Review: Wonderful Friends to Lovers Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2012
Burned by Nikki Duncan is book 4 in the Whispering Cove anthology and it is a great friends to lovers story. I really enjoy these types of stories but this one is even more special because of how these two wind up together.Victoria (Vic) Hayes is a successful business owner, loving daughter, great friend, and hometown girl. She's content in her life but she wants to marry a man who can fulfill all her dreams. The problem is her perfect man is her best friend and that's all he sees her as. With a little prodding Vic decides it's time to make a move.Hauk Michaelsen is a widower, single dad, pub owner, and volunteer. Raising his daughter and running his pub take up a lot of his time and because of his past; he's resigned himself to being alone.Vic and Hauk have been friends forever. They've seen each other through ups and downs including deaths, lost loves, and everything in between. Yet, they've never crossed the boundary of friendship because it's meant so much to them. Spurred by a request that the two of them work together to find replacement entertainment for the town's fall festival and a heartfelt report by Hauk's daughter, Sophie, Vic decides it's time to make a move.So begins the fun "wooing" of Hauk by Vic. She manages to entice him in all sorts of ways and it's interesting and sexy to watch. Hauk is resistant, because of his past, but Vic just doesn't let up and it's delightfully entertaining.I very much enjoyed Burned by Nikki Duncan. Both Vic and Hauk were great leading characters and the cast of supporting characters were interesting and amusing. While the story line is a familiar one in romance novels, the pursuit was different, engaging, and down right fun! From this one book, I am already invested in Whispering Cove and am truly looking forward to the next two books.Advanced Review Copy provided for an honest review.