Monday, April 21, 2025

FIRST LOVE, SECOND DRAFT by Becca Kinzer, Reviewed by Paula Shreckhise #NewRelease


PAULA'S REVIEW:
Warning: this book may be hazardous to your health. It had me laughing so hard, I had a coughing fit…twice… in the first 15 pages! Hilarious banter by Gracie and everyone else. She is a pip! 

Gracie is forced to accept help from her ex-husband Noah, when she injures herself. She no longer trusts him but he is persistent in wanting to take care of her. “So long as Noah remained in her life, there was no such thing as breathing easy.” But all is not laughs, this book deals with serious issues such as divorce and reconciliation and trusting God.
 
I really enjoyed this second-chance-times-two story. Not only do Gracie and Noah creep towards a renewed romance, her nephew Matt pursues his best friend Rachel in hopes of moving out of the just friends spot. Both couples were such fun to watch.
 
I liked the references to old songs and bookish, authorly ones too since Gracie is an author. The peek into the baseball community was informative. I could not help but remember when I lived in St. Louis and experienced baseball fever during the run at the World Series by the Cardinals.
 
Now to go back and read the debut by Ms Kinzer. I expect I am in for more laughs.
*A complimentary copy of this book was provided by Tyndale via NetGalley. I was not required to post a favorable review. All opinions are mine alone.*5 stars and an underlying faith thread 

BackCover Blurb:
She’s a romance writer burned out on love. He’s her famous baseball star ex-husband. The last man she wants to be forced to work with is the one who broke her heart.

Rom-com writer Gracie Parker hasn’t written a bestseller since she and her husband, a major league baseball star, divorced five years ago. On thin ice with her publisher—and with a looming deadline—Gracie couldn’t have picked a worse time for a painful injury that has her flat on her back. At this point, she’d accept help from anybody . . . except her first love and ex-husband, Noah Parker.

The baseball season has just ended in massive disappointment for Noah. He’s facing the stark reality that he gave up everything for a career that’s let him down and that it might be too late to get back the one person he should’ve held on to. So when Gracie’s nephew calls, saying Gracie’s looking for a tenant for her next-door rental, it feels like it’s meant to be.

All Gracie cares about is turning in her manuscript on time, which is directly at odds with Noah’s attempts to win her back
 
Tyndale Fiction, April,2025
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