Fit For You by Cynthia Tennent – a Review

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Description:
Small towns have the biggest hearts.
 
In the split-second it takes to injure her knee, Lily Shue’s life goes from rising star to small town reject. Forced to give up her role as a trainer on a hit reality fitness show, she takes a job in tiny Truhart, Michigan. By the time Lily arrives in the one horse town—on her crutches—she is well and truly fed up. And then a maniac nearly hits her with his garbage truck . . .
 
Edgar “Edge” Callaghan knows a little bit about broken bones—and broken dreams. A former skier and Olympic hopeful, Edge’s athletic career ended in injury, and took his love life with it, leaving him to bum around Truhart doing the occasional odd job, including driving his uncle’s teddy bear covered garbage truck. But something about the feisty new brunette in town tempts him to lace up his sneakers again. Even if it’s just to prove her wrong about him. And maybe to prove something to himself.
 
Lily and Edge may have started off on the wrong foot, but before long they realize they’re both moving in the same direction . . . toward each other.

Review:

Fit for You by Cynthia Tennent is the 4^th book in her sweet romantic Truhart series.  Lily Shue is our heroine, and after injuring herself on a hit fitness show, she arrives on crutches to become the new fitness trainer in Truhart .  She is appalled to be picked up by a tall, bearded man in a truck that is filled with stuffed bears.  This is where meet our hero, Edge Callaghan, who is sweet  & easy going, as well as a jokester.  Lily’s first surprise is the apartment she was supposed to live in, was no longer available. Instead she was taken to live in Edge’s family’s house.  Everyone, including his mother, grandmother, sisters, etc all welcomed Lily.

The following morning, already in a bad mood, Lily is shocked when she is shown the gym she will be working in; it is an old grocery store, with no equipment.  To make matters worse, the other trainer, who was also hired  two different towns) on this grant, had a full gym with top notch equipment.  The town of Truhart did not have money or donors to buy any equipment; Lily had her work cut out for her.  She is big on all things healthy, including working out, and eating healthy food.  When she finds out that Edge, runs an ice cream place during the summer months, she becomes angry at him for always pushing his store, when she is trying to teach those in her class and in town to eat better. 

Edge we learn is a former Olympian Skier, who had too many concussions, forcing him to retire from the sport.  But despite this, Edge is happy and fun loving and loves his home town of Truhart. In a short time, Lily will begin to see Edge in another light, as he is caring, and everyone loves him.  A slow build romance will begin, but Lily feels there is no future, as once her job is over, she will be leaving town.  Other than the fitness competition between the two towns, she has nothing here in Truhart.  But Lily is determined to change people’s minds on eating healthier and losing weight.  She starts different programs to walk, exercise and offering different options to eat.  She starts making friends with the townsfolks and Edge’s family.   When the other trainer, pushes to remove Lily, the entire town of Truhart will come to her rescue and promise they will help her fight to win the competition

What follows is a fun storyline, with some really good and funny secondary characters, and a couple we slowly come to love.  Cynthia Tennent does a good job giving us a sweet romance, and more fun in Truhart.  If you enjoy a fun, humorous story in a small town, with a great couple, I suggest you read Fit For You.

Reviewed by Barb

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