Review: Another WINNER sweet contemporary romance from Diane Darcy!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Diane Darcy has released yet another charming, sweet, contemporary romance with a fairy-tale flair.  BEAUTY AND THE BEACH is a truly fresh twist on a classic story.  The fun similarities with Beauty and the Beast will make you smile, charm you, pull you in.The romance between Isabella (Izzy) and Adam develops believably and naturally, while forces combine and escalate to keep them apart (the makings of a rewarding read).  A truly delightful cast of secondary characters kept me smiling and laughing. (You'll adore the scene from Izzy's little sister's point of view near the end of the book!)Diane writes STRONG heroines who are also compassionate, caring, full-dimensional.  Izzy was no exception.  I was rooting for her!  With every chapter, I wanted so much to see how the romance would resolve, how Adam would win Izzy's heart.  Just like all of Diane's heroes, Adam is a man fully worthy of the heroine's affections...a man a reader can fall in love with, root for, cheer on, and WANT to see succeed.This romance is completely clean (both with absence of sexual content and complete lack of objectionable language)--Thank you, Diane!  Because it's clean, I highly recommend it for readers of all ages.  This book is proof that a clean romance still contains the tender, sweet, falling-in-love emotional connections that bind two people together.  The love, respect, affection, and bond between Izzy and Adam made for a very rewarding read.I'm a huge FAN of HEA's (Happily-Ever-Afters)-- I want real COMMITMENT, WANT to believe in (and read about) LOVE and two people who are infinitely better because of their partner....whose lives are completely richer because of HIM or HER.  Two people we as readers KNOW are going to face challenges together and STAY in love....long after the closing scene of the book.*SIGH*These are some of the many reasons why BEAUTY AND THE BEACH deserves ALL 5 stars!I received an ARC in trade for an honest review.