Review: Good contemporary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
I really liked this story. It's heroine is full of bravado, stick-to-it-tivness, and sheer gumption. She's never met a challenge that she wouldn't take on to help her family, and while she sometimes almost seems child-like in her optimism that she can make things work out,  she really is the backbone of the family. The hero is a widower with a young daughter who's never gotten over the fact that his wife died while on a rendezvous with another man. He's let his property, house and business get rundown looking. His relationship with his daughter has suffered badly.When Phoebe and Gage get into an accident, her truck bumper falls off and he takes it as collateral until she can pay for the damage to his truck. Since she's looking for work and is down to her last dollar, with her two younger siblings to feed, she follows him to his house, intent on getting back her bumper which has her license plate on it. Once she's there and sees the state of his place, she realizes he needs her, and goes about convincing Gage of just that. I love the sparks that fly between them, and her small town, deep Southern wisdom. This was an enjoyable read with likeable characters.Heat factor hot.