Review: Sweet, Short Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
Victoria Sharpe is an image consultant whose business needs help.  When she is offered the chance to work for a big company, she knows this is the breakthrough her company needs.  However, she is not sure she can handle working with her ex Max after he left her high and dry.  He not only left her, he wrote her a Dear Jane letter instead of telling her in person.  But Victoria knows that she has to take the job and just put her feelings for Max aside.When Max realizes that his mother hired his ex Victoria to be his image consultant, he couldn’t believe his luck.  He has tried to forget about her for years, but she was always in the back of his mind.  When he sees her for the first time after all those years, he is not prepared for all the feelings that come to the surface.  Apparently he is not as over her as he thought.As the two start their business relationship, personal feelings start to come to the surface.  Victoria knows that she never got over him and the heartbreak she suffered after he left.  She just isn’t sure she can put herself out there again and risk getting heart.  Max can’t believe Victoria still has a pull on him after all these years.  He is determined to have her while he is still in town if for nothing else than to quench is thirst for her.When it comes to light that Max is only planning on staying a short time and then leaving again, Victoria is devastated.  She knows that she has to be strong as she didn’t expect them to really have a relationship anyway.  Max is not sure how to come to terms with his feelings for Victoria.  He is not sure he can handle them and once again leaves.  Will they be able to overcome their past?  Will Max finally wake up and realize that Victoria loves him for who he is and not who he could be?  Will Victoria finally reveal the secret she has kept hidden so long?  In order to find out, you will need to read the book.I enjoyed this short book, but really I wished there would have been more to it.  I guess that is the price you want to keep reading a story.  I book had moments that were both funny and heartbreaking.  I enjoyed watching the push and pull between the characters and watching them grow into better people.  I enjoyed the ending and was happy with how it ended.  It is a quick, sweet read that shows true love never dies.