REVIEW: Show Me How to Heal by Ray Celar (Juniper Creek #2)
SHOW ME HOW TO HEAL
Juniper Creek - Book Two
by Ray Celar
Release Date: April 7, 2022
Review
Anyone who knows me knows I love a small-town romance, and I really like Juniper Creek. It’s got a great group of people, warm and inviting.
An injured athlete hiding out from the world isn’t a new trope, but it’s a good one. I really felt for Luke, who was hounded by paparazzi culture while trying to cope with the loss of his career and a life-altering injury. I’d be looking to move continents too, and probably a little more than fearful of trusting people. He’s a really great guy, even if he has too much money to fuel his sometimes wild whims.
I loved the pairing with Zayne, the beautiful local soap maker. These two are inexplicably drawn together, and they are sweet and lovely, bringing out the best in each other. Zayne is a kind soul with a lot of love. You can see from a mile away how half-truths are going to crash and burn, but it doesn’t mean the story isn’t truly enjoyable (even if I did cry a bit). And it makes the ending pretty cute.
Now I need to go back and read book one while waiting for book three of course.
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Synopsis
Luke
I can pinpoint the exact moment my professional life ended — and so can millions of other people. Suffering a career-ending injury in the middle of what may have been the most important soccer game of my whole life is bad enough. But with dozens of cameras focused on me broadcasting my injury live all over Europe, my private life has also ended.
The paparazzi are everywhere. Every step I take — or don’t take because walking these days isn’t exactly easy — there’s someone pointing a camera at me, whether it’s the press, a fan, or just someone who saw the gruesome end of my career.
I can’t take it anymore. I need to get away from all the publicity and the constant reminder of what I’ve lost.
Stumbling upon an ad for a lone cabin in some small town in Colorado seems like a wink of fate. No one will know who I am, and I can start over again. And if I told that cute guy at the bar that I’m currently unemployed… well, that’s not a lie, is it?
Zayne
When I started making soaps on my own in college, I never expected to make a whole career out of it. But here I am, selling homemade soaps via my online shop and at the farmer’s market. There’s only one problem: ever since I started taking marketing advice from Adam and Avery, I’m drowning in work. My soaps are in high demand.
So even though I might want one, a boyfriend is the last thing I need. Instead, I have to focus on finding staff to help me make and sell my soaps.
But when I’m at the local bar and meet Luke, a hot-as-sin guy with troubled eyes, I can’t pass up on the opportunity to snatch him up — for my shop and for me. It’s perfect. I need company and someone who helps me with my work, and Luke is unemployed and needs a job.
What’s the worst thing that could possibly happen?
"Show Me How to Heal" is the second book in the Juniper Creek series; each book in the series can be read as a standalone. Please check the front matter for content warnings.
About Ray Celar
Ray Celar lives with her husband, daughter and two cats in Southern Germany.
When she was six years old, she proudly declared she’d be an author one day, and that dream never changed. She was declared “most likely to ever publish a book” in her yearbook and only four years after her graduation, this statement and her lifelong dream came true — though she still isn’t sure whether she should send a copy of her books to the teacher who nominated her for that title.
If she isn’t chasing after her daughter through the apartment, she’s probably translating books, writing books or procrastinating doing any of those things by watching too many DIY-videos online — she might even be working on one of the DIY-projects she picked up.
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