Nobody But You (A Callaway Wedding Novella): An emotional contemporary romance novella!

You expect a simple wedding with some angst. Instead you get twists and turns with one major love fest and the beginning of a new romance. Plus a bank heist. I loved this story.

I absolutely loved Nobody But You by Barbara Freethy. It is a novella in the Callaways series. Each book in the series keeps getting better. I could not put it down and I loved every page. Who doesn't love big families, hot men, strong women, and love stories? Barbara Freethy continues to show that she is an incredible storyteller. I really enjoy how the book is told from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. Nobody But You is a love at first sight love story and is filled with heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. I love the lighter moments where I find myself smiling and laughing out loud and the bittersweet moments. Nobody But You is filled with such moments, and with so much emotion. It is filled with all those things that we have come to love and expect in a Barbara Freethy love story, especially the poignant and bittersweet moments that filled this page turner. Nobody But You is the story of Hallie Prescott and Spencer Harrison, Max’s brother who was recently released from prison. Hallie and Spencer meet in the money exchange line at the bank on Emma and Max’s wedding day. Hallie is leaving within hours to escape to a tropical beach and just relax, Max wants to exchange some money to have for his surprise Parisian honeymoon with Emma. While Max steps away, Hallie and Spencer start talking and he invites her to get coffee when she returns from her trip. Things at the bank do not go as planned and Max ends up getting show in an attempted bank robbery. Hallie and Spencer work together to save Max’s life. Barbara Freethy kept me guessing as to how they were going to get out of the bank and whether Max would survive. My favorite parts of the story are the moments that Emma shares with her grandmother, Eleanor, who suffers from Alzheimer’s and talking to Nicole about inviting her biological father to the wedding. I love the bittersweet moments when Emma and Max reunite in the hospital and how Emma suggests that Spencer and his Mom see Max. I love that Barbara Freethy writes about strong women with their own careers and the hot men who are attracted to them for more than just their looks. I love that Emma and Max eventually get their wedding, maybe not the extravaganza that they originally planned, but a simple wedding at the courthouse. Afterall, they were more excited about the marriage and not just the wedding. I was so happy that Hallie decided to stay and not runaway and that Spencer is getting a second chance at life and love. I love the Callaways and am looking forward to reading the other books in the series. Nobody But You felt like a family reunion of sorts, because you get to catch up with all the Callaways. I love that all the Callaways and the way that they always support their family. Once again, I really enjoyed the poignant and bittersweet moments in the story as well as the plot twists that I have come to love and expect in a Barbara Freethy book. I love how Hallie and Spencer reunited with one another and all the emotionally charged conversations they had. I thoroughly enjoyed Nobody But You, who does not love big loving families and dynamics of those families. I really loved the ending and the happily ever afters.

As a novella this is excellent because if you've read the other Callaway novels you already know the characters like old friends, and the pace of the story made sense. Max and Emma are my favourite Callaway couple so I was glad to see them back and as lively as ever.