Reviewer: Samantha
I received a review copy
Summary:
How far will she go to find her perfect man? How far will he go to be one?
When Karen Hardeman sets foot on the Foothills University campus, it’s her first step toward proving her abusive ex wrong. Just her luck, her first writing assignment in Intro to Romance sends her in search of the perfect hero—a quest she’s never managed to conquer.
Worse, her professor forces her to collaborate with the most overconfident, annoying guy in the class.
Seth Sayers is also at Foothills to find new direction—preferably one that takes him far away from the family drama that’s followed him since his father’s death. He didn’t mean to humiliate Karen by rewriting her manuscript from the hero’s point of view. He blames the painkillers the ER doctor gave him after stitching up a wine-induced cut on his hand.
As their collaboration progresses, Karen begins to trust Seth with her manuscript, then maybe a little piece of her heart. But Seth’s half-brother resurrects Seth’s suspicions about his father’s death. Until he finds the truth, he can’t be the hero in anyone’s life. Even his own.
Warning: Some alcohol consumption. Okay, writer amounts of alcohol consumption. There are also some adult situations, but nothing too explicit. It is a romance-writing class, after all.
Review:
What a treat of read! As a writer, I absolutely loved the aspects of the writing class that is talked about in this novel. But I don’t think you just need to be a fellow author to enjoy this book. You get a male and female POV, which I always think is fun, a lot of drama, romance, friendship and more. What I found really interesting about our main character, Karen, is that she wasn’t extremely loveable to me in the beginning. She has a lot going on, including a terrible ex-boyfriend, but it was nice to watch her grow throughout the book, make new friends with her fellow classmates and even possibly find love. She has a few relationship possibilities in the book, but you’ll have to read her story to find out how it ends. All in all, one I recommend!
4 stars
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Cecilia Dominic became a clinical psychologist because she’s fascinated by people and their stories, but she couldn’t stop writing fiction. By day, she helps people cure their insomnia without using medication. By night, she blogs about wine and writes fiction that keeps her readers turning pages past bedtime. Yes, she recognizes the conflict of interest between her two careers, so she writes and blogs under a pen name. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with one husband and two cats, which, she’s been told, is a good number of each. She has been published in short story and novel-length fiction and currently writes urban fantasy, new adult contemporary, and steampunk for Samhain Publishing.
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I love books that take place in colleges and schools! Sounds like a good one!
I love the fall! I love that it’s cool but not cold, and all the fun fall and Halloween activities… plus I got married in th fall. 🙂
Thanks for having me today, Samantha!
Steph, I got married in the fall, too! In October. 😀 Thanks so much for stopping by!
I like your pen name.
poetryinleaves(at)gmail(dot)com.
thank you.
Thanks for your comment and compliment!