Tongue-tied in front of the strong and silent Rex, it takes Abby until about closing time to realize that Rex is drunk – far more than the two beers she poured him would suggest. As it turns out, that next person is none other than Rex McMurtry, Abby’s longtime crush. Kaylee, as a good friend, doesn’t want to see Abby miss out on something important in life, and encourages her to talk to the next hot guy who walks into the bar. Satisfied with tending bar and slowly repaying the debts she was saddled with in her divorce, Abby is wary of giving another person such power over her again. Abby fell for, married, and was swindled by a con man running a Ponzi scheme shortly after graduating high school (around the time her mother died, which sadly put her in a vulnerable state) and has had no real interest in the dating game since. But both of them have some loner tendencies, a point which becomes obvious when their lives collide in adulthood and Rex walks into Abby’s bar.Īs the book opens, Abby is affirming to her friend Kaylee that she has sworn off dating. While Rex was always popular – a star football player who eventually went pro – Abby largely flew under the radar at school.
Although not my favorite of her books, it’s still a fun time.Ībigail McNerny and Rex McMurtry are both slightly odd ducks, which is maybe why Abby had such a big crush on Rex growing up. I’ve been a big fan of her Winston Borthers series in recent years, and jumped at the chance to read the first entry in her new trilogy with Homecoming King. If you’re ever in the mood for a contemporary novel with large helpings of wit, humor, and awkwardness, I would advise you to seek out Penny Reid.
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