Review: Heart warming love story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
ARC generously provided by publisher via Netgalley for an honest review.Ellie McDermott has found herself the one place she didn't want to return to, her little home town didn't hold all the best memories for Ellie and she tried to avoid it at all costs. But now Ellie's father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and needs to move to a facility that can watch him round the clock. Once she comes home she realizes how bad off her father is and her guilt from not visiting is eating her up. Not to mention that she must now run the family business, a Funeral home, in order to pay for her father's care. IF that isn't enough she now has to deal with the man who she lost her virginity to as her competition.Finn Donovan has only fond memories of Elli McDermott. She was the only person he competed with his entire life. She pushed him in a way no other had been able, it was because of that pushing that she was able to join and survive the Marines. He cannot deny he is attracted to Ellie but Finn has a business to run and their hometown isn't big enough for two funeral homes. He knows she has a lot on her plate but so does Finn. Each has their own needs driving them to succeed and their needs are also drawing them together.Can Ellie and Finn be more then Frenemies when they are really the only two people in their home town who really get each other.Every time Finn is described in this book this is the man who kept popping in my head and let me tell you he would hands down get all my business.I will admit that at first I really wasn't sure what to think of Finn. He has lots of reasons to jerk Ellie around so it is questionable whether or not he should be trusted, but once he proposes that they have a little fun we get to see who Finn really is and there is no question as to why Ellie is attracted to him.Ellie has no desire to run a funeral home but once she gets to talk to her dad in one of his lucid moments she knows she owes it to him. So she is trying to save the family business, continue to do her ad work for her current job, and take care of her sick father. What Ellie really needs is a little fun and the attraction she has for Finn may be just the solution.Both Ellie and Finn are determined to not let anything they have going on affect their business but what happens when it quits being just fun and feelings get involved. Ellie must face circumstances and make choices she never saw coming. But what is great about Ellie is that she doesn't whine and complain she just does what needs to be done. She also does what is best for those she cares about, even when it may hurt her in the process.You just have to like a story about an old flame reuniting and finding peace.flag