Travis

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes the emotional, highly anticipated follow-up to Archer's Voice, following Archer's troubled brother Travis.

Perhaps Travis Hale's past is riddled with regrets, but his future looks limitless. He's the police chief in idyllic Pelion, Maine, women are regularly falling at his feet, and his family has mostly forgiven his mistakes. But when the new guy in town crosses him, things start to look shaky--especially when he meets the stranger's smoothie-making, birdseed-eating sister.

Haven Torres's life fell apart. Or, rather, burned to the ground. At the time, it seemed like a solid idea to jump in her car, her brother a mostly-willing co-pilot, and embark on a cross-country adventure for the summer. Especially if she can catch the attention of Pelion's most eligible bachelor, Gage Buchanan, before she goes. And after the local police chief tells her of her brother's scandalous misdeed, she knows without a doubt that Pelion is just another town where their stay is best short-lived.

Still, she and Travis form an unlikely friendship, and at first, it seems simple enough. She'll help him make her brother sweat a little, and he'll help her win over Gage. But then Haven starts to see the man beneath the brooding, and Travis starts to see the woman beneath the mess.

However, Haven refuses to be tied to Pelion. And Travis has vowed never to be second best ever again.

Before they know it, simple has started to look pretty complicated.

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320 pages

Average rating: 7.2

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Community Reviews

JMacReads
Jun 27, 2024
I liked this book. It gives the closure needed after Archers voice but I wish it was more romantic.
CharleyB
Jan 31, 2024
5/10 stars
I guess it was nice? Not a lot happened. Certainly no where near the calibre of Archers a voice. 5/10
breezy&blowey
Jul 13, 2023
9/10 stars
Not as great as Archers voice but still thoroughly enjoyed! Nice that Travis had redemption 🥳
jenlynerickson
Jul 10, 2023
10/10 stars
Travis Hale and Haven Torres are “temporary friends…With benefits went unsaid.” When a fortune telling neighbor foretells Travis’ future, she sees, “There are one of two paths for you. Either you lose it all. Or lose it all…Maybe there were many different sorts of losing. And we each had to weigh our choices. Choose which hand to discard so that we might win the bigger pot.” Haven also has a choice to make. She can either walk away because Travis Hale doesn't have much left in the way of material possessions. “It seems you’ve lost it all.” Or she can come over and kiss him silly “because as it turns out, your heart is made of gold, even if it’s a bit tarnished.” But when Haven and her brother finally decide to set down roots, her every fear and insecurity is summed up in two words. “Most unwanted. We don’t belong in…this perfect town where people drank lemonade on their porches and set apple pies to cool on windowsills while their children played in sprinklers watering lush, green lawns. They didn’t even know the half of it when it came to who we really were. The extent to which we didn’t belong. What would they all say then…Run away. We had to.” “Maybe the terrible truth about love is that when it’s gone, it leaves a hole in your heart so big it feels like nothing will ever fill it…All the things that have brought us pain carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them…It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.” “Families reunited, friendships reconciled, consciences cleared, forgiveness and repentance spread far and wide. Pelion is a more beautiful place” because of a shame manifesto, a town hall confessional and a willingness to love “fully and wholeheartedly, until withered things that had the will to thrive found the strength to do so.”

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