Review: Who knew running a funeral home could be so sexy?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
Who knew running a funeral home could be so sexy? (And no, there's nothing morbid or weird going on in this novel.) :)This book has everything we have come to expect and love about a Bliss title, with the addition of one thing...when the clothes come off, the lights stay on!  There is no fade-to-black when they enter the bedroom.  And I'll tell you now, these scenes are STEAMY!Y'all, if I hadn't also been working on a beta read yesterday, I would have finished this book in one sitting!  I very much enjoyed it, even if it did make me cry on multiple occasions.  Yes, it definitely had its sad moments, but I also laughed, got angry, and altogether had a good time reading it.  :-DEllie and Finn have been and are going through some tough crap in their lives.  Their competition with each other goes all the way back to elementary school...and now extends to trying to beat each other out of the funeral business.  What starts as a friendly competition turns into a double-edged sword.  They both will do whatever it takes to keep their businesses running, including fighting a little dirty.  But their competitiveness gets both of them all hot and bothered. So, they decide that maybe they can keep business and pleasure separate, and enjoy each others' company in the bedroom while maintaining their competition for business outside the bedroom.  But as I'm sure you can already tell, there are MANY ways for this plan to go a little awry.  :)Ellie's father is dealing with the final stages of Alzheimer's disease, and Finn's mother has finally agreed to move out of his abusive father's home, and into his home.  So of course, they both have HUGE reasons why they want their own funeral business to STAY in business.  Of course, the solution to their problem seemed pretty obvious to me from the beginning of the story, but since they both come from jaded pasts when it comes to love and families, they are blind to this, and immediately dive into the competition of their lives...as well as the affair of their lives!I don't want to spoil the story for you at all, but I just have to tell you that my favorite part of the whole book has to do with a dunk tank fundraiser...and that's all I'm going to say! ;-DI LOVE the secondary characters in this book!  From the moment I met him in the story, I loved Ellie's dad.  He is a great man, dealing with an AWFUL disease.  And I should know, as it is something that runs in my family.  And then there's Finn's mom.  That poor woman.  She has been broken in so many ways, but I have to say, by the end of the novel, I was SO proud of her!  B. B., what can I say but that even though you think she's the 'blonde bimbo' that everyone makes her out to be, she is so much more than that.  And the Dinner Belles, they have their own role to play in this story.ANYWAY, enough of my chattering on and on, JUST GO READ IT!  You will laugh, you will cry, and you'll get to read about Ellie and Finn's SCORCHING chemistry!