Review ‘Absent in the Spring’ by Carrie Elks

Losing control never felt so good . .
. 

A
successful lawyer, and the eldest of four sisters, Lucy Shakespeare is used to
being in control of everything and everyone around her, most particularly
herself – that is until she meets the gorgeous Lachlan MacLeish. 

Lachlan’s hired Lucy because he needs the best. His inheritance, the Lairdship
of Glencarraig, is suddenly in doubt, thanks to his devious half-brother.
Glencarraig is the only place where his memories of his family are happy ones
and there’s no way he’s going down without a fight. The very last thing he
wants is a distraction, but as soon as he sees Lucy, he knows he’s in trouble.

Despite
their efforts to resist, it isn’t long before Lachlan has Lucy longing to break
all her careful rules. As they travel from Scotland, to Paris and on to New
York, Lucy can’t help but wonder: is it sometimes worth risking it all?

Publication Date:	April 26th, 2018
Series:	The Shakespeare Sisters #3
Genre:	Contemporary Romance
Pages:	368
Formats:	eBook, Paperback
Available at:	Amazon, The Book Depository

I read the
first book in the Shakespeare Sisters series ‘Summer’s Lease’ in July of 2017.
And I loved that so much. I read it as fast as I could and I was immediately a
new Carrie Elks fan. The second book ‘A Winter’s Tale’ I read in November of
2017 and I loved it just as much as the first book. Since I haven’t been
reading and reviewing as much due to my pregnancy, I hadn’t been able to read
the newest book in the series ‘Absent in the Spring’. But since my maternity
leave started, and I have more time to read I decided to get my hands on this
new book and started reading as soon as possible.

In ‘Absent
in the Spring’ we follow the oldest Shakespeare Sister Lucy. Lucy has always
been the one in control, taking care of her younger sisters, and working hard
to be the best lawyer she can possible be. And with success. Lucy works long
days and hours and is very successful. So when Lucy gets asked to take on a new
client, the rich Lachlan MacLeish she is determined to make this new case in a
success. But when Lucy flies to Miami to meet Lachlan she isn’t prepared for
the things she feels when she sees the handsome American.

Lachlan is
a workaholic and great in what he does. His life consists of working hard,
every day and flying from his one investment to the next. But when he meets
Lucy, he starts seeing how empty his life really is.

Just as
with the first two books in this series I devoured every page of this book. I
really loved every single page and the romance was just so good. What I loved
most about ‘Absent in the Spring’ was the main characters Lucy and Lachlan. I
could really relate to Lucy in the wanting to keep everything in control, and
making list way. Obviously not the workaholic, and flying all around the world
way. LOL!! And this made reading this book even more fun. And I loved getting
to know Lucy and Lachlan. There characters were so much more than you would
first expect.

The
romance between Lucy and Lachlan was just so sweet and addictive. I loved
reading about these two. The way they met, and the way they got to know each
other. It was just so good and romantic and I couldn’t get enough. And what
also was a great part about this book was the traveling. Through this book I
visited Paris, New York, Edinburgh and Miami. Definitely really fun to read.

If you
haven’t read the Shakespeare Sisters series I’d definitely recommend you start
as soon as possible. It’s one of my favorite series and I can’t wait to read
the fourth and final book at the end of the year. 

I received this book from the Little, Brown Book Group in exchange for my honest review.