Review: Another Great one from Beverly Preston!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
Joint review by Tracey and Tina at [...]5 hot Italian stars!Tracey: I LOVE the Mathews family series. Beverly Preston has a way of making all your dreams about falling in love with the perfect man so real. I've been hooked since her first book.Tina: I couldn't agree more, Tracey! Beverly's books are definitely romantic and passionate and when can weTracey: I admit, I wasn't crazy about Tracy when I first met her. She seemed so tense about everything. Definitely not the free spirits that her sister and brother were.Tina: I agree! I am glad that in this book we were able to see the "fun" Tracy! She was such a strict student and didn't want to let her hair down, until she met Giovanni.Tracey: It was so good to see her not think just feel when she first met him. She wasn't thinking about her future plans, or what was going to happen tomorrow. She was living in the now with a gorgeous man (even though she couldn't see his face).Tina: I loved the element of mystery that Beverly gave us! And she had the night of her life! It made me think love at first sight could be possible, although it was short lived.Tracey: Yes, Tina! Usually I hate instalove stories, but the way it was written had me believing that they really did fall in love that night. Tracy believed it too, she was so devastated after when they never spoke again. She went from overall tense to tense and depressed, I really felt for herTina: Me too! I was really hoping the situation would go differently, but then she received the opportunity of a lifetime to go to Italy and work on a vineyard with extremely HOT Italian men. I stopped feeling sorry for her then!Tracey: Yes, young beautiful girl working at a vineyard on the Italian countryside, working next to a beautiful (although moody) Italian man, can't say I felt too bad for her at that point either.Tina: She did have her hands full with Vincent, who seemed to be less than thrilled with her ideas to improve the vineyard and sales. He was pretty cold to her on a personal level too and I just couldn't understand why!Tracey: I knew there was a story there too, I just couldn't figure it out. It was like he was mad at her for just being there. After he started to show his nicer side, I fell in love pretty quickly. So charming, so dedicated to his family, and I started to think maybe being mean to Tracy was the old "boys are mean to you when they really like you" theory.Tina: Exactly!!! I loved his dedication to his family, the vineyard and the "old school" way of life! The sexual tension between Vincent and Tracy was intense and I just wanted one of them to make the first move!Tracey: Oh my goodness, it was torturous. Vincent was gorgeous, passionate and obviously very into Tracy. I wanted to scream at her just jump on him already!Tina: And that is what makes me love Beverly's books! There is angst, there is passion, and there is always a beautiful story to be told! Her writing is mature and not all in your face smut! Her books always take place in beautiful settings that I think enhance the romance even more!Tracey: Perfectly said, Tina! I couldn't agree more! It was great to see the rest of the family too. I like how Tom became such a great father figure and how he was still so in love with Tess.Tina: I love when a series builds from one story to the next. We got to see how tom and Tess' relationship has grown and even had a glimpse of Shayla and John's life. This series is definitely a must read for any hardcore romantic!