True North Series Book 8: Waylaid by Sarina Bowen

True North Book 8

It’s a tale as old as time: the bad boy meets the good girl. He makes a daring proposition. Then the boy gets a mysterious head injury and loses a year of his life…

The first time I meet Rickie, I don’t know what to make of him. The second time we meet, he doesn’t remember the six hours we spent together. Or standing me up afterward.

I’m not the same, either. I’ve got secrets. I’ve told lies. Bad boys aren’t my type, anyway. Even the ones with troubled gray eyes.

But now we’re roommates. Cue the awkward moments in the hallway when he’s wearing only a towel and a smile. He’s determined to win me over, and his talented hands weaken my resolve.

It’s all fun and games until my past rears its ugly head and his secrets come to light, shaking our fragile connection, maybe even breaking it…

Note: this is Daphne Shipley's story. Contents include Vermonty ice cream flavors, nerdy awkwardness, tattoos, and a playboy grandpa. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58214962-waylaid

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My Review: 5/5 Stars 

Finally Daphne and Rickie's story and I have to say it was definitely a favorite of mine from the series. This series really does get better and better. This one I have been itching to read since the last book where it was hinted that Daphne and Rickie had a history but we don't get any details. Especially when one says they know the other and the other disagrees. However! At the time it was Daphne saying she didn't know Rickie. Yet, we learn in this book that it is Rickie with the memory problems. From what Daphne remembers, her and Rickie had hit it off and it resulted in plans for a date. A date that Rickie never showed up to. Little did she know that around that time Rickie ended up in an accident where he lost six months of his memory. A memory that included meeting Daphne. Now it's a few years later and they are in one another's orbit again and immediately Rickie feels something for Daphne. He just can't understand why it is so strong. Rickie has struggled to recover from this accident that broke his body physically and mentally. He has dealt with a lot of it but he still struggles to come to terms with it. He wishes he could remember what exactly happened. Especially that there are some things that just don't add up right. Meanwhile, Daphne always studied hard so she can escape Vermont for a bit. But when she puts her trust in the wrong guy and he royally screws her over and scares her to the extreme, she flees back to Vermont to finish up school. She swears to never trust men and just wants to get through school and put this nightmare behind her. While also hoping her psycho of an ex won't ruin her academic life like he threatened to do. Both of Daphne and Rickie's personal stories were so interesting and compelling. I wanted to know what happened to Rickie and I wanted Daphne to find a way to move forward and not let her ex hold her back. Then there was their romance. Rickie and Daphne's chemistry is fantastic. I love both of their characters and together they were absolutely great. I loved reading this story. I couldn't put it down. I read it in a day. I just had to know everything. There is so much I love about this book and series. There were a lot of wonderful surprises in this book about past book couples that I adored. And of course the humor that comes with the Shipley gang (especially Grandpa Shipley!). I love this series and hope there is still more left for this family and extended family! 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.