I found him absurdly endearing back then, but getting to know him in The Sunny Side has had the welcome effect of my cheerfully loving him now. interesting, not to mention comical, first impression when he was introduced in Lily Morton’s Deal Maker. Moving from the glamorous worlds of London and Paris Fashion Weeks to the sleepy South of France, Jonas finds himself liberating partridges, chasing his supermodel, and falling in love. Over the course of one hot summer, the two men come together, and Jonas’s well-ordered life becomes something a whole lot wilder. However, the universe seems determined to thwart Jonas’s plans.

He’s one of the world’s most sought-after supermodels, but he’s also laidback and lighthearted and free in a way that Jonas has never quite managed.ĭean has always been interested in Jonas and has never made any secret of his admiration, but from the beginning, Jonas put him in a neat little box labelled, “Don’t touch,” turned the key, and never looked back. He owns a prestigious modelling agency and has the world at his fingertips, but a turbulent childhood has taught him to be focused and never deviate from a plan.ĭean Jacobs threatens that stance. If you like Lily Morton’s work, if you like your characters cheeky, if you like them soft in their flawed places and strong in their fragile places, and if you like the warm feelings of family and friends and friends who are family, mixed with a dash of sweetness and comfort, pencil this one onto your TBR list.īlurb: Jonas Durand is successful, rich, and controlled.

At a Glance: At its core, The Sunny Side is about kindness and empathy and compassion, and there is heaps of hurt/comfort in its pages.

Beautifully Unexpected by Lily Morton