Review: Pretty good romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2013
4 starsThis was a really good story. It's the first book I've read by Alison Packard and it's good enough that I wont hesitate to try more by this author.Kayla is an actress on a soap opera. She's very down to earth and a sweet woman. I really liked her character. Her last boyfriend, Greg, was a jerk that constantly put her acting abilities down (he also was an actor) and she's still not as confident in her acting abilities as she should be because of his influence. She's been gaining back her confidence but because of Greg she never wants to date another actor. This decision is rather hard to stick with when she starts working closely with Sean and the sparks between them fly both on and off the camera.Sean is an actor on a soap opera. He's been working on the show for 10 years and is the son of a hugely famous actor. He and his father don't get along due to past issues and he tends to stay away from people in the business that might want to use him to get close to his father. Because of past issues he decides not to date any actresses. When he meets Kayla that plan crumbles to dust as he finds himself more and more drawn to her.I liked the relationship between Kayla and Sean. Even with their original resistance they couldn't stop the need to get closer. I liked seeing them get to know each other and their relationship growing. Sean realizes just how sweet Kayla is and lets her in to his life. Kayla realizes that Sean isn't like her ex and gives him a chance. There are some differences they have to work out, like when Kayla's stalker starts threatening there are some disagreements about how to handle the danger, but overall things go pretty well for them.Well, lets say that things between Kayla and Sean go well until Sean's father enters the picture. Due to his past issues, Sean suffers from a huge bout of relationship stupidity and takes his issues out on Kayla and saying things hurt Kayla really badly. Of course just when things are at their worst, Kayla's stalker decides to strike. Sean manages to come to his senses just in time to discover that Kayla is missing. Sean ends up saving Kayla, begs forgiveness for his behavior and the story has a pretty good ending.Overall, this was a very good story. I enjoyed the story and like the characters a lot.*Note - I listened to the audiobook version of this. The narrator wasn't the best I've heard (her men's voices could have been better at times) but overall she did a good job.