Review: gets better at second half
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
24yo heroine is trying to resist confident 25yo Hero's flirtations. She doesn't want much to do with men, especially attractive ones like Hero who have women waiting in the wings, after having been recently cheated on by her ex-boyfriend.  Hero is persistent and she soon finds herself seeing him quite often. However, she doesn't know how to make sense of cryptic warnings other gives her about him. She also becomes more uneasy about his reluctance to talk about his family with her.  What happens when she finds out about his family secrets?The latter half is better than the 1st. So by patient with this book. The first half of the book didn't pull me in the story or the characters. The focus of the book was more on heroine's new life back in her childhood home. The emotional tone and character depiction were tepid. Hero and heroine were eyeing each other and flirting lightly. The side stories about heroine's grandmother & their friends kept the focus off their romance. Even when Hero got more serious, it wasn't in the intense & deeply emotional way that I prefer. He was attracted to her & her resistance to his charms was a new experience for him. Heroine was busy dodging Hero and didn't seem too serious about him. It's after they started dating that the book turned for the better. The secrets Hero was keeping from her while they were increasingly getting serious in their relationship built my anticipation. It provided the tension that was missing earlier in the book, including their romance.Partially recommended.*ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review.**A more detailed review is on my blog.