Review: Very good story :D
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2013
4-4.5 starsThis was a very good read. I liked Marley and Rick is great! It's the first story I've read by the author and I liked this enough I'm sure I'll be trying more of her work.Marley is a good person hiding a troubled past. Because of her past she doesn't get close to many people, mostly just her family and her gay best friend, Dillon. She works as an assistant and is tasked with picking up a consultant at the airport. Unfortunately, she has some issues with a senile gentleman and some TSA agents that makes her first meeting with Rick (the consultant) rather memorable.I loved Rick...he's smart, funny, sweet and hot (in the book he's described as a look-alike of Chris Pine aka the new Captain Kirk..YUM!). Rick flies in to Chicago for a consulting job that's supposed to last 4 months. When he meets Marley he's intrigued and ends up getting her assigned to work with him while he's in town.Things start out with a light flirtation from Rick which Marley both likes and doesn't like. Or maybe I should say she doesn't like how much she likes it. Difficulties arise when he reveals the existence of a girlfriend back home. Marley and Rick have an obvious attraction but because they work together and his girlfriend, they suppress the attraction and have a sometimes strained but overall good work relationship. Things are helped along when Rick's girlfriend comes to town for a visit and leaves no longer his girlfriend. Soon after that, Rick and Marley become involved.Their involvement has it's own difficulties because Marley doesn't do relationships (due to issues lingering from her past but we don't find out specifics until later). She refuses to date Rick and wont sleep over. At first Rick lets things be that way, willing to take what he can with Marley. Things remain this way for a while but soon Rick is pushing for more. He manages to get her to actually date him and becomes involved with her family and everything. As he becomes more integrated in to her life, Marley starts to care for Rick and has trouble hiding her reasons for holding back from him. Eventually Marley does tell Rick what she's been holding back. Although they both want to be together, Marley has trouble seeing past the current issues to how things could work and ends up pushing Rick away. Things look bad but then some family trauma and a little sisterly intervention help a heartwarming reunion. I was very happy to see things work out for Marley and Rick, they certainly deserved their HEA.This was a very good story. Rick and Marley are a great couple and overall I really enjoyed the story and the secondary characters as well. I'd recommend this book. Thumbs up! :D