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Can two college friends find romance at a wedding? Dan assumes that Mia is still the same woman from their college days, what will he do when he discovers she still desires him? I love stories that involve reunions, weddings and a bit of spice!


A second chance is sometimes worth the wait. A sweet to spicy read that is the perfect book for your next book boyfriend.

When opposites attract, the combustion can be electric. Daniel Keegan remembers Mia Hayes as the abrasive female he encountered in college. She remembers him as the pompous jerk, too good to associate with her. And yet, both also remember the fantasies they used to entertain about the other. What happens when, ten years later, they meet and find the attraction still blazes with just a little encouragement? Can they overcome their differences to get to the reasons they should be together? Romance readers who like some steam will enjoy this book.

I read this novel in one sitting, something I love about Blaze romances, and since it's the first novel I've read by Tanya Michaels, it was a great introduction to her writing style, which is easy, breezy, sassy, sexy and fun.

We first meet Daniel, a college professor, at the bachelor party being held for his close friend and fellow professor, Eli. At first, he seems rather aloof, not being party animal, but he soon spots one of the drunken revelers, Eli's cousin, Terrence, someone Eli warned him to keep an eye on because he tends to behave badly when drunk. As he does so, he notices Terrence approaching and putting his hands on a dark-haired waitress who reminds him of someone he used to fantasize about a decade earlier when they shared a college class, Mia Hayes.

Mia is now a successful event planner and entrepreneur. She's filling in for one of her sick waitresses at the bachelor party when Terrence hits on her, and although she gives him a snarky response (I love snark!), he doesn't seem to get the message and Daniel intervenes, dragging him outside and roughly putting him in a cab.

When Daniel returns to the party, Mia approaches to thank him and finds herself as physically attracted to him as she ever was, although she too kept her lusty thoughts to herself while they both butted heads in college, Mia being a strong, outspoken young woman, and Daniel being a buttoned-up, condescending, judgmental stuffed shirt. When he remarks on her waitress job, her hackles rise, and she begins a flirty remark that ends with her telling him he hasn't changed a bit. She spends the rest of party avoiding him.

When Eli thanks Daniel for ousting Terrence, he mentions that he and Mia knew each in college, and is shocked to learn that she's not a waitress, but owns her own company. Eli passes along her business card, and Daniel, whose phone call she missed, soon shows up at her office and offers to take her to dinner, a dinner which ends with a seriously hot kiss in the parking lot and another misunderstanding as they're interrupted by the security guard.

This is a fun, spicy, second (and even third) chance at romance novel, and I couldn't put it down. The characters are well-drawn and my feelings for each of them changed and grew as the novel and their relationship progressed. I was more than pleased to note that the author gave us actual character development, something I generally find lacking in far too many series romance novels because too much time is usually spent on sex scenes. There are plenty of them in this novel as well, and they were certainly hot, but kudos to the author who at no time allowed them to adversely affect our getting to know, like and understand these characters, and hope for their happily ever after ending.

All in all, this was a darn good read, one of the better Blaze romances, and one I thoroughly enjoyed and am happy to recommend.