Walk Off (Ground Rule Book 1) by Bree Kraemer – Review by Angela Shirley

Walk Off by Bree Kraemer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Celia is trying to live her life, having a great job and a beautiful daughter but there has always been the secret which has burnt a hole in her heart for years, until at her friend’s wedding her whole world caves in and she is eye to eye with man she loved and gave up for him to follow his career in baseball.

Kyle is excited to see his best friend get married, friends from college he will always be there for Benji but as his flight was delayed, he missed the ceremony but arrives just in time to see a ghost from his past, the woman he has always loved but lost her when he wanted to pursue his career. Can he put the hurt aside and see if there is anything there again or has, she moved on with her life.

As they start to see each other it is becoming difficult to keep the secret of the past, will Kyle forgive Celia for the betrayal, or will Kyle understand why she kept it from him for so long.

I really enjoyed this book and the way the author weaved the story with such ease and brilliance that you feel your invested in these characters from the first word. I loved Celia’s character and the understanding that she let the person she loved go because she knew he would give everything up for her if her discover her secret was heart-breaking and pure selfishness but also suffered eternal gut of not letting her daughter have a relationship with her father.

The relationship between the main characters was brilliant and the chemistry rose off the page with each word, with the interaction of the secondary characters making this a face paced, can’t put down read. This is not the first book I have read by this author and will definitely will not be the last.