{"id":27016,"date":"2021-02-23T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27016"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:57:33","slug":"review-love-at-first-by-kate-clayborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/23\/review-love-at-first-by-kate-clayborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Love At First by Kate Clayborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27016\" data-postid=\"27016\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27016 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/love-at-first-kate-clayborn.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Love At First by Kate Clayborn\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Love At First by Kate Clayborn\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling saw\u2014or rather,\u00a0<i>heard\u2014<\/i>the girl of his dreams. Standing beneath an apartment building balcony, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely, warm-voiced stranger. It\u2019s a memory that\u2019s never faded, though he\u2019s put so much of his past behind him. Now an unexpected inheritance has brought Will back to that same address, where he plans to offload his new property and get back to his regular life as an overworked doctor. Instead, he encounters a woman, two balconies above, who\u2019s uncannily familiar . . .<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">No matter how surprised Nora Clarke is by her reaction to handsome, curious Will, or the whispered pre-dawn conversations they share, she won\u2019t let his plans ruin her quirky, close-knit building. Bound by her loyalty to her adored grandmother, she sets out to foil his efforts with a little light sabotage. But beneath the surface of their feud is an undeniable connection. A balcony, a star-crossed couple, a fateful meeting\u2014maybe it\u2019s the kind of story that can&#8217;t work out in the end. Or maybe, it\u2019s the perfect second chance . . .<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Feb 23, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Kensington<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time that I am reading a book from <em><strong>Kate Clayborn<\/strong><\/em>. I found <strong>Love At First<\/strong> a very cute contemporary second chance romance. If you enjoy reading books from <em><strong>Lucy Score<\/strong><\/em> you will really enjoy this book. It hits all the feels with great character building with the main characters. It really seemed like the complex was its own little world that only a select few go to inhabit. I felt like I could connect with all the characters in this book and really enjoyed learning about each ones quarks. I was delighted in the detail of the apartment complex and its inhabitants. I feel like some authors gloss over a few details and some just go into way too much detail that I want to just skim over the intricate details. I love how you are introduced to the younger main characters in the prologue and learn a little about Will\u2019s life before he is reintroduced into the present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Eleanora Clarke<\/strong> is the quirky resident of her late Nonna\u2019s apartment and loves living there. I felt for her because she hung on to everything that was the past with sentimental items and trying to make the other residents happy. I loved how the complex was her family and they all helped and there for each other. I enjoyed how they would stand up for each other and defend what they thought was how things should be exactly like it was in the past nothing ever changing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Will Sterling<\/strong> was the new resident of his late uncles unit and just wanted to move on from being willed this place. He had a complicated childhood and just wanted to focus on the present. My heart felt for him being put thru so much as a kid and teenager. He is now an adult and has a career and his life already planned out. Then he gets a unit and just wants to rent it out for his own personal reasons. I thought the little disruptions that the other tenants gave Will while trying to clean out the unit were too funny. They were trying to show him how the complex was a \u201csorta\u201d family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I especially enjoyed reading when the two main characters interacted it was instant attraction between them both. Her trying to convince him to not rent out his place and causing little distractions but finding something between them neither could fight. Both characters were perfect for each other with learning of what to let go of and what to hang on to. I absolutely loved reading this book and look forward to looking into more books from this author.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Brooke<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37AZ3Ib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/love-at-first\/id1517406699?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_love_at_first&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/love-at-first-kate-clayborn\/1137077503?ean=9781496725202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/love-at-first-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Kate_Clayborn_Love_at_First?id=-s_pDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling saw\u2014or rather,\u00a0heard\u2014the girl of his dreams. 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Standing beneath an apartment building balcony, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely, warm-voiced stranger. It\u2019s a memory that\u2019s never faded, though he\u2019s put so much of his past behind him. Now an unexpected inheritance has brought Will back to that same address, where he plans to offload his new property and get back to his regular life as an overworked doctor. Instead, he encounters a woman, two balconies above, who\u2019s uncannily familiar . . .<br \/><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><br \/>No matter how surprised Nora Clarke is by her reaction to handsome, curious Will, or the whispered pre-dawn conversations they share, she won\u2019t let his plans ruin her quirky, close-knit building. Bound by her loyalty to her adored grandmother, she sets out to foil his efforts with a little light sabotage. But beneath the surface of their feud is an undeniable connection. A balcony, a star-crossed couple, a fateful meeting\u2014maybe it\u2019s the kind of story that can't work out in the end. Or maybe, it\u2019s the perfect second chance . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Feb 23, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Kensington<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time that I am reading a book from <em><strong>Kate Clayborn<\/strong><\/em>. I found <strong>Love At First<\/strong> a very cute contemporary second chance romance. If you enjoy reading books from <em><strong>Lucy Score<\/strong><\/em> you will really enjoy this book. It hits all the feels with great character building with the main characters. It really seemed like the complex was its own little world that only a select few go to inhabit. I felt like I could connect with all the characters in this book and really enjoyed learning about each ones quarks. I was delighted in the detail of the apartment complex and its inhabitants. I feel like some authors gloss over a few details and some just go into way too much detail that I want to just skim over the intricate details. I love how you are introduced to the younger main characters in the prologue and learn a little about Will\u2019s life before he is reintroduced into the present.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Eleanora Clarke<\/strong> is the quirky resident of her late Nonna\u2019s apartment and loves living there. I felt for her because she hung on to everything that was the past with sentimental items and trying to make the other residents happy. I loved how the complex was her family and they all helped and there for each other. I enjoyed how they would stand up for each other and defend what they thought was how things should be exactly like it was in the past nothing ever changing.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Will Sterling<\/strong> was the new resident of his late uncles unit and just wanted to move on from being willed this place. He had a complicated childhood and just wanted to focus on the present. My heart felt for him being put thru so much as a kid and teenager. He is now an adult and has a career and his life already planned out. Then he gets a unit and just wants to rent it out for his own personal reasons. I thought the little disruptions that the other tenants gave Will while trying to clean out the unit were too funny. They were trying to show him how the complex was a \u201csorta\u201d family.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I especially enjoyed reading when the two main characters interacted it was instant attraction between them both. Her trying to convince him to not rent out his place and causing little distractions but finding something between them neither could fight. Both characters were perfect for each other with learning of what to let go of and what to hang on to. I absolutely loved reading this book and look forward to looking into more books from this author.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Brooke<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37AZ3Ib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/love-at-first\/id1517406699?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_love_at_first&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/love-at-first-kate-clayborn\/1137077503?ean=9781496725202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/love-at-first-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Kate_Clayborn_Love_at_First?id=-s_pDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}