Review: Kissing the Maid of Honor
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2013
This book was provided by the publisher for an honest review.Kissing the Maid of Honor was my first every read by Robin Bielman but it won't be last. The story was funny, engaging, and sweetly sexy. Lovers of Harlequin romances will appreciate the gentle romance in this story. But never fear serious passion lovers, although there was no steaming up the pages with tons of sex, the story was very sexy with the undercurrent of desire running between the characters, Luke and Sela.I truly enjoyed the story the journey that Bielman carried Luke and Sela on to get to their happily ever after. In their youth they experienced a false start because of Luke's fear which caused him to cruely insult Sela. But, what a world of difference ten years made. Luke returns home for his sister Vanessa's wedding and encounters...or re-encounters, rather...Sela after not having seen her for several years. But Sela isn't his best friends little sister or even his sister's best friend anymore. She is a woman that he wants with a raging desire. The push and pull nature of their coming together was also very sweet because it allowed them to get to know each other as adults.I teared up a bit at the sad moment when Sela lost her young patient and Luke tenderly consoled her and told her:You live with an awareness that most people don't. This connectedness with the things and people that exist around you. You don't just go through the motions. You resonate compassion and unconditional love.The moment undid me because it was so absolutely what Sela needed to hear at the time.Ms. Bielman did an amazing job weaving together this tale of an unexpected romance with an unlikely pair. Brava!