Right off the bat I’ll say this book has a lot of potential to be a solid story. I liked the idea behind the side plot as well but it was so short lived that when you got a taste of it - it was already over. I liked you got to see Gideon’s perspective as a lot of times its mainly the female MC who does the narration or whose POV you get. Gideon was sweet and sexy but Laynie was not my favorite character. She made no sense and constantly expected Gideon to read her mind even though she knows she’s good at lying. She wears upset with him for letting her go when she told him to leave her alone?! The side love story was very obvious I don’t see how Laynie couldn’t see but I digress. The smut was okay but like the book was rushed. It also contained grammatical errors such as, “alone” being spelled like, “along”. This book needed some serious re-edits. But, I stand by the central story and side plot about Mrs. H makes for a good story if more depth had been behind it,. All in all it was a light quick read and I am a Texan so even better.

When it comes (pardon the expression) to romance novels, I prefer that the author consider a slow build up to the eventual moment of intimacy. If our heroine was worried about her best friend finding out that she was dating the friend’s ex, I think she would’ve waited past the second date to complete the hook up. It was a predictable story with a predictable storyline and throw in some good vibes for both of them who work for worthy causes. I didn’t get the chemistry here. Nice try but no bueno.