Review: Light and entertaining
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
Gina Delgado is a firefighter's young widow who tries very hard to cope with all aspects of her husband's death. She's working in the accounting department of her brother's security firm and at the same time she tries to maintain a balanced environment for her three children. She has a very close relationship to her brother who has taken up the role of the "male presence" in the household. So far so good until Gina realizes that she wants more than being "friends with certain benefits" with Vic Andrews who is her brother's partner and permanently around her, either in the office or at the Delgado family events. There are only following problems: Vic doesn't want to settle down, Gina doesn't want to fall in love again with a man who has a dangerous job and Gina's brother keeps on interfering with everything and everybody. However, when a terrorist targets Gina and her children Vic protects them at any cost and discovers that Gina and her children could give him something he was always looking for.Gina was a really likeable heroine who was portrayed very realistically. She matured throughout the story line from a still grieving widow to an energetic young woman who knew what she wanted from life and tried very hard to obtain it, but never at the expense of her children's best interest.Vic was presented as a less realistic character but his "man laws" made him very believable. His attitude was all "alpha male" but when it came to Gina and her kids he became a real softie.  Very nicely done.The story line was simple, I could even argue simplistic and predictable, which didn't really but me off since the strength of the book was the character development and not the plot. Gina's balancing acts between widow, mother, lover, sister and working mother were more than realistic and very accurately. Who couldn't relate to a certain degree?!The "man laws" used as headers for the chapters were great and made me more than once laugh out loud. The same goes for the banters between Vic and Gina.This was a nice and entertaining read that will offer you many carefree hours of reading pleasure.