Review: Tessa does it again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
He’s the last thing she wants...but the only thing she needs.Willa Peet isn’t interested in love. She’s been there, done that, and has the shattered heart to prove it. Ready to shake the breakup, she heads to Dublin, Ireland. But there’s a problem. A dark-haired, blue-eyed problem with a bad attitude that rivals her own. And he’s not doling out friendly Irish welcomes.Shane Claymore just wants to race. The death of his father forced him off the Formula One circuit, but he’s only staying in Dublin long enough to sell the Claymore Inn and get things in order for his mother and younger sister. He never expected the sarcastic American girl staying at the inn to make him question everything.But even as Willa and Shane’s fiery natures draw them together, their pasts threaten to rip them apart. Can Shane give up racing to be with the woman he loves, or will Willa’s quest to resurrect the tough-talking, no-s***-taking girl she used to be destroy any hope of a future together?A new adult novel from Entangled's Embrace imprint...My Review:Unfixable is the newest work form author Tessa Bailey and is Willa’s story.  I had been dying for Willa’s story since we first met her in Protecting What’s His and it was so worth the wait.  This book, in true Tessa fashion, blew me away.To say Willa Peet has given up on love and happy endings would be a gross understatement.  Willa had a childhood made up the complete opposite of gumdrops and rainbows.  Her mother was a junkie prostitute, bringing home unsavory men and constantly putting her and her sister Ginger at risk of the dangers that come with the underbelly of society.  The only person she could ever rely on was Ginger and when Ginger got her happy ending, Willa couldn’t be happier.  That still didn’t mean she believed in all that love and happiness for herself.  She’d given it the old college try recently with a nice guy who was good to her and said he loved her but in the end she only proved herself right: she wasn’t meant for love.  Life and the baggage that came with it was just too much recently and she needed to take a step back and get away.  The perfect opportunity arises when she wins a photography contest and an all expense paid trip to Ireland for a month.  Ever since Ginger bought her a camera when she was little, it was the one escape she had.  The one thing she truly felt at peace doing.  And now it had given her a chance to escape.  Escape her inner turmoil, her too familiar town, her personal chains, her ex-boyfriend.  Ironic that the minute she lands in Ireland she will meet a ruggedly handsome, dark haired, blue-eyed, ornery Irishman whose family just happens to own the inn she’s staying at.  He gets under her skin immediately and she’s scared to death that it may not exactly be in a bad way.Shane Claymore begrudgingly spends his day running his family’s inn and is counting down the minutes until he can get out of there and return to what he loves.  Racing.  He was between a rock and a hard place at the moment and was pissed as all hell about his situation.  He had left his family, thanks in part to his disapproving father, and never wanted to see the insides of this inn again.  Yet here he was.  Since his father had died he had been back at the inn helping his mother and sister run the place but he was itching to get back on the track….and just biding his time until he was behind the wheel again.  So here he is, at the airport, waiting for some contest winner to take her back to the inn where his family would host her for the next month.  Almost immediately thought he realizes he’s in trouble.  He never counted on the smart mouthed, understatedly beautiful girl that walked off the plane.  And he sure as hell didn’t count on being attracted to her.You know what they say about finding love when you least expect it, right? Willa and Shane both have zero desire to get attached…. especially not to each other.  But the undeniable attraction and chemistry will win out in the end.  The questions that will remain are: will a month be enough time to scratch the itch?  With both Willa and Shane having plans to move on with their lives after the visit ruin what they’ve found?So, you may know that I’m a huge Tessa Bailey fan.  I love all of her Line of Duty books and I was so sad to see that series end, but also excited for Tessa to write something different and new.  Willa’s book was just that…different and new.  Willa is a complicated gal and when we first met her I knew she was going to be an amazing character.  And she truly is.  She has every right to feel the way she does about flowery love and colorful happiness.  It’s also just not who she is.  She’s a heroine that doesn’t do girly crushes, writing doodles with hearts and “Mrs. Willa (insert guy crush last name)” and I totally love her for that.  I can relate to that. I knew there would be someone out there who would love her for being that way.  For being her.  And oh my, was Shane the freaking perfect match!  He’s almost like the guy version of her.  He’s been hurt before and gets the whole messed up family thing.  He also calls Willa out when she needs it and that’s what I loved most about him.  He made her face things she wouldn’t have otherwise and made her admit there was something between them.  And what they have between them is a combustible spark that heats up hotter and hotter every scene.  Damn, Tessa can write some chemistry! I will admit I was worrying that things wouldn’t work out for them because, let’s face it, their time came with an expiration date.  But don’t you worry.  If there’s another thing Tessa does so freaking well it’s write some killer endings.  This ending?  Had me crying, laughing, palms sweating, reading wide-eyed, nervous, and ultimately so freaking happy.  It stands out in my mind as one of the best book endings I’ve ever read….and I’ve read a whole lot of book endings.I will always recommend Tessa’s work and Unfixable is now the newest member of my rec list.  Thank you, Tessa, for continuing to give us amazing stories with tremendous characters.  You freaking rock, girl!