Review: Reforming the Playboy by Inara Scott
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
Inara Scott has blown me away with REFORMING THE PLAYBOY. A friend offered an extra copy to me and boy, am I glad I accepted and took a chance on a new to me author. I really love second chance love stories and RTP grabbed my heart right from the start.Kira and Max fell deeply in love in college and spent the better part of a year essentially inseparable until without any explanation Kira breaks it off and leaves school. Max is devastated when she won't return his calls, but eventually accepts it's over.  He goes on to become a world famous artist and playboy living and partying in New York, Paris, London and Tuscany.Kira left school to head back to her home town and care for her beloved Aunt Polly who had raised her from the time she was abandoned by her mother at eight years old. But she doesn't tell Max this or that she still loves him, she only tells him they aren't right for one another and he should pursue his dreams without her.Ms. Scott introduces us to Kira and Max five years after their breakup. Both have gone on to build successful lives apart but they are now both at a very low point, devastated by recent events. Max has lost his muse and Kira has lost her aunt. But bless Aunt Polly's heart she knows Kira never got over Max so in her last act of love for Kira she makes a requirement in her will that forces Max and Kira to face each other in hopes they will work things out.I have to say this book made me laugh and it made me cry (in sadness and in joy). The emotions Kira and Max dealt with were so raw and real. The second chances in this book were not only for Max and Kira to find each other again, but to find their selves again. Ms. Scott gives them each a chance to rise from the ashes, so to speak, and their struggles and their journey are a grand read. There was just so much depth to each of them you couldn't help but love them both and wish all the misunderstandings would go away so they could finally be together, but Ms. Scott doesn't make it that easy. There are ups and downs.  And in between there are secondary characters who do a wonderful job of helping them along and rounding out the story. They both were so obviously in love and both so afraid to be vulnerable again. So of course, in fighting their feelings they fought each other.  The humor and the banter was fun, and the emotional intensity merely brought out their passion and desire for one another.Reforming the Playboy is one of the best romance books I've read in awhile. This story of true and enduring love touched me deeply and drew me into the hearts of the characters in a way very few books are capable of doing. And not because there was all that much angst or issues beyond the insecurities brought on by an unstable childhood to deal with, but just because it is that well written and real.  Their love and need for each other felt tangible and the ending was gratifying with a sweet epilogue.I rate Reforming the Playboy whole-heartedly with five stars and recommend it to anyone who loves a touching heartfelt romance.