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Welcome back to Mulligans Mill with The Bend in the River. This is a small town best friends to lovers romance.
From the blurb:
♥ Best Friends-to-Lovers
♥ Opposites Attract
♥ Hurt / Comfort
♥ Found Family
RIVER
It's been way too long since I set foot on the streets of Mulligan’s Mill. I know that better than anyone. But after serving six years in the Marines I just wasn’t ready to return home, so I got myself a motorcycle and spent another two years driving across the country, sleeping under the stars, avoiding the idea of going back until I was finally ready—ready to see my father again, ready to try and forget what had happened during my deployment overseas, hoping that reuniting with my best friend Clarry would wash away all the hurt and help me start over again.
Sure, we’re an odd match, me and Clarry. I’m a war hero and built like a tank, while he’s still the sweet, sensitive, chubby kid he was at school, only now he runs the town’s ice cream parlor. While we’re a classic case of opposites attract, it’s his kindness and creativity that I’ve always loved most about him. But when Clarry and I finally get together after all these years apart, things are kinda weird. There’s a distance between us that has me worried our relationship has changed. I can’t put my finger on it, but the more I feel like I’m losing my best friend, the more desperately I’ll fight to have him in my life… to keep him safe… to hold him close.
CLARRY
Oh fudgesicles! River is back in town and although I want to see him more than anything else in the world, I’m also terrified that I’ll make a complete fool of myself in front of him… or that he’s forgotten who I even am… or worse still, that my lifelong secret crush on him will somehow surface and he’ll never want to speak to me again. I’m determined to play it cool, to stay calm, to focus on what I do best which is make ice creams and hide my true feelings beneath my happy, friendly smile.
But like a scoop of Cherry Berry Bubblegum Bliss melting in the sun, I can feel my confidence dripping away and my terrified true feelings beginning to show. Will I be able to stay as cool as a cone of Twirly Swirly Snickerdoodle Sundae… or will I fudge it all up and ooze into his strong arms like an Ooey Gooey Gooseberry Gobsmacker? If I do blurt out my feelings for my best friend, will he stay strong and steadfast and reject my undying love for him? Or could there be a bend in River?
The Bend in the River is the third full-length novel in the Small Town MM Romance series Mulligan’s Mill… a small town with the biggest of hearts!
Molly Otto's review:
Robin shows us once again the true magic that is Mulligans Mill. Clarry has run the ice cream parlor his entire life and just puts on a happy face for all around him, not showing everyone how much he truly misses his best friend River and feels out of place in his home. River has finally come home after his service with the Marines and 2 years soul searching after on his motorcycle. These two have been best friends their whole lives, and when River returns, he wants things to go back as they were even after all this time. Clarry, the sweet marshmallow of a soul he is breaks your heart in his low self-worth. When events happen, River has to wake up and get in touch with his heritage, where he is able to finally set himself free. Together, they will learn how to rely on the others strength when they are down and soar together when they are free to be their true selves.
Robin has a way of writing a crazy small town romance with just the right amount of angst to make the story more real and palpable. You feel the every emotion of these characters from the heartbreak to the clarity of finally being free. Mulligans Mill is just one of those series that you know each time you go back you are in for a treat.
The Bend in the River is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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