To be sure, there are little of the typical NA tropes, and even when the book does skirt close to clichés, it manages to remain fresh and unique.Īrcher is truly a damaged hero. I’ve labeled this book a contemporary, but it could also fit into the New Adult genre given that Bree and Archer are both in their early twenties.

However, Archer’s fear of abandonment is crippling, and Bree fears that he’ll never be able to trust anyone or allow himself to feel love again. It takes her a while to get past his initial coldness, but once she does, she finds a strength in him that helps her begin to heal. Before long, he begins to look forward to her visits, and against every instinct he has, he begins to care for her.Īs Bree gets to know Archer, she discovers that he is nothing like the man others in the town believe him to be. But then she shows up at his house, and he finds that she can actually understand him. When he literally bumps into Bree in a parking lot, she barely registers in his mind. He keeps to himself, only venturing off his land for necessities. A childhood tragedy has left him mute and emotionally scarred, and being raised by a paranoid uncle further intensified Archer’s feelings of isolation and freakishness. With his scraggly beard and unkempt hair, Archer Hale looks like the hermit he has become. She certainly never expects to be so intrigued by the town’s eccentric recluse, a man who won’t speak to anyone and whose family’s past dramas still provide fuel for gossip and speculation. While she’s glad the locals are friendly and welcoming, Bree has no plans to get romantically involved with anyone. She rents a cottage by a picturesque lake, gets a job as a waitress in the local diner, and does her best to fight the morning panic attacks she endures every day. It’s a rare book that compels me to spend the entire day reading, so I was thankful that I began Mia Sheridan’s Archer’s Voice the morning of Mother’s Day so I could indulge in such a great story without guilt while the family fed me and handled the daily chores.īree Prescott arrives in the tiny Maine town of Pelion hoping to find peace from the nightmares that have plagued her ever since she and her father became the victims of a brutal crime.

Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan