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Debbie K. Lum

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Quinn Corbin, Tory Taylor, and Nick Allen are reunited at the retirement party for Al Thomas, their former employer and owner of the bookstore/cafe the Indigo Exchange in San Antonio. All three have moved on with their lives, but have fond memories of Al and Indigo Exchange. Quinn has finished graduate school and has been hired to become an elementary school teacher, her dream job. Tory is following in her father's footsteps and is in law school. Nick has decided to become an entrepreneur and take what he's learned from Al and open his own cafe/bookstore but includes an in-house bakery. On the surface, it looks as if everything is great between these three and Al, but a recent car accident that resulted in the death of a girl has Al's son's best friend and his family out-of-sorts. This family wrongly blames Nick for Sienna's death, especially since Nick wasn't driving the car -- Sienna was -- and the investigators found that the car had a faulty gas tank that raptured after the accident. But trouble seems to follow Nick. His parents died in a car accident when he was only 18 years old (he wasn't in the car and had nothing to do with the accident). He was then in an accident where he hit and killed a beloved family pet (he tried to make amends). Now the incident with Sienna. But Quinn and Tory both know that Nick has a kind heart and isn't the bad guy everyone seems to make him out to be, so Quinn decides to befriend him once again. Her plan seems to work until she invites him over to her parents' home for their annual fiesta and he's disinvited because of rumors and bad feelings. But Quinn refuses to give up. When the opportunity presents itself to make amends for this slight she takes it. Little does she know that this opportunity may well be her last. Tory loves Quinn and is also a staunch advocate for Nick, so when a devastating accident occurs she does the only thing she knows how and that's become his legal ally. Can Nick and Tory find out which enemy has it out for him before he ends up behind bars permanently?

I didn't particularly enjoy the first portion of I Can Handle Him, as I found it to be a bit slow. However, the pace picked up after a few chapters and the story sucked me in. I was just as invested and Quinn, Tory, and Nick into finding out what had happened, why it had happened, and who was behind it. There's a lot going on in this story, there's the death of Sienna, the rivalry and antimony between Sienna's brother and Nick, the business rivalry between Faze (Nick's business) and Indigo Exchange (Al's business), another prominent character's death (no, I'm not telling you who but it is pivotal to the story), the investigation into that death and subsequent arrest of Nick for vehicular manslaughter, family drama (Nick gets reunited with his long-lost brother), and romance. My only wish for this story was to get to know the San Antonio area a bit more (I can say I'm craving tacos now, thank you Ms. Lum), but enjoyed reading the scenes set on the Riverwalk area. For those of you that are fans of New Adult stories, Romance, or Romantic-Suspense, I encourage you to grab a copy of I Can Handle Him to read while lounging on the beach, camping, glamping, flying to your vacation destination, or during your staycation.

This review originally posted on 07/15/2017 at http://www.thebookdivasreads.com/2018/07/2018-book-262-i-can-handle-him-by.html.
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BookDivasReads | 1 annan recension | Jul 17, 2018 |
In the beginning, I was not feeling this book. I struggled to find my footing with the characters and the story. Yet, after the first few chapters; I did find that hold. This is a good book. The main characters for me were Quinn, Nick, and Tory. The other characters were kind of a turn off to me. They were judgmental towards Nick; which the more I got to know him, I found that their anger was not warranted. Luckily, Nick had two people on his side in Quinn and Tory.

While, I did like this book and found the three main characters enjoyable; I still felt like something was holding me back from fully embracing them. Thus, I was reading the story but it didn't strike a cord in my heart. The romance in this book is sweet with a dash of mild heat. I would read another book by this author.… (mer)
 
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Cherylk | 1 annan recension | Jul 5, 2018 |

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