Review: Enjoyable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
While their mothers had been best friends, the offspring went from childhood adversaries to adult adversaries. Irritating one another was an ingrained habit, but desiring one another was something new.Shane Donovan and Krista Saunders grew up being thorns in each other's side. Nothing changed after several years of adulthood. Shane, as a marine reservist and deputy sheriff, criticized Krista's propensity for choosing men destined to join the prison population; he also thought she should be doing more with her life than running a seasonal fruit stand with his mother. As for Krista, while she respected Shane's service to his country and the community, well he had no business knocking her past relationships when his own mother scheduled lunch dates with his multitude of ex-girlfriends so all the ladies could get together in tandem to discuss their failed relationships with Shane.Somehow, despite the habitual exchange of barbs, Krista catches Shane checking out her backside, and not once, but twice. Krista can't help covertly inspecting the deputy in return. Suddenly, two old adversaries are feeling a chemistry their brains say they should fight, yet their bodies don't seem to want to take the unsolicited advice.Because of Krista's daughter-like relationship with Shane's parents, an affair most definitely isn't a good idea. There's also a laundry list of ancient, unresolved issues between Krista and Shane that an affair will only complicate. But no-strings passion often has an unforeseen price that includes changes in attitudes and twisted up hearts, especially when an unexpected familial crisis involving Shane's mother means he and Krista have more to lose than the uncontrollable longings that are complicating their no-strings affair.Author Roni Adams gains reader interest from the onset of this sizzling romance. Utilizing both the hero's and heroine's point of view, an amusing backstory unfolds that has Shane and Krista immediately engaged in a battle of wits, an exchange of barbs, and a simmering mix of veiled hostility and heated passion that only lets up when it morphs into something more. Shane has alpha tendencies, but Krista refuses to ever back down from a fight, so their history of getting under each other's skin never abates, thus, keeping the reader enthralled with the exchanges of humor and passion, while being privy to the changes each character undergoes of heart and mind.Fans of military romance will appreciate a man like Shane, and those who adore independent but free-spirited women will relate to Krista. I certainly found myself enjoying the advance and retreat of this relationship where everyone wins and I look forward to more sexy and entertaining reads from the talented Roni Adams.Reviewed by Angie Just Read...for TheRomanceReviews.com