The Rebound by Catherine Walsh

Publisher's Blurb

A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong? 

It’s 7am on a Monday morning and Abby Reynolds isn’t where she wants to be. She wants to be in her beautiful loft apartment in Manhattan, drinking a coffee with her fiancé.

Instead, she’s heading back to the childhood home in rural Ireland she swore she’d never return to, with some big old secrets. Namely that she’s suddenly found herself unemployed, homeless and absolutely 100% single. 

She’s feeling all out of luck. Until the first person she meets after she touches down is an absurdly hot guy called Luke, who offers her a lift home. Gazing deep into his sparkling emerald-green eyes, Abby knows instantly that he’s exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything. The perfect rebound. 

It’s a flawless plan. Until the next day, when Abby realises who he actually is. Not just a stranger. He is, in fact, Luke Bailey, aka the boy next door. Luke Bailey who—so help her God—she’s pretty sure she once shared baths with, back when they were kids. Not that she can allow herself to imagine him in a bath now, not without blushing from head to foot.

And judging by the smirk on his face, the same Luke Bailey who’s known exactly who she was the whole time… And who, like everyone in the village, still thinks she’s a high-flying New Yorker… who’s getting married next year. 

Abby is certain getting under Luke will get her over her ex. But the truth is stopping her. Can she admit to everyone back home that she’s single and has lost everything? Because, if she wants the boy next door, she may just have to…

The perfect feel-good romantic comedy that will make you laugh until you cry and fall completely in love. Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, and Emily Henry won’t be able to put this down!

My Review

Abby’s company crashed, so did her job and her engagement. From being a happening New Yorker she was reduced to a homeless, jobless, and friendless person.

She did the only thing possible for her. Go back home to a sister whom she did not like, to a small inconsequent town in Ireland.

But then fate has other plans for her. Maybe that job and that guy were never meant for her.

It’s a very cute story. And the Irish background with sea and mountains just add to the overall charm of the story.

The story was fast-paced with interesting events happening all the time. Although Abby eventually found love, I liked that she was strong-minded and independent enough to not keep clinging to it and running behind that love.

She essentially got so many things done, met up with old friends, made new friends, sorted her relationship with her sister, and of course found another great job.

Final Verdict

Overall this story and its characters set me in the right mood for Valentine ’s Day and I immensely enjoyed this unraveling of Abby to her roots and family.

Who Should Read This

Romance story lovers are in for a treat, especially those looking for a happily ever after ending.