds really amazing! Great review!
Freya is a new author to me but I like the sound of her books. I will have to look into them.
A fabulous and well done review. 🙂
You don’t find many single dads in books. Sounds super cute. Great review.
Great review DJ, I have heard many great things about Freya Barker books and this one looks and sounds absolutely amazing. Plus I really love reading books with single fathers in them, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post and for putting this book on my radar.