This is the first book in the Laurel Falls series by Zoe Dawson, and the start of a great series I think! Zoe Dawson draws you in to Laurel Falls and makes you feel right at home.

Rafferty has just signed her divorce papers and is need of a break to clear her mind. She decides to take a drive and try to find some new locations for the family's resorts to go. Rafferty has an custom car that has been good to her but breaks down on her trip. Rafferty finds herself right outside of Laurel Falls. In comes local mechanic and ex-marine Trace. With Rafferty's car being a custom car, Trace doesn't have the parts that they need to fix her car and won't get them in for a couple of weeks. So, Rafferty finds herself stranded in Laurel Falls for awhile.

Trace is approaching Rafferty with caution. He is a devoted family man that knows how rich people are. His mother was one of those and she deserted him early on. Trace is going to make use of the time that he and Rafferty have though and show her around Laurel Falls and what all their town has to offer.

The chemistry between Trace and Rafferty is unmistakable. Rafferty falls in love with the town of Laurel Falls, but what will happen when her real life catches up to her? Will Rafferty have to go back and face her real life or is she going to stay in Laurel Falls with Trace? You have to read this one to find out!

I loved the small town and all its good old kind folks. Makes you feel right at home. I am anxious to see what is next for us in the Laure Falls series. This was a good start to something good I think!

Couldn't get in to this book. Maybe I'll try another of the authors books at a later date.

Leaving Yesterday started strong with a hero and heroine I liked. Right off the bat I could tell they were both good people, each with their own set of baggage, each deserving to find real love.

Things I liked: The hero and heroine. They were both strong and independent and meshed well together. I loved the nickname he had for her (Commander Princess). I liked the town, I want to visit and see the mountains and springs and stay at that rundown abandoned old inn! This book also had great, fully developed side characters who have been set up to get their own novels.

What I didn’t like so much: Those side characters I mentioned? While I loved them all, I wasn’t a fan of the POV shifts into their heads. Call me a traditionalist, but I’d rather my romance novels stick with the h/H POVs and leave the side characters to the side. I don’t want in their heads yet, learning all the details of their personal stories. I think this would have benefited with either a revised blurb indicating that there were more stories here than just the main characters romance, or reclassifying this as…. something else. A contemporary drama maybe? I don’t know. It just wasn’t what I expected and that sort of put a damper on my reading experience.

All that said, this was an enjoyable story about enjoyable characters. I would gladly revisit Laurel Falls to see what happens for those secondary characters as well as to see how things are going with Trace and Rafferty. (I really hate her name by the way. But it is the perfect trust-fund baby name.)

Leaving Yesterday gave me a great sense of small town life, I always compare to Stars Hollow :) I just can't help it! This story was filled with romance, a sense of family, quirky characters, and it was a decent start to a new series. If I'm being honest, this was just an ok read for me. I found myself not really liking the hero, and felt that the heroine was annoying. I just couldn't relate to them, and found myself wanting to know more about the secondary characters. I will say that the author has a way with descriptions and her words. I loved the atmosphere she created, and the small town life. I just couldn't get "the feels".