TRUCKER by Jamie Schlosser
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

First let me state, the I had the chance to meet this author last year in Chicago and had purchased this book and boy was it hard to choose with all those hot covers. Yes, I am cover girl and then add into the fact that I about dropped my jaw when she told us who was on the cover. You’re a lucky girl is all I can say! Haha Aside from that once I got home and read the synopsis it was really intriguing and for this being the authors first book you would not have known that this was her debut book.
Travis is kind, possessive, lovable and oh my, a hot Trucker (duh, see the title, but then again you might want to insert an F instead of a T) winks, but all I can say is we need more truckers like Travis and his partner in crime, Colton. Yes, he being a truck driver is stereotyped, but he is anything but what truckers are portrayed as. He knows the rules, you don’t pick up hitchhikers from the road, but wouldn’t you stop if you had a kind heart if you seen an Angel on the road especially after you recognized the person from the truck stop. Well, meet Angel then. Ironic that he called her this before he even knew her name.
Angel becomes a runaway right before she turns eighteen as she flees her foster home. This girls story will break your heart and it is amazing on how kind she is based upon her life experiences to date. She knows the dangers of hitchhiking, but if she wants to get to CA to try to reconnect with her mom this is her only option on limited funds she had saved up. Don’t get me wrong, yes, she was naïve at times, but which teenager (almost adult) isn’t so you cannot fault her for this. Luckily by the stars of fate, Travis is the one to pick her up off the road instead of some creeper; however, it sure does make an interesting story on how you met. Travis offers to take her all the way to CA in a couple weeks as he has a load going there so she gets a home for a couple weeks until then. Her instant connection with Travis is touching and then add into her relationship with Beverly (neighbor), Colton (Travis’ roommate, brother by another mother and his co-worker) and then Hank (Colton’s dad) and you would never know she wasn’t from that small town. Not only do you fall in love with all these characters, but Beverly will have you rolling on the floor in laughter, you have been warned. She’s hilarious!
As they continue to bond, Travis knows that she is meant to stay in town and be together, but how does he make her see this when she’s leaving in a couple weeks, you add a crazy girl into the mix that he’s not in a relationship with and then you know that she’s the one that you want to lose your V-card with? Can I just say that I love that you not only see one of them with the V-card you see them both like this? Holy hotness, this makes this Trucker hotter than he was when you first meet him. Beverly gets a high five for speed and you will see why once you read this and understand. Quite comical.
“Drunk Girl” by Chris Janson is a perfect song for Travis when it comes to a scene in this book with a girl he had a date with. He was truly a man in this instance and once again shows he does opposite of the stereotypes. Love the dual POV and how real the story felt and how it slowly progressed into something more. You will laugh, cry and feel the heartbreak when some events unfold with Angel. I’m excited to read more by this author and Colton’s story sounds very intriguing based upon what we know of him already.


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