The Runaways
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Devney Perry
Summary
One car. One cross-country road trip. Five small town romances about six runaways finally finding home.
From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry, this collection includes Runaway Road, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, Forsaken Trail and Dotted Lines.
Londyn McCormack didn’t have a typical childhood. She ran away at sixteen and spent her youth searching for a place to call home. She’s built a good life for herself through hard work and a little luck, but after a devastating divorce, she’s running away again. Her life collides with Brooks Cohen, a small-town mechanic who gives her a reason to stop driving on that runaway road.
Gemma Lane built an empire. Not a small feat, considering her home as a teenager was a makeshift tent in a California junkyard. She’s dedicated her life to turning pennies into millions. And she’s leaving it all behind. She’s headed across the country in her best friend’s Cadillac when a detour in Montana reunites her with Easton Greer, a man who hasn’t changed. A man who still owns her heart.
Katherine Gates has been in love with Cash Greer since the moment he saved her life from a runaway goat. But she’s learned to shove her feelings for Cash down deep. They’re friends—best friends. Until the day they take an impulsive road trip to the Oregon coast. And she learns that Cash has some secrets of his own.
Aria Saint-James went to Arizona for a vacation with her sister. Instead, she’s stuck at a wedding with her nemesis, Brody Carmichael. She blames the champagne for falling into bed with him that night. Enemy or no, the billionaire is irresistible in a tux. Except Aria gets a surprise a few weeks later—she’s pregnant. When he learns that she’s carrying his child, Brody offers Aria the chance of a lifetime. The catch? She has to live under his roof until the baby is born.
Clara Saint-James is completing a journey. She’s returning a Cadillac to California, a place she’s avoided for more than a decade. It’s time for closure and to put ghosts to rest. And it’s time to find out if there’s still a spark to an old flame. She fell in love with Karson Avery when they lived as runaway teens in a junkyard. That love stayed with her for more than a decade. Either it’s finally their time to be together. Or it’s time to let him go and surrender to the dotted lines that have always kept them apart.
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I've given this a 4 star, but it's maybe more a 3.5... I really did like it a lot, but I didn't love it as much as other books I've given 4 stars to.
Gemma is a self-made millionaire, who packs up and sells her business. I loved the continuation of the road trip with the Cadillac that Londyn asks her to drive to California. This is a second-chance romance between Gemma and Eatson who aren't quite enemies, but who are grumpy and argumentative with each other as they fight their mutual attraction. There is an element of miscommunication due to both main characters being stubborn. There were parts that I didn't love, like Easton leaving straight after they'd been together, even if it was out of self-preservation, as I wanted Gemma's heart to be protected more after her horrendous upbringing and trauma.
Easton being a cowboy straight away put this into a category I'd enjoy, and I love the Greer family. I did feel there were areas that weren't fully developed, and even Easton as a character to an extent - I was enjoying the book enough that I could've read more about them both. There was a bit of spice in this book, and I think Devney Perry does a great job of keeping the plot as the main focus, with spicy scenes adding to it and not dominating - this is one of the reasons I enjoy her writing so much.
I audiobooked most of this read, and thought the narrators did a great job. The female narrator really added to Gemma's character for me, and when I re-read one scene on Kindle, I decided I'd got more from her reading it to me and switched back to audio.
Tropes:
🤠 Cowboy romance
🥈 Second chance
🏘️ Forced Proximity
😍 Enemies-to-lovers
I preferred this on audio, added so much character depth for me.
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Queen Devney Perry!
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From book one, I was gripped really enjoyed all the last book was my favourite thank you 🥰🙏
Fabulous
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My favourite Perry books 🥰
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What a great set of books!
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