Nowhere but Here by Renée Carlino
Kate Corbin has lost her spark. From the outside, her life seems charmed. She has a handsome, long-term boyfriend and a budding journalism career at a popular Chicago newspaper. But in reality, her relationship is going nowhere, and she’s quickly losing motivation for what she once believed was her dream job. When her boyfriend dumps her unceremoniously, Kate loses all hope of finding love.
With no living family and few friends, Kate confides in her boss. Trusting that the hungry, ace reporter is buried somewhere deep inside, he gives Kate the opportunity to jumpstart her career. The assignment: to interview the famously reclusive R.J. Lawson, a wealthy tech genius who disappeared years ago but recently reemerged as a Napa Valley vintner. The week takes an unexpected turn, however, when Lawson refuses to divulge any information. Desperate for a lead, Kate turns to Jamie, a vineyard hand who shows her the romance of wine country—and stirs her aching heart. But his connection to Lawson is ambiguous, and when Jamie disappears before the end of the week, Kate is left to investigate another story: the truth behind the man who stole her heart
5 bubbles!! I absolutely loved this book and everything about it!
Words cannot describe how I am feeling about this book right now. I just finished it this past Friday night and I can honestly say that I cannot wait to read it again. I'm going to save you guys the rant today about my opinions on the new "in" literature and get straight the the review!
We meet Kate, a journalist who is living a pretty bland life. We see the inside of her job, her friends, her boring boyfriend and the we get a small glimpse of her past when she talks about her mother and Rose. We are introduced to a pretty simple character that has flaws and a rocky past just like every other human out there.
Kate is sent off to Napa to get an interview with a man that is well known but very off the radar and he has finally agreed to give Kate this interview for a Chicago newspaper. While there she meets this wonderful man named Jamie who slowly opens her up to exciting things and teaches her about a different lifestyle. While she is staying in Napa for this interview she slowly starts spending more and more time with Jamie and becomes interested in him and begins to fall in love with him. Things soon change for Kate when Jamie picks up one day and leaves without an explanation and she is left to go back home to Chicago and figure out everything that happened between them on her stay.
This story is wonderful and while everyone should know by this point that I am usually the first one to rage about insta-love, what surprised me about this book, was how much I loved it. This was a light, wonderfully fun story that I recommend to everyone who has every had an interest in any romance novel or you're just a sucker for sweet stories. I loved this because the Kate and Jamie were believable, they had realistic characteristics, there was no brooding alpha male and it was different. To me, the plot was kind of predictable but it did not take away from the story and I am still happy with the story as a whole.
Now go out there and get this story!
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