The book gets off to a good start, but things start to derail not long afterwards. But eventually he comes to see that Charlie really does want to help for no other reason than that he… wants to help, and from there, their friendship starts to take off. It’s an uphill struggle Rye doesn’t trust easily and has become so used to doing everything for himself that he finds it hard to let go and accept help. After a few days of watching Rye come and go with a new mountain of purchases each time, Charlie finally manages to get him to agree to let him take a look around the place. He’s itching to help because that’s kind of what Charlie does, but he’s also really concerned for Rye’s safety. When Rye first turns up in the store, Charlie is immediately struck by just how gorgeous he is although as he soon discovers, the man’s prickly, standoffish manner doesn’t match his swoonworthy looks. When he finally arrives, tired after a long drive, the misgivings he’d been harbouring about leaving Seattle come back in full force the house is in such a terrible state of disrepair, it’s a wonder it’s still standing.īut turning around and going back to Seattle just isn’t an option, so Rye decides to fix up the house – somehow – and the following day (and after looking up some ‘how-to’ videos on You Tube) drives to the hardware store in Garnet Run to buy what he needs.Ĭharlie Matheson (brother of Jack from Better Than People) is one of life’s natural caretakers and truly does love to help people. But he soon realises it isn’t, and although it means leaving the only place he’s ever really called home, he packs up his few belongings (the most precious of which is his cat, Marmot) gets in his hunk-o-junk car, and off he goes. He’d been couch-surfing with friends since he was evicted from his apartment, and when he got a phone call, completely out of the blue, from a lawyer telling him he’d inherited a house from a grandfather he’d never met, Rye thought must be a prank.
There are lots of sweet moments between the two leads and I liked certain aspects of their relationship, but the whole thing is patchy and not on a par with the other books I’ve read/listened to by this author.īest Laid Plans opens as Rye Janssen, unemployed and recently homeless, is driving from Seattle to Wyoming.
Better Than People was warm and lovely, with a well-developed romance and well-rounded characters, and I’d hoped for more of the same here – but while there are glimpses of that warmth and loveliness, there’s not enough to hide the fact that the characterisation is sketchy and the plot is practically non-existent. I enjoyed the previous book in this series, and was pleased when I learned that big-hearted, slightly awkward Charlie Matheson would be getting a story.
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