Review: We need more Older Adult Romances just like this...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
Penny Watson is the same author that wrote Lumberjack in Love, which seems like it came out forever ago.  But it was worth the wait for her next shining little gem.  She packs a lot into her short-ish books and I'm happy to give this five stars.First off, the hero and heroine are mature adults...Bev is in her late fifties and Tom is in his early sixties.  Their kids are recently married, which is how they met.  Each is newly widowed, and as we find out over the course of the story, neither of their decades long marriages were exactly happy.  Bev especially picked quite the jerk husband, a spit and polished, smarmy car salesman who never lifted a finger at home, showed her any appreciation at all, and was the epitome of a philanderer.But Bev is quite the uptight miss...always perfectly put together, perfectly poised, and on the outside, her life has been...well, perfect.Tom's always seen her husband as the rat bastard he is though."And you think I had animosity toward my husband?  Is that what you think? Not, I might add, that it's any of your business.  And it's extremely poor manners to discuss this at the dinner table.""You wanna talk about it on the porch?"And now that these two have been thrown together for a few days leading up to Thanksgiving, they're forced into conversation.  Regardless of what they think of each other, their personalities aren't necessarily conducive to flowing, casual friendship.Tom is abrasive, rude and crude, loud and proud...and completely adorable.He likes his solidarity, peace and quiet, dislikes his neighbors being neighborly (he lets his front yard go just so they can't see him sit on his front porch, haha) and his garden out back.  And now, he's gained a bit of an interest in his son's mother in law.As Bev tries to prepare a feast for Thanksgiving, Tom does his best to annoy her.  Only she ends up being more titillated than annoyed.  Tom's lackadaisical outlook on life is so different from what she's used to, and she can't help but change in the few short days that they are alone together.  She even tries (and loves) a green apple!  Of course, as Bev puts it, apples should be red...so she and Tom are both a little baffled at how their close proximity is changing their outlook on not only each other, but also themselves.I loved this book.  I loved how these two are complete opposites, but they bring out the best in each other.  I loved Tom...he's a bit over the top, but he's honest about it.  He's a good guy at heart.I loved the sexy times...it's there, it's tasteful but still pretty hot.  Who says libido decreases with age?  :P  I loved how Tom bolsters Bev's confidence, and in return she gives him some of her refinement.I loved this book.  If you like mature romances, or as KarlynP coined the phrase, OA (Older Adult), then this is perfection!!  Funny, sexy, life lessons, short enough for one sitting.My favorite quote:"Perhaps I was the idiot. I stayed with him.""No. You're not the idiot.  Now you're free.  What you decide to do with that...that either makes you an idiot, a coward, or someone a little bit fierce." He smiled at her. "Feeling fierce, Bev?"