Review: Five perfect romance stars!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
It has been a very long time since I've been as engrossed in a book as I have in this one! And now I have finished I am feeling pretty bereft! I have loved spending a few evenings this last week in the company of Ian and Tessa and their absolutely beautiful love story.In this book we have an immensely good looking hotelier, Ian, who to be honest seems as though he has been married to his job for the best part of his life.  In walks the shy and retiring but beautiful Tessa and literally turns is life upside down.It has been a refreshing change to read a book about a male lead character who is just genuinely amazing and not tainted in any way.  Ian is just a genuine, hardworking and fiercely loyal gentleman and as a book boyfriend he is just about perfect!  Oh and he's pretty experienced tin eh bedroom department too!We also meet Tessa and out of the pair she has had an appalling start in life but still somehow managed to come through the other side intact and is such a sweet kind hearted person whom you root for from the beginning.  She really wouldn't hurt a fly and it actually broke my heart she you discover the true reality of her marriage and how she ended up with her husband!This is just a beautiful journey of discovery for Tessa and one of the most romantic and simply heartwarming books I have read in a long time.  I love the multiple voices in which Janet writes this story and the different perspectives fill out the story nicely.  It is also a stand alone and although there is some reference to things that happen in an earlier book, it isn't necessary to have read that to enjoy this truly stunning story. And can I just say that Ian will make even the coldest of hearts melt - his words and emotions at times are absolutely heart stopping! And I forgot to mention it's pretty hot too!The lack of angst and of anything remotely complicated in the storyline was so refreshing and I must admit that as I am writing this review I feel slightly sad that my time with Ian and Tessa is over.  I have to admit that this is the first book of Janet's that I have read and I am heading straight to one click the first book in this series just because I want more!Loved, loved, loved the book - what more can I say! Stunning!Five perfect romance stars from me!