Review: Charming love story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2013
Ari St. Germain is a household name. Ari Milbanke, not so much. So it's Ari Milbanke who purchases the house on twenty acres, putting a continent and a name change between her high-profile L.A. life (and her creepy ex-husband) and her new life in a tiny New Hampshire town. The house was sold as-is and the previous owner was a pack rat, so it's full of stuff: antique furniture, vintage china, and family photos, all surrounded by cobwebs and piles of junk.Oh, and it also has a ghost, but she seems harmless enough.As an added bonus, Ari's closest neighbor is Sam Beauchamp, the ruggedly handsome owner of a horse rescue operation. He's single, and not looking to get involved with anyone, but the attraction between Sam and Ari is instantaneous (and totally believable). Ari wants to put down roots for herself and her two daughters, and while she wasn't looking for a man, she knows she's found a good one in Sam.I loved seeing how these two navigated their developing relationship. The conflicts were organic, the ghost story was fun, and the secondary characters were quirky and real. The setting also totally worked for me, and now I'm dying to go ride horses through the New England countryside in the fall. The naughty scenes were hot without being too graphic, and overall I can highly recommend this book.