FICTION

Always

by Sarah Jio
Ballantine. Feb. 2017. 288p. ISBN 9781101885024. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781101885031. F
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Jio's latest (Morning Glory; Blackberry Winter) introduces readers to Kailey Crane, a writer for Seattle's Herald who is newly engaged to Ryan, a man of old family money. Kailey's life is perfect—studded with BMWs and Michael Kors bags—but when a dinner out with Ryan turns into a happenstance meeting with former love Cade McAllister, that perfect life begins to fall apart. Kailey hasn't seen Cade since he disappeared years ago, and now he's broken and homeless, unsure of who he is and who she is. Determined to bring him back into the life she's sure he would have had, Kailey tries to jump-start his memories. Ultimately, she must choose between Cade and the life she's created for herself.
VERDICT This sentimental novel taps into fantasies of nursing men back to health through love, forgetting about the more complicated issues it stirs up along the way. This quick beach read will appeal to those seeking a clean romance as well as to fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Karen White. [See Prepub Alert, 8/22/16.]
Reviewed by Mara Dabrishus, Ursuline Coll. Lib., Pepper Pike, OH , Feb 15, 2017
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