ABOUT THE BOOK
I’m not invited to the family meeting that decides my fate, and when it’s announced that Dad’s retiring and I’ll be taking over the farm, I know exactly what this is: A rescue mission. My brothers are tired of dragging me out of the bottom of a bottle, where I can predictably be found drowning my sorrows.
When Beckett’s brought in to manage the transition, you might say it doesn’t go smoothly. I can’t stand that my family’s hired a business consultant to babysit me. I know they fear I’ll run the farm into the ground, and maybe I take my anger out on her… but I’m surprised when she gives it right back, and soon I’m looking forward to our arguments more than I should.
We were set up to be enemies from the start, and I tell myself I can’t wait for her to finish out her contract and go back to Texas. But Beckett has secrets, some that followed her all the way to Minnesota, and I discover my life wasn’t at all what I thought.
MY REVIEW
Wow! I couldn’t put this book down! From the very first page, I was drawn into the world of Judah and Beckett. Judah is such a complex character. He’s broken and angry and struggling with a tragic past that left me in tears more than once. Then there’s Beckett who is nurturing, resilient, and dealing with her own devastating past. And somehow she is able to crack through the barriers Judah has built around himself. Their enemies-to-lovers dynamic is nothing short of captivating, filled with tension and uncertainty that keeps you on your toes. I didn’t see some of those plot turns coming at all, and let’s just say they kept me guessing!
Of course, a great read isn’t complete without a cast of supporting characters, and the Benson family does not disappoint! The warm and loving dynamics of Donna and Erik, the parents, are inspiring. You can feel the love in this big, close-knit family of five siblings who fiercely protect one another. I couldn’t help but laugh at the playful teasing and the priceless nicknames the brothers have for each other. But it’s their unwavering devotion to Beckett, the new honorary Benson, that truly made me a forever fan of this story.
Erin FitzGerald has done it again with her incredible storytelling. The characters are so relatable, and the plot engaging. As someone who was raised on a dairy farm, I truly appreciate the authenticity she brings to life on the farm. It’s not just picturesque fields; it’s hard work and, yes, it can be smelly too! LOL
If you’re a fan of love stories that tug at your heart while weaving in mystery and plot twists, along with themes of family and belonging, then you absolutely need to pick up the first in the Colson Creek series, We All Fall Down. Trust me, you won’t regret it. You’ll be cheering for Judah and Beckett the whole way through. Book 2, here I come!
Thank you again to Ms. FitzGerald for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review.
Colson Creek Series
- We All Fall Down (2025)
- The Greatest of These (2025)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erin was born in the Midwest to very patient parents, and grew up with one slightly less tolerant brother. She learned the value of hard work growing up on a dairy farm and has loved tractors, animals, pastoral scenes and obnoxiously loud trucks ever since.
She valiantly resisted learning to read until the second grade, much to her mother’s consternation. When the switch flipped she began devouring everything she could get her hands on, and the greatest source of punishment was to confiscate her books.
After a tertiary education and marriage, Erin and her husband moved to NYC, where they lived for ten years. There they had children and in addition to gaining “work experience,” began collecting an assortment of accidental and on-purpose pets.
Packing up the kids, the house and the pets, they relocated to central Florida for her husband’s work. There they bought a ramshackle foreclosure the family spent five years fixing up, with the running joke “We’ll finish the master bathroom and the house will be perfect–glorious! And then we’ll move.”
Two weeks after finishing the final project, the gut renovation of the master bathroom, her family did indeed pick up and move again. (Some would call that ironic, but Erin calls it prophetic and has learned to keep her mouth shut.)
Now living in the Metro D.C. area, Erin is a huge fan of grocery delivery services, the National Gallery of Art, every library and bookstore she’s ever seen, and she adores nothing more than a happy ending.
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