Review: Love Like Krazy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2012
I received a complimentary copy of this book as part of a promotional tour for the author in exchange for my honest review.Love Like Krazy is a delightful contemporary romance with a fun and crazy heroine from the wrong side of the tracks who meets, falls in lust and love with one of the golden boy heroes in town.  With likable primary characters, great secondary characters, plenty of emotional angst and enough spicy romance to keep things interesting, Kristen Beairsto captured my attention from the first page and kept me glued to her story to the end.  Ms. Beairsto's writing is sharp, the dialogue is witty and the plot was well paced.  All in all, a very enjoyable reading experience.Kit Katherine Conner is a young, beautiful, successful fiction writer, whose come home for her best friend's wedding.  A woman raised by Mae, her single aunt, Kit's made something of herself she can be proud of but she still thinks of herself as the ugly, unloved girl her mother gave away.  Growing up poor made things more of a challenge and early on Kit learned to hide herself behind crazy antics and an outlandish wardrobe.  Earning the nickname, Crazy Kit Conner, was easy - letting people in not so much.  The only people she's ever really let get close, her aunt and 3 best friends, don't really know how little she believes in herself or just how deeply she believes she'll never be loved.When Kit meets Ben Mathews again, the older brother of her best friend's fiancee, she's surprised to discover the attraction she had for him as a teen hasn't gone away.  When they are forced to spend time together and the chemistry between them can't be denied, Kit is afraid to risk her heart.  Deep down she knows she'll be the one who gets hurt when he walks away, and he will walk away because she's not worthy of being loved.  Deciding to take the risk, Kit's unprepared for how determined Ben is to show her what she means to him.Ben Mathews only knew "Crazy Kit Connors" by reputation - he only knew Katherine, the quiet girl who worked part time for his mother.  When he realizes Kit and Katherine are one and the same - and that she's now a desirable woman, he's determined to get to know her better.  As he falls for he begins to dream of a future together.  He falls for both the "crazy" and the wonderful woman she's become.  He never planned on having to fight the demon's of her past childhood but he's more than willing to take on the challenge.When Kit's birth mother shows up and threatens Kit's future, will Kit finally realize she's worthy of being loved?  And will she and Ben have a future together?  You'll have to read Love Like Krazy, I loved it and I think you will too.