Review: For readers who love Jill Shalvis
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
Kate Meader has written a very enjoyable contemporary romance, with the just right balance of humor and angst.In this friends-to-lovers story, Jules is a single mother dealing with the shame of dyslexia, and she can see herself only as a screw-up.  Her best friend, Tad DeLuca, blames himself for a family tragedy and has determined that as he's worthy of no woman for the long haul, he'll perform as a playboy stud for any woman, but only for the short-term.  While I'm not normally a fan of the emotionally-damaged-lovers genre, this story doesn't try too hard, but instead offers real people with real problems and a realistic resolution that is charming.Best of all, there's a great deal of tenderness interlaced with humor in this story, and Meader is a good writer who offers some sentences to linger over ("And then she was gone, taking the scent of oranges and happy and Jules with her") while also penning some of the best witty banter in contemporary romance (right up there with Jill Shalvis).This is the perfect book to curl up with on a lazy afternoon:  lots of heat and lots of heart.