From the author of Tell Me Lies and Too Good to Be True comes Carola Lovering’s Can’t Look Away, a sexy suspense novel about the kind of addictive, obsessive love that keeps you coming back––no matter how hard you try to look away.
In 2013, twenty-three-year old Molly Diamond is a barista, dreaming of becoming a writer. One night at a concert in East Williamsburg, she locks eyes with the lead singer, Jake Danner, and can’t look away. Molly and Jake fall quickly and deeply in love, especially after he writes a hit song about her that puts his band on the map.
Nearly a decade later, Molly has given up writing and is living in Flynn Cove, Connecticut with her young daughter and her husband Hunter—who is decidedly not Jake Danner. Their life looks picture-perfect, but Molly is lonely; she feels out of place with the other women in their wealthy suburb, and is struggling to conceive their second child. When Sabrina, a newcomer in town, walks into the yoga studio where Molly teaches and confesses her own fertility struggles, Molly believes she’s finally found a friend.
But Sabrina has her own reasons for moving to Flynn Cove and befriending Molly. And as Sabrina’s secrets are slowly unspooled, her connection to Molly becomes clearer––as do secrets of Molly’s own, which she’s worked hard to keep buried.
Meanwhile, a new version of Jake’s hit song is on the radio, forcing Molly to confront her past and ask the ultimate questions: What happens when life turns out nothing like we thought it would, when we were young and dreaming big? Does growing up mean choosing with your head, rather than your heart? And do we ever truly get over our first love?
The Review
CAN’T LOOK AWAY by Carola Lovering
If you like your thrillers dipped in romance, I have a book for you.
We’re first introduced to Molly. Molly used to be a writer but currently makes her living as a yoga instructor. One day Sabrina walks into her studio and the two become friends.
As the book progresses we learn there is more to Sabrina than it seems and the two women have much more in common than Molly could ever imagine.
I liked this one. It was extremely easy to read and ingest in big chunks. There were lots of twists and turns. And it kept my attention throughout.
In my opinion, it is heavy on the romance side and light on the thriller.
This would make a fantastic book for newbies to the thriller genre or fans of the romance genre looking to dip their toes in thriller waters.
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Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio St Martins Press for this advanced copy!
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