phyllish
Written on Jul 31, 2018
An unexpected hero
My rating is 4.5 stars
Painfully shy. That was Brandon Spark. His brothers were all almost larger-than-life, but Brandon was the quiet one and preferred hanging out in the background unnoticed. I loved that he was a romance writer who had only fallen in love once. Only kissed a girl once. Never dated. Yet his books were very popular. What a fun idea!
Brandon was slightly jealous of his brothers – the way they were so heroic and able to jump in and take charge. It was so cool how he got to be the hero of his story, as impossible as it had seemed.
Bria couldn’t understand shy and quiet at all. Her son, Seth, was an enigma to her. All he wanted to do blend into the wallpaper and read. Bria was pretty much all alone, other than him. Her parents had disowned her; Seth’s father signed away parental rights and ignored his son. It was so sad. She liked Brandon as a friend but he was the antithesis of the kind of guy she was attracted to.
I loved the way that Brandon and Bria reunited and how despite the fact that Brandon knew he was still in love with her, he was so afraid to take a step to get closer to her. The pep talks he gave himself as he tried to work up the courage to approach her were so cute. One of my favorite scenes was where Brandon finally got up the nerve to have Bria cut his hair and then almost chickened out. He met Seth, having no idea who he was, scared to death about having to order lunch for himself. The ensuing conversation they had and the way that Seth talked him out of his fear was adorable.
This is a very sweet marriage of convenience story that is believable and enjoyable.
This review was originally posted on Among the Reads
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