Review: Meant for You (Playing for Keeps #4) by Ranee S. Clark

Meant for You (Playing for Keeps #4) by Ranee S. Clark

Book Description:

A hometown hero that’s suffering a personal crisis. A single-mom who’s finally back on her feet. And the what-ifs they finally have a chance of seeing come true.

A year after her divorce, Chelsea Lewis spends most of her days working part-time at her cousin’s bakery and hiding veggies in her picky son’s lunches. Then she reconnects with an old friend who helps Chelsea in all the ways she’s forgotten she needs—including romantic ones.

Former football player, DJ Kaiser, is back in his hometown, working as a fireman to serve his community, but after nearly burning down his own house with a barbeque and wrecking the Chief’s truck, his mistakes are stacked against him—until he sets out to ease the stress of Chelsea’s load. Serving her has him feeling like a hero again.

When Chelsea’s ex shows up and begs Chelsea to move closer so his young son doesn’t grow up without his father, Chelsea and DJ have to consider what’s best for Chelsea’s little family, even if that means sacrificing the relationship that has saved them both.

Review:

I read and enjoyed the first three books in the Playing for Keeps Series, although it has been almost two years since I read the last book. The details and supporting characters (which would be one of the main characters in this one) are somewhat fuzzy. I didn’t like Meant for You as much as the other Playing for Keeps novels, and I wonder if I had read them more recently if that would have helped. I didn’t even remember DJ and Brady since it's been so long. 😬 But, it does make me want to re-read those to remind me.

I didn’t feel much of an attachment to the characters, but I did feel bad for Chelsea. A young, divorced, single mom and her struggles to raise her son amidst the lack of fatherly involvement and judgment from people about how she was raising her son.

I do remember the feeling of leaving everything behind when I got married (friends etc.) and how initially that didn’t bother me. Eventually I realized I needed my own friends and connections. It’s not healthy to give yourself up completely. Change is good and you do have a new life in many ways, but you need to keep yourself healthy emotionally and socially too.

DJ was a nice guy, and had a great connection with Chelsea, but I did wonder about him being able to support the family with his poor employment track record.

Meant for You has a happy ending and is a clean read. I liked the cover and the love the main characters had for their town.

Title: Meant for You
Author: Ranee S. Clark
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: December 2018
ISBN: 1791603203
Source: I received an eCopy from in exchange for an honest review.

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