Hot Mess by Anne Conley
Synopsis
Sam is a single dad, trying to get over the death of his
ex-wife, and help his daughter move on from the loss of her mother.
Rachel is a single mom with a secret of her own that has kept her out of the dating scene for years.
What happens when this drop-dead gorgeous firefighter moves in across the street from the reticent woman with a past?
Sparks fly as the heat level rises in this new novel of Serendipity
Rachel is a single mom with a secret of her own that has kept her out of the dating scene for years.
What happens when this drop-dead gorgeous firefighter moves in across the street from the reticent woman with a past?
Sparks fly as the heat level rises in this new novel of Serendipity
My Review (4.5 stars)
I went into this book assuming it would be a nice little romance
that slowly develops between two people, who had a certain amount of baggage to
deal with but ultimately would work it out.
However it was more real than
that. Sam, yes, is a smoking hot
firefighter who adores his young daughter whom he is now bringing up following
the death of his wife. So, you are already
liking him a lot aren’t you? I mean what’s
not to like? You want to take care of
him, right? Yeah me to! Ooh and did I mention he is a very touchy
feely kind of guy too, yes I know can it get any better?
Rachel is clearly a beautiful, strong, but very cautious
woman due to her own history which is more complicated than you can imagine but
the sensitive subject matter in this book was written and handled so well. A brave move by Ms Conley to tackle this but
she did a great job, and a learnt a lot about something I previously knew very
little
Rachel is clearly very taken with Sam:
‘The butterflies in
Rachel’s stomach had babies’
‘How soon could she
get back to the house & have crazy wild monkey sex with the hunka love next
to her.
Mmmm ….My thoughts exactly.
The story had its twists and turns throughout, with a couple
of OMG moments that made my stomach lurch as well as some jeez guys get your
shit together moments. Both Sam &
Rachel have their daughters to think about not just their own feelings and it
was because of this that some of the decisions they both made were a lot easier
to understand.
The beginning of each chapter started
with either a blog post, or an excerpt from the Firefighter’s manual, and these
were a clever touch to the book
A well written and strong love story.
*This book was provided to me
as an arc in exchange for an honest and unbiased review*
About the Author:
Anne Conley lives in a small town in East Texas, not unlike
Serendipity, with her husband, two kids and numerous goats. She brazenly stole her pseudonym from her
great-grandmother, a true pioneer woman who raised seven kids alone: churning
butter, plucking chickens, knitting clothes, and putting coal oil on every
visible wound.
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