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Ian! Petra! I so enjoyed getting to know them both.
Ian's smart and sweet and competent and maybe a bit of a pushover when he should stand up for himself, a holdover from a childhood that left him in the wake of his parents' lives.
Petra's bright and driven and nervous that the big gamble she's taken with her professional life will fail, and after being the one all her life to take care of her family and friends, she doesn't know how to take care of herself (or trust her care to others) if disas ...more
Ian's smart and sweet and competent and maybe a bit of a pushover when he should stand up for himself, a holdover from a childhood that left him in the wake of his parents' lives.
Petra's bright and driven and nervous that the big gamble she's taken with her professional life will fail, and after being the one all her life to take care of her family and friends, she doesn't know how to take care of herself (or trust her care to others) if disas ...more
This was a charming romance novel. I loved the Portland setting (disclosure, I used to live in the Willamette Valley, so I'm a sucker for the City of Roses), but more importantly, I loved the characters.
Ian Zamora is a career-focused restaurateur, and Dr. Petra Lale has just struck out on her own right out of medical school as an allergist. He comes to her practice for immunotherapy so he can deal with his girlfriend's cat, and then sparks begin to fly.
Ian and Petra's relationship felt natural: ...more
Ian Zamora is a career-focused restaurateur, and Dr. Petra Lale has just struck out on her own right out of medical school as an allergist. He comes to her practice for immunotherapy so he can deal with his girlfriend's cat, and then sparks begin to fly.
Ian and Petra's relationship felt natural: ...more
I don't read a lot of contemporary romances because so many times it seems like the conflict is very manufactured and stretches my credulity. However, this one was really well done. I enjoyed the characters, their flaws, their growth, and all of the secondary characters as well!
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I do not, as a rule, read romance novels. I read this one because the author is a friend; but I like to think of myself as objective enough to give her a fair review.
Which is why it's so much fun to say that I LOVED this book. Petra and Ian were approachable, interesting people - whom you could see as people instead as of 'characters'. Petra's life and decisions and family, in particular, all rang incredibly true; and I was invested immediately in Ian and Petra's love story.
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Which is why it's so much fun to say that I LOVED this book. Petra and Ian were approachable, interesting people - whom you could see as people instead as of 'characters'. Petra's life and decisions and family, in particular, all rang incredibly true; and I was invested immediately in Ian and Petra's love story.
Fun for romance read ...more
I'm trying to get into more contemporary romance, and this is a great one to ease into the category with! Love all the characters, especially the MC's friends, and I'm so glad they'll be around in more books.
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Another good romance. So well-written!
Mar 28, 2015
Laurel
marked it as to-read
Dec 14, 2017
LdyGray
marked it as to-read
