Review: Are you ready to risk your own heart?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
Erin Watters has firmly decided to avoid love. She suffered too much and does not want to have a real love story, at least for now. But when her friends challenge her with a matchmaking game, she cannot refuse a dare like that and she is ready to anything, until she realizes who is the matchmaker her friends have chosen for her: the hot paramedic Troy Strieber. Suddenly Erin’s fortitude wavers.Every time I leave the firm ground of Historical Fiction, especially Regency novels, I am scared to come across an unworthy book. Fortunately, when it comes to one of Robin Bielman’s stories I know, even before reading it, that it will be a lovely read. Readers can easily become addicted to her characters and I can tell these are the books I read faster, not because they are short but because I need to know how it all ends right away! Bielman’s books are quick, fun reads you will always enjoy and you will also find interesting themes, in this case the struggle to overcome one’s fears, both mental and physical.The characters are common people, they are nurses, firefighters, paramedics, students, waitresses and yet their stories are so much engaging you cannot help but read them. I think the reason is strictly connected to the fact that Ms. Bielman writes about love, and nothing can beat love. When you have a man and a woman fighting for their happiness, which is possible only if they are together, you cannot be wrong. “Wild about her wingman” is about giving love a second chance.Erin is a girl who loves to risk her life by practising extreme sports but when it comes to risk her own heart she is scared to death. Troy is a play-it-safe guy who is tempted by Erin but he is afraid to fall in love again, especially with a risky girl like her. Will there be any chances for them? I bet everyone has met, at least once in their life, a person like the ones depicted by the author. Personally, I have never met a Troy (unfortunately I might add), but I am sure everybody has had the “pleasure” of meeting a Candace (the girl who does anything to make miserable Erin). And that is why Ms. Bielman’s stories become real and are not just simple romances. Just as annoying people like Candace exist, lucky and sweet girls like Sela, Kagan and Erin exist as well! I loved especially two aspects of this story. The affection and support Erin had from her family (a wonderful group of people I already loved after reading the other books of the series) and the relationship between Troy and his little niece, they were lovely together!Although “Wild about her wingman” is the third book of the series “Secret Wishes” it can be read as a standalone. I would recommend it to those of you who enjoy reading about love and second chances. For those who mind this is a clean romance. There are no explicit intimate scenes, only passionate kisses and some steamy moments.I received an eARC for my honest review.