Review: Afraid to Love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
I received an ARC of this book for an honest review.I definitely think this was a wonderful love story between a woman who had issues with falling in love and a man who claims he's never been in love before.Ana Perrot has been badly hurt and doesn't want to ever fall in love again.  She vowed that she would only play the field and move on to the next and would be very careful about never falling in love with any of her conquests.Teddy O'Rourke is a bartender who isn't looking for love.  He loves to have his one night stands and he's had an occasionally relationship here and there but never has fallen in love with any of his partners.One night Ana decides to take her sister out on the prowl just to have some fun and she ends up flirting with Teddy.  Ana loves to flirt and she right away hits on Teddy and they hook up that night.  One night turns into many nights with these two.Ana is starting to feel like Teddy is wanting more than just an occasional fling and she is working hard at pushing him away.  Ana is damaged and thanks to her ex-husband who cheated on her before and during their marriage.  She then comes to find out that she contracted a sexually transmitted disease from him and ends up having a whole hysterectomy done and could never have children.Teddy has a pretty shady past as well.  His mother was an alcoholic and he was later adopted by a wonderful couple who had adopted 7 other children.  He had a loving and great family even though they weren't blood related.Teddy's dream was to have a family of his own and Ana knew she couldn't give him what he wanted and craved.  She vowed she would spend one last night with him before she let him go.  Teddy wrote her a beautiful love letter expressing his love for her and it broke Ana's heart.Can Ana overcome her fear of falling in love again and telling Teddy the truth about her past?  Can Teddy accept Ana once she confesses to him the reason why she can't have any kids?I fell in love with this story.  I thought it was well written and the story itself was beautiful.  There are so many women or men out there that can't have kids and either their relationship falls apart for that reason or they resort to adopting.I definitely give this book 4.5 stars!