Left Turn

 Left Turn (The Women of Caprock)- Lancy McCall

Kruize Tech Press

Release Date: August 15, 2022

Rating: 📚📚📚📚

Synopsis: She's a rising star in her company with no time for distractions. He's a Hollywood heartthrob longing to escape the spotlight. But when their paths cross, passion ignites and threatens to derail their carefully laid plans.

Alex Tanner has worked hard to get where she is and isn't about to let a charming celebrity distract her from her goals. Finley McAlister is tired of the limelight and just wants a chance to be himself. When he meets Alex on a flight, he's drawn to her confidence and independence.

But their attraction doesn't go unnoticed, and soon they find themselves caught up in a media frenzy. As they navigate the scrutiny of the public eye, they must decide whether to follow their hearts or stay on the path they've worked so hard to achieve.

Left Turn is a captivating tale of love and ambition, featuring strong heroines, gorgeous men, and emotional challenges. It’s the first book in Lancy McCall's Women of Caprock series of interconnected standalones that will leave you breathless and longing for more.

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Alex Tanner is a work-focused woman who keeps her personal and professional lives very separate- and even among friends manages to stay pretty closed off. In a male-dominated business she has fought her way up the corporate ladder and hasn't had time for anything else. Movie star Finley McAlister loves his work, but doesn't love the in-your-face paparazzi that can come with it. When Fin and Alex find themselves chatting on a cross-Atlantic flight where Alex doesn't seem to know who he is, Fin is reminded what it can be like to have a regular conversation and be treated like a normal person. 

In-flight chemistry turns to friendship and more when Fin stays in Houston and Alex continues to treat him like a normal person despite knowing he's a star. But when the paparazzi start to turn things into a media circus and feelings on both sides make a vacation romance something more complicated, can Alex and Fin take the pressure of their worlds colliding?

I love a fun romance and Left Turn had one of my favorite tropes: normal person and famous person attempting a relationship. What happens when a regular person meets someone famous and they hit it off? When reality invades whatever magical bubble allowed them to meet and fall for each other, can the relationship survive? The fun twist in Left Turn is that Alex doesn't worry about fitting into Fin's Hollywood fame and fortune. She has a career and no intention of giving it up, so it's more a case of: can they make two lots-of-travel-required schedules work? 

McCall also does a great non-preachy job of reminding us that women in a male-dominated work environment still have to fight for their place at the table, and still have to remind men that they have every right to be there. Alex may have the support of her male bosses, but there are a few situations where she still has to stand-up for herself. There's a fantastic scene where Alex deals with her bosses over whether her personal life has anything to do with a promotion that is worth the price of the book all by itself. 

A lovely contemporary he-falls-first romance that I think readers will enjoy.