Review: Excellent freshman effort for a new author!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.Audra is a widow, her husband having died after a freak parachuting accident. She is a college professor and now the single mother to five-year-old twin boys and is starting to pick up the pieces of her life, a year after the tragedy. The book opens with her friend Quinn pretty much forcing Audra to participate in a girl’s night out with their tight group of friends. When a hot younger man, Brecken Michaels, sends a shot her way and strikes up a conversation with her, she’s not sure what to think. While she’s attracted to the guy, she still feels as though she’s not being faithful to her dead husband Miles.In order to move on, she decides to go ahead with some remodeling she has been wanting to do on her home, trying to make it more “her” space, rather than “their” space. She sets out to find a contractor; and when Brecken Michaels shows up at her doorstep, the first contractor to give her a quote, her world is turned upside down. Brecken has come highly recommended by a friend and after his visit, she cancels the other quotes and decides to go with him.Brecken Michaels is a single dad and is working hard to get his fledgling construction company off the ground. He has had his eye on Audra for a while, having taken one of her classes at the local university. So when he is referred to her by her friend to give her a quote for some remodeling on her home, he takes the opportunity. She is just as beautiful as he remembers and after securing the bid on her home renovation, he wants to pursue her as more than just a client.However when he shows up one day and meets her twin boys, he suddenly commences freak out leaving Audra to wonder what went wrong. Brecken is dealing with his own tragedy; will the two of them ever be able to get over the heartbreak they have suffered? Or could they face their challenges together, overcoming the hurdles on the way to healing?When yet another tragedy strikes, affecting the both of them, they are once again faced with more hurdles, but can their relationship stand this test? Or will Brecken shut Audra out and refuse to make the relationship work? Will Audra fight for Brecken or will she choose to not take the chance of having her heart broken again?I loved the relationship between Audra and Quinn. Audra played the yin to Quinn’s yang. They seem to be polar opposites of each other yet they work together so well. The love they have for each other is obvious and the network of friends that Audra has makes the character of Audra all the more lovable and provided for more than a little comic relief.Fearless Love was a sweet, well written, if not slightly predictable romance that was a quick and easy read. The storyline was well developed and engaging and I loved the characters, especially the women involved. The whole chocolate obsession did get to be a bit much after a while and the pet names they had for each other were a bit annoying. This is a solid four star read; as I said, it is slightly predictable, but I enjoyed the happily ever after and loved the fact that it is a standalone novel. The epilogue wraps the book up nicely and I found myself genuinely happy for the characters involved. Ms. Kelly is a new author and is off to a great start, I’m definitely looking forward to more from her in the future!