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Heirly Ever After by Magan Vernon – a Review

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Heirly Ever After by Magan Vernon – a Review

 

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Sometimes, you’ve got to take a fake date to your sister’s royal wedding…

After pumping the breaks on my college degree and being dumped at the last minute, I’m looking forward to skipping off to a whole new country for the week-long event. But I’ll need the perfect distraction to keep both my sister and mother from finding out about my epic disaster life. So when I meet a charming Scottish stunner on the train, whose chivalry and humor have me swooning, a quick coin toss seals the deal on my hot date.

It’s the perfect plan, until he reveals he is Lord Jacob MacWebley, odd duckling and long-lost cousin of the family my sister is about to marry into. Thanks for the full disclosure. Oh, and apparently no one wants him there because he might have a claim to the inheritance. Wedding week is going to suck, but it’s too late for other options—luckily, I’m a pro at dealing with a little family drama.

But between a gentle countryside horse ride that turns into a chase, and the baking class that ends in a food fight we forget to keep up the lies and start blurring the lines instead… against any available surface. Jacob brings me out of my shell and makes me want to break all etiquette rules, but he’s keeping secrets and if I’m not careful, I might end up royally screwed…

 

 

Review:

Natalie and Gavin are getting married!  While the beloved protagonists from Heired Lines may no longer be the main characters, their big event is the setting for the equally lovely sequel, Heirly Ever After.  Author Magan Vernon returns to jolly old England with a fortuitous meet cute between Jacob and Madison.  Would their serendipitous meeting develop into romance or leave a trail of broken hearts?

Madison is Natalie’s out-of-luck younger sister who finds herself with a wealth of time (dropping out of college offers such luxuries) traveling to England for the impending nuptials.  Here is where she encounters Jacob, a long-lost-wished-you-didn’t-actually-come-to-the-wedding family member of Madison’s future brother-in-law.  Seems family feuds hold long memories *cough* grudges, and Jacob is trying to ingratiate himself with the family by arriving with Madison.  Black sheep of the world, unite.  Money matters are notoriously nasty in any family, the Webley name is no exception, but transparency is not in Jacob’s wheelhouse because, well…book, drama.  Deflect and divert, and you can prolong just about anything! ?

The anticipation of waiting for a relative to recognize Jacob had me tied up in knots, but the insensitivity to involve Madison in his scheme, however justified he thought his claim, was selfish. Having said that, Jacob is also bearing the weight of this reparations matter.  Yes, the MacWebleys were ostracized, and possibly owed a fair share, but surely Jacob’s elders could have come to some amicable, albeit legal, conclusion by now.  Tension abounds and confronting the issue would be messy, but now he has to consider Madison, whose joyful reunion (though don’t forget she’s got skeletons of her own to reveal), he’s now hijacked.  Given his tactics, how can Madison not to be suspicious of Jacob’s motives? 

An auspicious beginning too soon mired in doubt. Especially after reading of their natural, developing attraction.  But drama is delicious when done right; when nuanced, not heavy-handed.  Heirly Ever After accomplishes this.  What might have begun as a quest to “restore” his family legacy may soon take a backseat to initiative and personal investment.  Madison and Jacob must face their pasts to make worthwhile futures.  And if along the way their goals became unified, love is the priceless reward.  The Heired Book series continues to satisfy.

Reviewed by Carmen

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Her Accidental Highlander Husband by Allison B Hanson-a Review

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Her Accidental Highlander Husband by Allison B Hanson-a Review

 

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Marian Fletcher Blackley, Duchess of Endsmere, has been on the run from the English Crown for weeks since killing her abusive husband…no matter that it was self-defense. She has only one safe place to go—the MacKinlay clan in Scotland, where her sister is the laird’s wife.

War Chief Cameron MacKinlay has vowed never to marry after witnessing his widowed mother’s grief. He has his lands and his clan, and that’s enough for a good life. When one day a sprite of a lass comes running out of the forest with hounds nipping at her heels and an English bounty hunter not far behind, he feels compelled to save her by claiming the disheveled duchess is his wife. But he certainly didn’t intend to marry her for real!

And now he’ll do anything to protect her…

 

 

Review:

A fearsome and honorable war chief shields a woman in distress, and a marriage is his compensation?  Cameron MacKinlay wasn’t in pursuit of a handfasting, but he believed the lass, and he would do right by Marian.  Her Accidental Highlander Husband by Allison B. Hanson isn’t only awesome alliteration, it is a well-written historical romance that highlights hope in a haphazard race to Happily Ever After.  What can I say — it’s contagious ?  While this may have been the introductory novel, I could read about these characters for several books!

Now, about that distress…Marian was literally fleeing for her life.  She might have taken her husband’s, brute villain that he was, but self-defense was almost impossible to prove, what with a man’s legal right to beat his wife ?.  But desperate times called for desperate measures. Bonny as Marian was, Cam had made a solemn vow to forego marriage when he became his clan’s war chief.  Will Cam entertain the ruse to spare Marian’s life?

    “They were legally wed, though Cameron was determined it would be in name only. It wouldn’t matter to him that a woman shared his name to stay out of a noose. So long as she didn’t carry expectations of him being a true husband.”

Riiiiiight…Despite the original, obligatory nature of the relationship between Marian and Cam, their chemistry was organic and undeniable. Cam was very patient with Marian’s skittish reactions and Marian tried her best not to condemn Cam for the violence suffered at her vile ex-husband’s hands.  As close as they were becoming, their relationship was a synchronous, inexorable pull, her unknown future was a looming threat.

    “How much time did she have before she’d need to make a fateful decision? Years? Days? Mere hours? Before a messenger delivered the grim news…with orders from King Charles to take her back to England…

All their promises were nothing but empty words. Wishes cast into the wind. Neither of them had any control over what their future held. They only had here and now. And time, at least for her, was running out.”

While I enjoyed these characters immensely, swooned at their willingness to be vulnerable, moved to tears by special declarations or displays of fierce loyalty, I believe editing is in order for concise storytelling.  Nearing 60% and we had yet to encounter the Crown she feared so hot on her heels. There are only so many variations of delaying the inevitable goodbye before it borders on tedious.  Not to be unfeeling, but the circumvention loses the impact/poignancy after so many delays.

Allison B. Hanson delivers a great love story in Her Accidental Highlander Husband.  Marian and Cam are frantically thrust together, but show tremendous courage and character to support each other so wonderfully.  “There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.”. Consider me an instant fan.

Reviewed by Carmen

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If You Dare by Barbara Meyers – a Review

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If You Dare by Barbara Meyers – a Review

 

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Can a man evolve from arrogant ass to Father of the Year?

Doug Winston looks into his newborn daughter’s eyes and vows to become the kind of man and father worthy of her. But he first must navigate the mess he’s made of his life.

Doug’s wife has left him. The teenage son he raised despises him, the father he worships disowns him, and a child Doug never knew he’d fathered arrives on his doorstep.

After his baby’s mother dies, her sister, Josie, wants to prove him unfit and attain custody.

As Doug embarks on his quest to live authentically, to make amends where he can and build relationships with his children and with Josie, he discovers that the father for whom he was never good enough is part of a vast criminal network.

Just as Doug and Josie cross the line from hate to love, and Doug has cobbled together the family he always wanted, can he bring the man he once idolized to justice in order to protect them all?

 

 

 

 

Review:

Doug didn’t have friends.  He had acquaintances.  Business associates.  He’d lived his whole life in this town yet he’d never developed the sort of personal relationships others managed so easily.  He couldn’t think of one person he could call who would be there for him no questions asked.  God, he had to stop thinking about everything he’d done wrong or else he’d end up drowning.  He needed to focus on trying to do things right from now on.

I’m rather surprised Doug was chosen for the spin-off, on account of being a user-manipulator, but people love redemption arcs, don’t they?  If You Dare is the aptly named sequel by Barbara Meyers.  Doug was a villainous character from book 1 who was handed his just desserts, but the death of his lover, leaving him to raise his infant daughter alone, would bring anyone to their knees from the fallout.  Can Doug reinvent himself?

A continued compliment to Ms. Meyers for her writing prowess.  While doing nothing more than depicting the frenetic details of Doug’s sudden catapult into fatherhood, the writing of ordinary sounds are keen and poignant; engaging and fresh, as always.  I felt like a true fly on the wall, forehead slaps aplenty, agog with this-shouldn’t-be-new-to-you-Miles’-father!, but committed to reading the journey I was on, because the writing was so good!  This was the energy she had in the introductory novel, so just kudos to you for keeping me interested, despite the flawed subject.

Keeping me interested — the plot thickens!  When it rains in Red Bud, Iowa, it’s a deluge.  Doug’s past rears its ugly head yet again and demands he step up to meet the challenge.  Forced to grapple with his selfish behavior, we are treated to the reckoning.  It is this introspection, this insight into Doug’s self-recrimination that allows us to heal alongside him.  Because let me tell you:  that initial silent acknowledgement of Josie’s attractiveness rattled my cage – did he learn nothing?!  Who’s Josie?  The ex-lover’s cousin with a whole lot of judgment to heap upon Doug.  Not a spoiler (it’s in the synopsis) and never a worry, Ms. Meyers reeled Doug back in with a crisis of conscience tug.  The evolution of said relationship is much more palatable.  Dare I say, understandable.

Suffice it to say, the aforementioned plot twist is only one of several subplots to keep you affixed.  About 10 chapters in, I did miss the previous main characters.  Ever the diligent writer, they eventually engaged, albeit briefly.  If Doug’s transformation was to be accepted, he had to confront the disasters he created, to justify our reassessment.  Again, the ability to dovetail Doug from insolent to human was heartfelt and believable.

Just when things finally make sense, life in check and love in surplus, the fear of losing it takes on new meaning.  Look at me going on and on.  Read for yourselves and tell me this wasn’t almost better than the first!  Either way, we all win.  I’m ready for your next book, 😉 

Reviewed by Carmen

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A Scot to Wed by Callie Hutton – a Review

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A Scot to Wed by Callie Hutton – a Review

 

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Highlander Laird Evan MacNeil cannot believe Mistress Katie Sterling just shows up at the MacDuff castle with this faded piece of parchment laying claim to the lands he just legally inherited. Not that he really wants to be here in the lowlands, but he has responsibilities to his clan and the exasperating Katie has uprooted the remnants of her father’s clan and moved them across the country to live here. There’s no way he can leave to go back home now.

Katie has nowhere else to go and she refuses to bow down to the arrogant yet undeniably handsome Highlander. She’s had enough with men trying to control her and she is quite capable of handling herself.

Now that Evan must spar with a beautiful lass for the rights to the lands, he will fight to the end. This battle is nothing like the ones his ancestors fought with crossbows and boiling oil. They never wanted to bed the enemy.

 

 

Review:

A Scot to Wed, book 2 of Callie Hutton‘s Scottish Hearts series, was a battle of wills over the true owner of an inherited castle. Too bad squatter rights don’t apply here, but then again, Evan and Katie would still be at a dead heat.  Both have nebulous petitions, his by “some intricate web of family ties”, a stretch to be sure, while she clings to “proof of ownership”, and discretely escaping from the clutches of a vile man claiming her as his betrothed.  If only these two could compromise ?, surely there’s a mutually beneficial arrangement? 

A laird in his own right, Evan tours the castle grounds with Katie to inspect its maintenance, sans land steward.  While engaging the tenants, Evan is in effect vetting Katie, observing her approach, how she resolved matters and assisted with local concerns/issues.  Truth is, Katie is running circles around Evan, she’s so capable.  Before long, Katie is the logical choice, amenable, considerate, and a healer to boot!  Now if there was only something Evan could do about his sudden fierce attraction to the lass, he could be on his way back home.  Katie’s matched interest had “verra” good potential to explore.

This was hardly a cat and mouse pursuit, lol.  Evan gave in to desire and a protest from Katie “didna” part her lips.  Sure, a few misunderstandings and heavy-handedness stymied their connection, but I was surprised by how straightforward and sweet this was.  Tenant squabbles and personality clashes, indeed, but I always found their mindset of an even keel.  A Scot to Wed?  Yes, as a matter of fact, it happens.

I’m a fan of Ms. Hutton, already eager for her next offering, but this story just wasn’t the exciting, give-me-more-details-now storytelling of its predecessor.  A bump on the road to HEA will rear its ugly head with insidious motives, but is Evan invested enough to intervene or too willing to return to his own clan?  Will Katie face the challenge unaided, to finally prove herself?  The answers are all in here to discover!

Reviewed by Carmen

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Heired Lines by Magan Vernon – a Review

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Heired Lines by Magan Vernon – a Review

 

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Sometimes, you’ve got to take a job with the devil to pay the bills…

Too bad I learned too late the devil wears Armani, is the most uptight man in the history of history, and I just signed an unbreakable contract shackling me to his pompous royal side for the summer.

But God, he’s got this British accent that makes my panties melt.

Until the words he says catch up with my brain and make me want to throw one of his precious vases at his head.

One minute we’re fighting—and the next—we can’t keep our hands off each other. Because somehow, when Mr. Blue Eyes is kissing me, he makes me forget how much he annoys me.

And that starts a whole new level of complications I. Don’t. Need.

Cuz if you dance with the devil, someone’s gonna end up getting burned…

 

 

 

Review:

Debt makes for interesting bedfellows…or makes fools of us all?  Many adages can apply here, as long as they’re centered around love.  Master’s of History in hand, Natalie accepts the offer of Gavin, an English nobleman, to curate precious antiquities of a manor he just inherited. Heired Lines by Magan Vernon is a playful romp about two opposites resistant to cross lines.

The physical attraction was probably instantaneous, if Natalie and Gavin fumbling to set firm business lines following the impromptu job offer is any indication.  Flying from North Carolina to England was a harried decision; one Natalie didn’t make lightly due to her mother’s cancer and mounting hospital bills.  Despite the desperate decision, Natalie finds the research job exhilarating as its steeped in her academic heart.  Enter Gavin, the unexpected passion!  His stoic, reserved charm has set Natalie aflame, and in turn forced Gavin to stay within the parameters of propriety (lest he rile his exacting mother and upend all he’s been primed to uphold).  Gavin acquired her expertise in a professional capacity to adhere to the conditions of the historical society.  What he didn’t anticipate in Natalie was the breath of fresh air, a real contemplation of joy outside royal obligations.  A life-altering conundrum indeed.

“Sometimes you’ve got to take a job with the devil to pay your bills…” I enjoyed this lighthearted book, but its synopsis is rather misleading.  Gavin was pompous, but hardly untoward or dastardly as the moniker implies.  Natalie was a horndog or at the very least, reciprocated Gavin’s sexy musings. ;D  I appreciate the breaking of walls between traditional roles of employer-employee, but pinning Gallagher and Monty Python in the age old whose country produces funnier comedians was painfully cliche.  It’s a sweet read, but 70% into the book and only one peck does not a salacious story make. 

Will Gavin succumb to the pressures of nobility to maintain status quo or forge a new success of Happily Ever After with Natalie? 

Reviewed by Carmen

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The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel – a Review

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The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel – a Review

 

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A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground.

Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it’s better not to know.

Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother’s cruel brand of strength if she’s going to face the reality about her daughter’s death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother’s trailer for a final lesson.

The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family—women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances—as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.

 

Review:

The death of her twelve year old daughter, alongside her best friend, catapults Eve down the rabbit hole; forcing her to slink back down to the dregs of her small town, and mingle in a toxic environment she was determined to leave behind. For the sake of her daughter. The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel explores the depths of despair and the comfort you receive from the unexpected. A poignant, gut-wrenching look into the most sacred of relationships.

You can take the girl out of the holler, but you can’t take the holler out of the girl. On a fact finding mission, it was almost too easy to revert to poor choices, leaving Eve to skirt the razor fine line between seeking justice and succumbing to the pull of the inevitable dark. Eve grapples with characters who mislead, who manipulate, who mean to avenge her daughter’s death. It’s a motley crew of family, too: drug-addicted-estranged mom, loyal police officer older brother, grieving parents of the murdered friend, locals who have their finger on the pulse of the underbelly of the Ozarks. Before long, Eve utilizes her long repressed lizard brain to inch closer to the truth. What awaits her is nightmarish and unthinkable. Revenge is hers to dispense, lest she cower from her mother’s savage degree of discipline, “Nobody takes something of yours, not if you’re alive to stop them.”

The death of a child is so incomprehensible, so contrary to the natural order of life, I struggled with the cold, stoic reaction of Eve. Still reeling from the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, this hit differently. But we all mourn differently. I hate myself for being so judgmental. It’s not that Eve wasn’t howling with grief, she internalized the pain, followed the rage, to justice. I was frustrated by Eve’s lack of outward suffering, but my perception only trivialized her survival. “Outside I was still a functioning human. But inside I was ripped to shreds.”

Despite the heaviness of the subject matter, Amy Engel delivers beautiful prose. Whether you’re wrapped up in Eve’s hopeless impotence or relishing a special memory, Ms. Engel’s words are both sumptuous and inspiring. I had a difficult time processing my feelings at the end. Apologies if my review is rather choppy as a result. I was fury, I I was denial, I was bereft. Prepare to experience your own gamut of emotions. Even if Eve’s choices could never be my own, the grittiest truth is that Motherhood is not for the faint of heart.

Another triumphant offering by Amy Engel.

Reviewed by Carmen

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About an Earl by Diana Lloyd – a Review

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About an Earl by Diana Lloyd – a Review

 

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An outsider at her first English ball, Jewel is fascinated with the beautiful dresses and the lovely dancing, but she’s vowed to save the Earl of Winchcombe from her cousin’s marriage trap. When she first glimpses the handsome lord, her heart beats faster. As they plan to thwart her cousin’s machinations, she discovers a kindred spirit in Oliver—even if he’s a peer and she’s a lowly colonist. Caught kissing the earl, the ball ends in disaster and Jewel’s displeased uncle whisks her away to Scotland..

Lord Scar, as the ton calls Oliver, would rather be anywhere than at a godforsaken masquerade ball and when he learns from the free-spirited colonist about the nefarious marriage plan, he grudgingly accepts her help. Jewel intrigues him and sets his heart racing. Yet, when the ball is over and the mask is off—Oliver curses the scar that will send her screaming away.

When her uncle banishes her, Oliver comes to her rescue by offering Jewel his hand in marriage. She agrees, despite his disfigurement. But what’s a beastly lord like him to do with such a beautiful wife—especially when he discovers she’s delightfully saucy?

Each book in the What Happens in the Ballroom series is STANDALONE:
* How to Train Your Baron
* About an Earl

 

 

Review:

What was meant as a benign offering of appreciation, a stolen (given?) kiss with Juliana, a Bostonian colonist, is now the impetus for a betrothal?  An archaic tradition to be sure, and the would-be Earl of Winchcombe, Oliver Chalford, does not budge under duress.  Until word of a nefarious plot to declare Oliver a lunatic, causing him to relinquish his seat in the House of Lords, pushes him to consider a feigned engagement to keep appearances.  About an Earl, a What Happens in the Ballroom novel, is yet another awesome offering by author, Diana Lloyd.  I am always swept up by the lovely storytelling and savor each character.

A story of opportunistic, conniving mamas vying to wed off their daughters to the highest rank of nobility, by fair means or foul, so long as their own indiscretions remain buried.  Altruistic Jewel was trying to right her family’s wrong by alerting Oliver to their scheme.  No good deed goes unpunished and our heroes will find themselves inextricably entangled.  Oliver and Jewel are collaborating to achieve individual goals, but they’re quite different individuals.  While she longs to be heard, he’s maintained an unmatched anonymity.  As soon as you read Oliver and Jewel ‘s exchanges, you will feel their connection.  Two souls trying to find their place.  I recommend they start with each other 😉

Once Oliver stepped up and pushed back, accusations of madness, “Lunacy, witchcraft, and consorting with the devil” intensified.  Midnight strolls and a bird for a pet are just too scandalous, it would appear.  With gossip spreading in Society, just enough merit as to be believed, Oliver’s rightful place as Earl grows more precarious.  Is Jewel starting to regret her honorable act for all the trouble  befalling her?

Misunderstandings aplenty, borne of insecurity, lead to the swooniest explanations and declarations.  About an Earl was great!  Ms. Lloyd tells a love story with intrigue, a wonderfully supportive cast, a ready humor, and so much more to keep you enchanted.  An excerpt of the next novel, Last Lord Standing, has me extending a chair so that I may observe more closely.  To be so lucky!

Reviewed by Carmen

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Reforming the CEO by Marisa Cleveland – a Review

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What happens when your next door neighbor is the hottest, most notorious playboy in all of South Beach?

Reece Rowe is on hiatus from respectability. Before she returns to her stable, boring existence of charity events and dating predictable, stuffy suitors who are only interested in getting closer to the wealthy family who adopted her, she’s going to get a taste of what she’s been missing. She screws up her courage and heads to Vincent Ferguson’s office to find out what all the women in South Beach already seem to know about him.

Once CEO Vin Ferguson’s tech company goes public, he’ll have proved he’s no longer the poor, gritty kid from the wrong side of the tracks. But, citing his bad boy reputation, some financial backers waver, and his friends suggest dating a more respectable woman to improve his image. Ridiculous. Because delectable but snooty socialites, like his next door neighbor, are way out of his league.

And then, Reese walks through his office door and makes him an offer. To say his jaw hits the floor is an understatement.

And he can’t believe what she just proposed…

 

 

Review:

A summer of secrets between two consenting adults is the background for Reforming the CEO by Marisa Cleveland. Vin Ferguson ventures beyond “models and mayhem” to gain proper attention only the arm of socialite extraordinaire, Reece Rowe can secure. Her part of the negotiation garners sexual fantasies without any fallout. Quid pro quo. Easy enough…said no one ever, 😀

 “He’d give her what she wanted, and he’d give his board what they wanted, but that would be all. One summer, and everything he ever worked for would finally come into fruition.”

Vin didn’t give Reece enough credit for ambition. She wanted to shatter the glass ceiling of her adoptive family’s expectations and dating a bad boy was just the catalyst. I thought Vin was going to be indifferent to her presence, sex with no strings-focused, but he was in fact captivated by her; no way was he going to be aloof about her position in his life. Before long, Vin recognizes Reece’s steady influence, an attraction more meaningful than superficial, and shared sensibilities creates a solid relationship. Wait…no breaking the rules!

Aside from cat and mouse antics, family dynamics underlie the impetus for Reece’s character departure, her need to behave according to the Rowe model. Strangely enough, Vin isn’t bogged down by skeletons in his closet. He’s abiding by the agreement, promoting his corporation, while making good on Reece’s list of sexual exploits.
 
As there wasn’t a lot of subterfuge, both Vin and Reece benefitted from the “summer of secrets”, broken hearts aren’t a consequence, right? Because love is just that easy, right? Simultaneous proposition, jimultaneous droposition — love always finds a way! Will Vin and Reece be as adult about a relationship as they were a fling? Are either of them ready to commit, considering the career headway they’ve launched as a result of the affair?

Reforming the CEO wasn’t heavy in tone or subject matter – it was downright refreshing to read such an approach! Marisa Cleveland touched on several themes and delivered them well. I enjoyed this book and would love to explore a secondary character’s journey. I’ll be here for book #2!

Reviewed by Carmen

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