Review: Sweet, Short love story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
3.5 stars.This is the first novella The Billionaire Bachelors series by Lily Everett, and centres around Leo Strathairn, an English lord living in the US, who finds himself on a small island helping his friend get ready for his wedding. In the Prologue we are introduced to Miles, the groom, and his three best friends, Leo, Zane and Cooper and I liked this short intro as I jumped straight into this novella without reading Mile's story in The Billionaire Brothers trilogy. Miles sets his friends a bet, whoever can got to Sanctuary Island and not loose their heart can have his prized helicopter on their return. Of course, the 3 friends think this is a safe bet that they are not going to loose.The Fireside Inn is a short, sweet, sexy love story with no explicit love scenes and not too much angst. Leo meets Serena, a librarian on Sanctuary Island and they both feel an instant attraction and connection to each other. Both Leo and Serena have their own issues and this novella is about learning to trust another with your personal story and with your heart. Leo and Serena are both from completely different lifestyles and backgrounds and it felt like an old fashioned boy-meets-girl love story with no outside negative distractions or influences. At times I did feel a bit rushed in certain places but for a short novella, it still had emotion and I was curious to see how the story ended.Overall The Fireside Inn was a light, enjoyable read.Next in line is Zane's story, followed by Cooper's.