Review: Enjoyed it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
It’s always exciting to read book about vacation romances and Her Best Laid Plans is one of the more enjoyable I’ve read in a long time. Set in Ireland and featuring two people both with big plans for their future that don’t include a relationship makes this story remarkably engaging and highly emotional.If anyone needs a vacation it’s Jamie Webb. Dumped after a three year long relationship in which she put her college plans on hold to work while her fiancé attended medical school, she’s moved back across country and is now taking the vacation of a lifetime sans her best friend who had to bail at the last minute.Unfortunately Ireland isn’t exactly what she expected, house sitting for her mother’s friend she finds herself in the country and in a pub that looks more like a retirement home until the new bartender walks in and things begin to look a whole lot better.Connor Kelleher is finally getting his life back on track when he meets American Jamie Webb in his father’s pub. In addition to being completely charmed, he can’t help but see how much in common they have. But, they both have plans and those plans don’t include a relationship but a two week fling seems perfect for both of them. Sometimes though two weeks is just long enough to know your life won’t ever be the same.This was such an easy book to love, the characters were so determined not to fall for one another and just enjoy the time they had together and they had plenty including a lot of extremely sexy times. It was extremely gratifying to watch them battle their feelings knowing there was a time limit on their affair.I realize this is a novella and I felt we got to know the characters fairly well and while the book ends with a happily for now, it left me a little unsettled. Yes, I believe they will make it but I would have loved an epilogue showing that Connor’s bold move was worth his effort. Despite that little disappointment, Her Best Laid Plans is a very good summer romance story with characters that will charm you and have you dreaming of drinking a Guinness in a laid back Irish pub.Review copy provided for an honest review.