Review: Refreshing Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2013
Whitney Vidra is a a great contemporary heroine, smart, capable and confident. Sometimes overconfident, as she finds herself when she overestimates the welcome of her new medical spa in a provincial small town. But she underestimates her attraction to Matt Fuller, a recent divorcee who blossoms into a wonderfully strong beta hero over the course of the story.Matt and Whitney both have past relationships that ended painfully...and which stubbornly refuse to stay in the past. Seriously, it's like they're cursed - daily - with the living ghosts of doomed relationships.The sexual tension and banter between Whitney and Matt is wonderful, and watching her assert herself in a no-strings-attached fling with this hot but reserved kindergarten teacher (yes, you read that correctly) is delightful. When he starts to turn the tables on her, it's even better.Whitney can be over the top at times, but she comes by it honestly and there's a kind of driven hopefulness underlying even her most cringeworthy actions that ended up endearing her to me. And the contrast between Matt's sterling manners and naughty pickle antics (not a euphemism...well, kind of a euphemism), he's adorable.