The Flaw in Our Design

By: Monica McCallan

Narrated by: Lori Prince

Olivia Carver's life in Lake Cabot, New York, is simple. That's how she likes it, even if she can't stop the town she loves from being overrun by wealthy tourists each summer. When she's not working at her family's paddleboard shop or spending time with her lovable but infuriating brothers, she puts her energy into writing professionally, a dream that has yet to materialize.

Valerie Maycomb used to summer in Lake Cabot with her family when she was younger, until school and planning for her future became the driving forces in her existence. For the first time in years, following her college graduation, she's spending a few months in the small, lakeside town she loved as a child. All she wants is a little time to decompress before law school in the fall and maybe even strike up the courage to talk to a woman.

A chance meeting at the lake opens up the possibility of a summer romance, with the explicit understanding that it can't become something more. Olivia's not built for falling in love, and Val needs to keep her eye on the prize of a successful career. But neither of them can deny the attraction, and summer quickly takes on a life of its own.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Monica McCallan (P)2021 Tantor

Very well written and a pleasure to read

The character development was wonderfully done, not just the main characters, but the secondary as well, the sage, the relatives, etc.
The lake, the bar, the bakery etc, settings were described in a fun, smooth way.
Sub plots fit perfectly and were entertaining.
I enjoyed her similes.
The reading was fantastic.
I would listen to another by this combination of writer/narrator.
My only very, very, very minor complaint is not just this one, but others in the romance genre . Do they have to not only find love, but hit the financial jackpot? If it’s real love, do they need find the good life or can’t the live in the life where they met and became happy.

This book gives you the feels

Such an amazing story!! We all hold our hearts close afraid for let someone in. This book opens your as the characters open theirs. Lori Prince is the perfect narrator for this story! Win win combo!

enjoyment

Really loved this storyline. it is well written and had me trying to figure out what would come next.

A Let’s Just Fool Around Summer…Yeah, Right.

Enjoy the angst as two women do their worst to make love while insisting it's only sex.

More than the romance

I liked this book because it introduced good sideline stories that were independent from the main romance. Also, it wasn’t, like so many, just irritating misscommunication. There seemed to be a lot of shortcuts in the story, but it was a feel good book for me.

[spoilers] I found it way to easy the way Val’s parents accepted her new choices (sexuality, career, moving cities, Olivia (independently of being a woman, but a bar atendent) ). It din’t fit with their description, but you know what? I didn’t mind, there is enough of that in the real world