Um den Besitzer einer luxuriösen Ferienanlage am Pazifik zu überzeugen, dass auf seinem Gelände eine Boutique für Bademoden fehlt, wird die attraktive Leigh Van Dolph zu den Verhandlungen geschickt. Kaum dort angekommen, fällt ihr ein überaus erotischer Mann ins Auge, der sofort einen heißen Flirt mit ihr beginnt. Einem Abenteuer durchaus nicht abgeneigt, erlebt Leigh in Jareks Armen traumhafte Stunden der Lust. Während die geschäftlichen Gespräche äußerst erfolgreich verlaufen, wird die Beziehung zu Jarek immer komplizierter. Plötzlich erwachen tiefe Gefühle, die Leigh völlig verunsichern - eine feste Bindung schien für sie bis jetzt ausgeschlossen zu sein!
What's not to like about this book? Celibate carpenter hero who is just waiting for the woman who can take his mind and heart off his lost wife, who he's been grieving for ten years? Buttoned-up career woman who's never had much time for romance? Beautiful seaside scenery? And then there's the fact that Jarek is Russian-American!
Jarek takes one look at Leigh, and the possibilities come to mind. He hasn't had a woman in his bed for ten years. When Leigh ends up sleeping in the bed he made with his own hands in the showroom for his family's furniture business, he realizes how good it feels to wake up with her in his arms. But Leigh's focus is on nabbing the account for a swimsuit shop in the hotel run by his brother, so she can continue to protect and take care of her aging hippie parents. She's up to her ears in work and trying to keep her family safe and out of trouble. Romance is just not on her agenda.
It's up to Jarek to show her that there is more than enough room for him in her life, heart, and for her in his bed. He's ready to marry again, and he's got his eye on her.
I confess I have a weakness for Cait London's category romances. They have delightfully quirky, but passionate love stories. She has great heroes that are beautifully masculine, sexy, intense, and deeply-layered. Her heroines are left of center in a way that is very appealing, and reminds me of real life women (who aren't always perfect and 'beautiful' according to Hollywood standards). Her books always have a message about home and hearth, and the rich cultural heritage of various Americans, that we often take for granted.
I loved Jarek's family, with his Texan mother and Russian father,and his brother who's all business. They are loving and fun, embracing Leigh as their new daughter, long before she agrees to marry Jarek. And Leigh's hippie parents made me laugh. I could do much worse for a good Saturday afternoon read.
“Jarek», suspiró. Duro, exigente, vibrante, provocador, juguetón… tierno, romántico, posesivo…” Así lo describe Leigh, la heroína de la historia y concuerdo con ella.
Ambos protagonistas hacen clic desde el primer momento, y aunque cada uno tiene sus propias situaciones personales, la pasión y la atracción que hay de por medio es intensa e inevitable.
Me gustó mucho la historia de Jarek y Leigh, fue una lectura ligera con un bonito final. Voy corriendo a leer el segundo de la serie sobre Mikhail, el hermano de Jarek.