Review: light romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2013
Californian Man is the story of a rich, self-made man who comes to a small Canadian Island for some peace and quiet while contemplating the sale of a his huge sports supply business.Quinn is a man who is handsome and confident and whose image fills the tabloids as he's seen on the arm of one beautiful woman after another.  His latest is an Italian import whose beauty fills the silver screen making her the perfect counter-point to Quinn's casual, masculine perfection.What Quinn finds during his 'alone-time' is Emily, a young woman running from a past pain that has left her with a debilitating shyness that interfers with her desire for the handsome man who walks into her book store, and into her life like a cyclone.Though used to having women pursue him, Quinn is more than willing to do a little pursing himself if it means capturing the shy beauty with the 'rain-colored' eyes.  Can Emily find the courage to accept a man like Quinn whose life is in the world's spotlight, when it will only magnify her own fears.E. C. Sheedy has written a lovely romance that while having some 'mature' scenes, is sweet, taking love slowly for its own sake rather than just to tittilate the reader.  Emily feels real, and Quinn is as wonderful a hero as a reader looking for romance could want.California Man is not going to change the world, but it is nice to dive into a novel that makes you feel good about life and love, and maybe a little more hopeful that there really are guys like Quinn out there.This review was also written for awesometrilogies.com