Review: Enjoyable read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
This is the first book I have read by this author and it was a free download for me. Overall, I did enjoy it. I am a sucker for first loves/lost loves especially when they find themselves tossed together again unexpectedly which is how the story begins.Does contain some spoliers...fyi...Dean and Samantha had a summer romance and they go their separate ways with Dean being very aloof about the breakup even though they both were in love with each other but neither said it. 5 years has gone by with no contact. They are both competing for a bid to work on a preservation project for the famous Rte. 66 that Dean's father's company has. Dean left his father's company and built is own but it left things strained with his dad so this is an opportunity to fix things. Sam, is fighting to get this bid for her company which would then finally give her a full-time position. She is a lawyer and her father has disowned her for leaving the family practice and starting a new career. Neither was expecting the other and sparks fly immediately.This was off to a great start! Once they both leave the office and meet for drinks, my interest in the story wavered. Dean was so arrogant and cocky and it was hard to like him. Sam, who we are told was 'devastated' and cried for weeks after they breakup comes across strong on the business side but so wimpy when it comes to Dean. I would have liked to see Sam go out with the other office guy who asked her to dinner and had Dean work way harder for her time. After one kiss, she agrees to spend the weekend with him...too easy. I did like her and thought together, they did indeed make a great couple but for me, it was all to easy for them to get back together. Their past is discussed but it's way late in the book for me. And, they do indeed walk away from each other again after the deal and a bit of drama but then we find them pages later tossed back together again. The author missed a great opportunity once Sam leaves Idaho. We are given one scene with her father and then she has landed a new job in CA but a few weeks have passed with no details to her or Dean and their feelings. I did like how it ended and finally felt that Dean groveled enough...lol.Overall, a decent read, just not one that I would re-read but I appreciate the free download and would try this author again. I do believe this was her first book so not bad.