Review: Refreshing lovely read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
From the start of this book you will be laughing and the laughter never stops. You have humor, mystery, power strangle, kind of a love hate relationship. All the things in a romance you could ask for. You have romance inside of romance what else do you need. Oh there are lots of lots of things to see, find and learn inside this book. For me a romance you must have humor, you must be able to laugh with or even at your characters.I found the mystery of the birds to entertaining, the ugly birds, paintings and paintings of ugly birds. Why someone would want these ungodly ugly painting painted? What is the hidden meaning behind them? Will they lead to the lost treasure that so many are so sure about? I made up my mind early on about these birds and I never gave up what I believed. I was correct but oh the story those birds do tell.Lucius is a very powerful man who must come home to clean up the mess his family has made. They call him Mr. Fix It; he is a controlling, bad temper man. When he gives and orders you follow or be damned. He is also a very gentle, caring and loving man. He loves his family but wants them to stand on their own two feet. Marriage oh well someday, kids someday but he isn't looking. His sense of humor is unreal, you will find yourself laughing.Callie is a very intelligent woman with a high IQ, only one person sees this. She is a very scared little girl who doesn't want love or marriage. Her parents only thought about themselves but did truly love her and did show her in their own ways. She didn't need love only money to make sure she always had. She worked hard and saved but it was never enough. She is innocent in most ways, book sense she has but just doesn't pick up on little things. When we first meet her she is a basket case, she has a crush on her boss. For most of us women we make ourselves over, show ourselves off. For Callie she does the opposite, she plays down herself.From their first meeting shit hits the fan, to the end of the book. You have each trying to find their way, not believing what they see and to scare to believe in what the other feels.The one thing I really dislike greatly was Lucius calling her doll, out of all the words you could have used why that, but when I read her last name was Dahl then I understood and made a wonderful read. I still didn't care for it.It was nice to see a story about a lady who truly had not a clue on how lovely she was. She didn’t notice when men check her out, her innocents was refreshing. When I read about the bar and him seeing her, all the other men hitting on her I laughed myself silly. I can’t say I have a favorite for all the characters in this book make this book. Each person has their place and their funny sides.It is so nice to read a romance that isn't written with half of it being about sex. Oh the sex is there but it is not pages and pages of it. This was a refreshing, wonderful read with many twist and turns. The author had me hooked from the beginning. I am still so hooked I didn't want this book to end. In fact I enjoyed this book so much I bought her other book For Those Who Wait.