Going the Distance -

Julianna Keyes

Omnific Publishing

2015

260 páginas

8h 40m

ISBN-10: 1623421667

Olivia Clarke’s fall from pretty, perfect and popular happened in an instant. With her life in tatters, she impulsively accepts a teaching job in the small city of Lazhou, China. Three months in, she’s ready to admit she made a huge mistake. She doesn’t speak Mandarin, the teachers at her school refuse to include her in anything, and she spends her nights watching counterfeit DVDs in her twin bed. Alone.

Jarek McLean is a loner. He’s not looking for friends, and he’s definitely not looking for love. The former army interrogator works as a carpenter for a small construction company rebuilding a travel office in Lazhou. When he meets Olivia he knows immediately she’s too wholesome to be his type, but when he discovers the pretty kindergarten teacher is hiding a secret, his inquisitive side rears its nosy head and demands answers.

Olivia isn’t interested in a one-sided interrogation, and makes her position clear: if Jarek wants to ask questions, he’ll have to answer some, too. Jarek’s never let anyone in—not into his apartment, not into his life, certainly not into his heart. But the closer he gets to Olivia, the more he falls for her, and suddenly the man who doesn’t do relationships finds himself in a most unexpected one. When he reluctantly admits that this could be love, he’s faced with the most terrifying question of all: What the hell does he do now?

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Terceiro livro que leio da autora. Gostei muito do primeiro que li, "Undecided", mas os outros nem tanto. Acho que quando a escritora tenta fazer aquele perfil de cara meio bruto, com pinta de badboy, que nunca se comprometeu com ninguém e não entende o que está sentindo, acaba caindo em uns discursos clichês, bregas e forçados. Não convence muito.
A leitura é no máximo divertidinha, mas não recomendaria.