Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score

DescriptionThings We Hide from the Light by Lucy ScoreScore has a way of making a fictional world come alive in vivid color, and there’s none more lively than Knockemout, VA. For a small town, this place is full of excitement, with colorful characters that make you want to keep reading just to see what happens to them.Nash Morgan, chief of police, hasn’t been himself since being shot on the job. Despite still healing from his injury, he takes the job of protecting his town seriously, yet it’s all he can do to show up and go through the motions. That is, until he gets to know his new neighbor. Just being in her orbit calms him and makes him feel alive.Lina Solavita is in town temporarily, until she can complete the assignment for the insurance company she works for, and her investigation has lead her to Knockemout. It helps that her good friend and the guy she dated for a minute in college, Knox Morgan, lives there since it gives her a cover for being in town without having to reveal her hand.There’s a lot to love about this one, but there were some things I was unimpressed by. Although it took until past halfway for things to get steamy, once they started it seemed like Lina and Nash were constantly going at it so much that it felt gratuitous and really didn’t move the story along. (This will be a plus for some of you.��) I was disappointed that Lina was the fix for Nash’s issues rather than him working things out on his own and for himself, and some of the male-female power struggles were tiring. Then there’s the nod to inclusivity, and I’ll be glad when the handful of contemporary romance writers who have changed their writing this way realize that by including controversial topics not pivotal to a story, they’re excluding a whole group of readers who have a different viewpoint.There were enough things that still made this a fun read for me. I love the quirks, charm, and uniqueness of small-town Knockemout, and the geriatric neighbor, Mrs. Tweedy, is pure comic gold. She’s freaking brilliant and stole most every scene she was in. The rest of the characters are larger than life, authentic, and relatable, with bad-a$$ Lina being my favorite. The excitement of the drama and suspense had me on the edge of my seat and putting the book down at this point wasn’t even a consideration. I’m talking epic, and Lina really shines here. And the epilogue? It’s the sweetest, most heartfelt but still humorous cherry on top of this phenomenal romance sundae. And trust me, you’re going to want to get your hands on the bonus epilogue!All in all, this is a fun, entertaining read full of laugh-out-loud humor and tons of touching, relatable emotion. You’ll be charmed by the town of Knockemout and fall head over heels for the people there. Full of heart, heat and humor, this one will give you hours of enjoyment during your reading escape.✅ Genre:  Romance novel, Fiction, Contemporary romance.✅ Premium Quality Books.✅ High Printing quality.✅ Eye Friendly.✅ Eco Friendly paper.✅ Matt cover (Paperback)