Truly by Ruthie Knox5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() “How would riding with another person prevent that?” But you could get hit by a car and bleed to death by the side of the road.” “Taryn, I’m thirty-five, single, tattooed, and antisocial. You’ll end up being slaughtered by a serial killer.” You can’t ride your bicycle across the country alone. He reminds his sister that he is the serial killer on the road, not the target of one. (Say the term as a curse word to get a real sense of how Tom feels). The real Tom wants nothing to do with another a person and he certainly doesn’t need a riding buddy. Only Tom was actually Tom’s sister, the only member of his family that still spoke to him, pretending to be Tom. The two agree to meet in Astoria Oregon to start the trip. ![]() After being turned down repeatedly after finding the respondents discover she is female, Lexie strikes up an email conversation with Tom Geiger using the handle “Alex”. Using Craigslist, Lexie looks for a riding partner. This was the year she would ride with her brother until he had to drop out. Lexie Marshall has planned on riding the TransAmerica bike ride for years. ![]() The only downside was that Tom, in particular, came off as contrived in certain places. It was a well paced, contemporary featuring a non clingy heroine and a caretaker hero set on a bike ride across America. ![]() I received a number of recommendations for this story and the recommenders were correct. Jane B- Reviews Loveswept / opposites attract / Random-House / road-romance / sports romance 14 Comments ![]()
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