Release Day Review: The Rhubarb Patch by Deanna Wadsworth #Review #Giveaway

Author: Deanna Wadsworth
Book: The Rhubarb Patch
Series: The Men Of Gilead #1
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
Publication date: July 24, 2017
Length: 284 pages


Reviewed by Erin


Synopsis

City boy, sci-fi novelist, and recovering pushover Scott Howe doesn’t know what to expect when he inherits his grandmother’s house outside the quaint village of Gilead, Ohio—but it isn’t an enormous bald man in nothing but tighty-whities and orange rubber boots shouting at him to keep his weed whacker away from the rhubarb patch.

Scott has never met anyone like Phineas Robertson: homesteader, recluse… Republican. A tender—if unlikely—friendship grows over the summer while Phin and his schnauzer, Sister Mary Katherine, teach Scott about life in the country and the grandmother he never knew. Opposites attract, but widower Phin worries his secret will send Scott running faster than his politics, and Phin isn’t convinced he deserves a second chance at romance.

Scott is convinced—rural life, and his one-of-a-kind, older neighbor is the future he wants. Before he can settle in, his mother drops a bombshell that strains their already tenuous relationship, and a cousin who believes he is the rightful heir to the property puts Scott in danger. It’ll take a lot of compromises, and even dodging a few bullets before they’re out of the weeds, but nurturing something as special as true love always takes hard work.

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Review

If you're a fan of the opposites attract trope--and really, who isn't?--then you're definitely going to want to check out The Rhubarb Patch by Deanna Wadsworth. Two neighbors, one a city boy who suddenly finds himself in the middle of the country, the other a farmer who likes his solitude, find out sometimes even the most unlikely of people can make a connection. At first glance, Scott and Phineas (what a FABULOUS name!) might not seem like they fit, but they sure will make a believer out of you.

When Scott Howe finds out he's inherited his late grandmother's farm in small town Gilead, Ohio, he's surprised to say the least ...and it couldn't have come at a better time. After a nasty break-up with his ex-boyfriend, Scott is more than happy to get away. Finding himself completely out of his element--he doesn't know a weed from a rhubarb plant--he slowly begins to see that his life isn't going exactly as he'd wanted. Of course, his neighbor, Phineas, rubber boot wearing and tighty-whitey wearing guy that he is might have something to do with that, too. These two couldn't be more different, but once they stop sniping and start talking to one another, they find that their differences might not be so bad, Phineas's Republican leaning notwithstanding.

The Rhubarb Patch was a sweet, next to no angst book that pretty much had me smiling from the first page. I loved Phineas. He was so careful to trust, but so in need of having someone he could call his own. And Scott, boy did he need the time and space to figure out he wasn't quite as helpless as people liked to make him think he was. I loved watching the slow dance between Scott and Phineas, their opening up and discovering things about one another. I could have done without the melodrama with Scott's mom and her husband, but other than that one little complaint, there really wasn't anything not to enjoy about The Rhubarb Patch. A quaint, small town, two characters who were genuine and likable, and a romance that was quiet and sweet made this book one I'd definitely recommend.

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