Review: Good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2013
This was a pretty quick and simple read I found. Julia has been running a blog column about simple farm life that has been syndicated by the Chicago Herald. When she's offered a tv show based on her blog she has to keep up the pretense of the wholesome farm girl married with a child in order to connect with the audience. When she comes back to her grandparents farm to film the pilot of the show she comes face to face with her childhood crush Brad and their growing attraction could threaten her dream come true.Brad has been living on her grandparents farm for several months since leaving the military and when Julia comes back home he's attracted to her but feels guilty when he finds out about her supposed family. I really liked Brad's character. He was a simple man and I appreciate guys like that. He worked the land and didn't require much to get by on. He loved his sister and niece and genuinely cared about the well being of her grandparents and their land.The story itself was romantic and sweet but I could have used a little more expansion on the details. The character descriptions were very vague and I never got a clear picture in my head what everyone looked like. I also felt like the side story of Julia having to pretend to be married and have a kid was resolved rather fast and was swept under the rug which didn't make sense to me why it was even a big deal to begin with. There was a secondary story involving a land developer that I felt was pushed aside and forgotten as the story moved forward that may be addressed in the second book. At Least I hope. The next one will feature Brad's sister Madi and her daughter and that intrigues me because I really like his sister.I enjoyed the romance between Brad and Julia and loved how things wrapped up for them. There were a few things that needed some tweaking but overall this was a nice quick escape read.