Review: Sweet little romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
This was one of those stories that makes you swoon.  Angelle had fled her tiny hometown to escape the stares and judgement when she broke her would-be fiance's heart, and was trying to prove her family wrong by starting out on her own terms.  But family pressure forced her hand, and OOPS!, she lied and told her family she was happily engaged and would be bringing her fiance home to meet them.  My first reaction was 'why?!', but Angelle had some very overprotective and overbearing family members to contend with.  Lucky for her, an opportunity fell right into her lap when the gorgeous and stutter-inducing Cane needed bailed out of his own sticky mess.  I loved that Angelle was a complete mess around him, it made for one awkward but humorous start to their agreement!  It was one of those "I helped you, now you help me" situations, but playboy Cane wasn't about to let Angelle get away without getting a few things out of their systems.Cane had me at hello, I mean this guy is sexy and sweet with a side of knight in shining armor, and I loved his reactions to Angelle.  Whether it was his love of her clumsiness or his constant lust for everything Angelle, I just loved being in his head.  And Angelle was a sweetheart who wanted to bring out her inner bad girl/warrior, so she had my vote!  I always love a strong heroine who's looking to prove herself, and she did that and then some.  The fact that she was also a klutz just made her that much better!As Angelle and Cane navigated breaking him into her family and hometown of busybodies, they were of course forced into difficult situations and had to pretend to be crazy about each other.  Cane was ready to ravage her the minute he realized she was just as willing, but somehow they managed to spend the days getting to know each other and seeing just how well he fit in with her family.  It was cute how much Cane did just to win them over, and he had no problems convincing everyone that there were deep feelings there...even if he wasn't ready to admit it.  Angelle realized she was getting in over her head well before he did, but Cane was just too darn hard to resist!!My one complaint with this story? Well, I went into this expecting an adult/contemporary romance, but it's more of a chick lit/romance combo.  Which is fine, but as far as the steaminess factor goes I didn't get what I was hoping for. I was very much looking forward to seeing Cane in action, if you know what I mean, but instead the scene is glazed completely over. And given Angelle's unique situation, I was definitely surprised there wasn't a lot more to the scenario. So I was bummed, but I still really loved the story. Overall, this was a sweet romance with characters I really enjoyed!Quotes:Wincing, she raised her head and saw Colby sitting a mere two table-lengths away, mouth twitching with laughter.  Sadly, it wasn't twitching with surprise, because this sort of thing was par for the course and, unfortunately, how Angie rolled: ungraceful and clumsy, with an added dash of socially awkward. ~p. 11Cane's gaze drifted to the bed, imagining red hair splayed across his pillow.  Getting the uptight woman to give in to their attraction wasn't going to be easy.  But there was no doubt in his mind that Angie would be worth the effort. ~p. 49One small step for Cane. One giant step for Project Pickle.~p.101Cane didn't want to analyze why that thought made him see red, so instead he focused on the life he would go back to.  Days filled with easy women, no commitments, no attachments, and no emotion.  He really didn't want to analyze why that life suddenly felt so empty. ~p. 141Watch for this and other of my reviews at: [...]