Review: Love, love, loved it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
This book hooked me from the first page. I loved it. Yes there were times I wanted to slap the characters, but they got over their issues and went back to loveable again. The ex lovers trope is a favourite of mine and this one fits nicely into my bookshelf for future rereading.Max and Kira were wonderful characters. Max with his artists block and Kira with her people pleasing ways. Yes Max came off as a bit arrogant at first but you quickly see there is more to him and that while yes he is carrying some baggage, once he sheds it a whole different Max appears. As for Kira, she is the type of character you would want as a friend in real life. Not just because she can't say no to the people in her town, but she is a generous soul who puts aside her dream to live the one of the person who took her in at a vulnerable time.We get to see them go grow and change throughout the story, sometimes in ways where the aforementioned slap was ready to be invoked. But I liked seeing the changes, especially the big change at the end of the story, it made me finish the book with a contented sigh.When internationally renowned artist Max Etsin is summoned to the town of Passion Creek to pick up a series of portraits left to him by Kira's aunt, his plan was to get in, pick it up, seduce Kira, make her want him then dump her, giving her a taste of her own medicine and not look back.  But things don't always go to plan.Kira knows plans don't always work out how they are supposed to.  She walked away form Max five years ago never thinking she would see him again. But Polly had other ideas. Now she has to deal with Max. In person, her worst nightmare.When the ex lovers meet up again the sparks immediately begin to fly. When they give into the passion that is still there, something unlocks in Max. His artistic block starts to crack thanks to his muse. But can Kira let her secrets block what can be a wonderful new start to an old passion or can Max break through her barriers and become her inspiration  ?This book was a fantastic read, I found it hard to put down and read most of it in one sitting.I'm relatively new to Inara Scott, but after reading this and another of her books from the  Entangled Indulgence Publishing line, I'm going back for a Scott binge and putting this author on my auto buy list.This book was was supplied by the author for an honest review.