Reviewer: Samantha
Leigh Fleming is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Precious Words
Summary:
Emberly Fallon is a smart, beautiful American attorney who goes on a dream vacation with her two best friends to the UK, where she meets the irresistible Niccolo Bartoli, an Italian tennis pro who is just as commanding off the court as he is on.
Emberly resists his advances, not wanting anything to do with paparazzi and Nico’s rabid fans.
Currently ranked number two in the world, Nico finds himself struggling with his game and his personal life. Although always surrounded by his entourage, he is lonely in his world of celebrity and constant travel. Emberly makes him feel grounded, and despite her best intentions, she does fall in love with the dashing, foreign sportsman.
Their romantic adventures take them to Miami, New York, and Rome. This whirlwind love story was not in Emberly’s future plans, but she allows herself to be happy with Nico—until she becomes the victim of threats. Someone is trying to bring Nico’s success and newfound happiness to a tragic end … and that person is much closer than they suspect.
Review:
My first few pages in, I worried I wasn’t going to like the book as much as the synopsis led me to believe. The reason being is because I felt like there was a lot of “telling” versus “showing” happening, and that can cause a big disconnect when trying to read. But I ended up really enjoying the plot, and it was quite suspenseful all the way through and the ending was really quite shocking. I felt at times the writing slipped a little back into the telling, but I enjoyed reading about the romance between the two characters and the traveling that they did was fabulous for me, as that is a love of mine. A good start in Fleming’s writing career, and I would be interested in reading her next!
3.5 stars
Author Bio:
Leigh Fleming is the owner of the Scrapbook Cottage, a weekend retreat center for craft enthusiasts. She lives with her husband, Patrick, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and is mom to adult children, Tom and Liza, and two beloved dogs, Lula Belle and Napoleon. Precious Words is her first novel.
Connect with Leigh!
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Buy the Book!
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/precious-words-leigh-fleming/1117779161?ean=9781491713488
http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000679447/Precious-Words.aspx
