Review: Very Cute story of a celebrity cook and a snarky reporter
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
3 1/2 Stars-This is a very cute read with a lot of humour and clever repartee. The heroine, Tess, is a sweet and rather klutzy young woman with a genuine talent for bringing ideas together. Only trouble is that when it comes to putting them into practice, she needs her mother and sister to supply the goods.Josh is a reporter with big dreams who has allowed himself to be sidetracked into a big money column that brings out the snarky, unforgiving side of his personality. Tess's success brings out the worst of this, leading to his meltdown when she gets a TV program, something he's been working towards for years.The answer, do an exposee on Tess to prove she isn't the perfect domestic goddess she is portraying.To Tess, the worst thing about his arrival is that he is right and she's afraid he'll find out. She is already uneasy about relying so heavily on her family without acknowledging their contribution publicly.The insta-attraction threw me a little because it was so physical, it seemed more appropriate to one of the authors older Temptation books than this rather sweet home town romance. This was the one thing that jarred me throughout the book. It seemed like there was a conflict between the rest of the story and the physicality of the attraction between the two. I usually prefer not to know too much about a heroine's sexual past (if she has one) but Tess seemed to operate in a vacuum of no known past yet she came across as quite sexually experienced. It seemed odd and not in keeping with the tone of the story.Overall I enjoyed the story and the humour in particular. The characters were all likeable and the family interactions believable and added to the story.The publisher provided a digital copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.