BLOG TOUR STOP~ THE REASON BY JEN ANDREWS

By Unknown - April 12, 2014

Zoey James is in a funk. She has been through more in her twenty-three years than most people have experienced in their entire lives. After her ex-husband tries to take everything she’s worked so hard for, she makes one rule: Never date someone she works with. When her father’s newly hired mechanic moves into the apartment above their family-run business, Zoey’s lonely life is flipped upside down. As a teenager, New Zealand native, Andy Tate’s family is tragically killed in an accident, and he is taken in by his aunt and uncle. Andy is pulled away from the only place he’s ever known as home, and moved halfway around the world to Northern California. Ten years and one failed marriage later, Andy finds himself living in a new city, with a new job at James Racing, and living in an apartment next door to Zoey, his new boss’s beautiful and damaged daughter. After an interesting chain of events over one weekend, Andy and Zoey form an unexpected bond. Even though he’s the only one who can get through to her, she will do all that she can to keep him at a distance and not break her one rule. Will Andy be the reason for Zoey to start living her life again, or will she continue on her downward spiral, until she finally hits rock bottom?

I fell in love with 'The Reason" from the very start. It also helped that the whole time I could only think of Andy's sexy accent!

Andy is super sweet and knows what, or who, he wants. He has had a rough past, but is determined to not let that get in the way of his present and future.

Zoey was dealt a really bad hand in life. That is until the James adopted her. Now she has an amazing family, but struggles in the love department. Especially after her ex-husband put her family and herself through a lot.

It is time for her to realize, not all love ends in heartbreak and some chances are worth taking.

The Reason is written from Zoey's point of view. I absolutely couldn't put the book down, well until my eyes closed of their own accord. The book is very well written and sorry, but it has a cliffhanger that leaves you needing more. That is right now wanting, but needing! The characters are exciting and also an emotional roller-coaster. They really do fit the story. I feel that Andy was definitely a little ahead of himself in the love department, but it works still. I cannot wait to read the next installment!!!

Jen Andrews was raised in a small town in Northern California, and still lives in the same county where she was born. She is a self-proclaimed music and lyric addict. She grew up in ‘car family’ so her life has been spent around old hot rods. She and her husband, Jake, even have a few of their own. In her spare time, Jen loves to travel wherever she can. She finally lived her dream of traveling to New Zealand to see her favorite rugby team, the All Blacks, play. Jen loves to do photography as a hobby and continues to write.