Review: Wish there had been more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2013
LADY MCNEILL'S OPINION: In Dipping in a Toe by Linda Carroll-Bradd, widowed swim mom Jessa Landers seems to be finding her way back after the death of her husband. She's found herself attracted to her kids' swim coach Rick. Unfortunately, she is worried what her friends and kids will think if she starts dating again much less their swim coach. Rick finally makes the first move at a team pizza party and Jessa finally starts to feel like a woman again. As a mother of two swimmers I was curious to read a book based around a swim family. It was super short and read more like a prologue to a potentially longer love story. We only get Jessa's POV so we read about her constant worry and concern over what her children think. As a mom who is still happily married I can only imagine how difficult it would be to start dating again so I could totally relate to all of her emotions. Rick appears to be an upstanding guy, but I can only imagine what happened next in their story. It's been a while since I've read a story where the most erotic scene is a kiss on the check but to have tried to throw in any sex into this short story would have made in unbelievable. This story would make a great free read as an intro to a longer book.Lady McNeill's 3 sweet pea review appears at mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index.php/?p=13323