Review: Delightful Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
I love small town romances and I was very excited to read one that was based here in Oregon.  Carly Denton has her life completely mapped out when she becomes Councilwoman for Silver Creek and placed in charge of a charity project which forces her to work with her brother's best friend, Lucas Miller.  Carly has always had a crush on Lucas but can't get past his philandering ways and Lucas can't figure out why Carly is so temperamental whenever he is around. So one day, she decides to throw caution to the wind and experience one night of passion with the man she has always known to be off-limits.I liked Carly because she was smart and didn't want to get romantically involved with someone who she knew would eventually break her heart. Even though she had feelings for Lucas, she was basing her opinions on his past behavior without realizing that Lucas was finally becoming the man that he always wanted to be. Carly was also so determined to hold on to her "respectable" image in the eyes of the townspeople after the history of her parent's notorious public fights in front of the entire town.  She never wanted to be the type of person that would lose control when it came to love and her feelings for Lucas were so strong that she thought she would blow everything that she worked for if she pursued a relationship with him.  Lucas, on the other hand, was tired of his love `em and leave `em ways of the past and wanted to finally have a true relationship with a woman and his heart was set on Carly.When these two finally got together, they realized they had more in common than they originally thought and with a little trust, could have a great life together. The sexual chemistry between them was explosive and the sex scenes in this book were very hot and steamy.  The book was also filled with humorous one-liners between Carly and Lucas that had me laughing out loud.Maisey Yates is a very talented author and has created the perfect small-town romance about two people that found love once they learned to take a leap of faith.  I was pleasantly surprised with this novella and I can't wait to see what is in store for the residents of Silver Creek in the next book, Unexpected.