Review: Fun and light, this is ultimately a romance with a happy ending, even if the path is uneven
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
The second installment of the Charlotte Summers series takes us back to Charlotte: all of the misadventures of Sleeping With Paris ended with her engagement to half-naked French Hottie Luc Olivier.  Quickly we move into the whirlwind engagement as she toasts her friends with champagne in the back of the limo as they speed to the ceremony.  Here Sobanet provides a quick outline with background information for those who hadn’t read the first book (I hadn’t) yet there is more than enough information to not feel lost as the story whips past further on.Charlotte and Luc are married, but life has many curves: an ex-wife who won’t disappear, a young step-daughter, Luc’s refusal to address the many questions that arise, and the fallout from a tabloid spread featuring Charlotte and her two best friends, all sans the men they are committed to.  Add to that the natural reserve that Luc’s family have about their rapid courtship closely followed by the aforementioned tabloid story, and the resurfacing of issues and people from Luc’s past who had only caused heartbreak and you have several different levels of conflict and misunderstanding popping up everywhere.Marriage isn’t easy: when you add in two people who are guarded about their past and then add in the cultural norms: exaggerated or not, and you have a series of events that can bring even the most logical and considered (and Charlotte is neither) woman to a crisis.  Self-inflicted or not, Charlotte’s  focus on all that could be wrong lead her into some dangerous and potentially deadly situations.Fun and light, this is ultimately a romance with a happy ending, even if the path is uneven.  Filled with lovely description, the friendship between Charlotte and her bff’s is well-written, and her scenes with her new step-daughter are touching.  A few devious moments when her interior bad girl takes hold lead to laughs and the romantic moments are pure delight.I received an eArc copy from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.