Tamsen Parsons is happy with her wacky world. So she leases fish to big business, her bedroom resembles a gypsy fortune-teller’s caravan and she’s got the roomie from hell. Still, the sun’s shining and she can smile. That is until uptight lawyer Matthew Solomon rolls in like a storm. He’s over the corporate climb, unsure what he wants in life anymore and the sexy and cheerful Tamsen is exactly the short-term tonic he needs. What Matt doesn’t count on is his interfering mother, Tamsen’s out-of-control best friend and falling in love. Can a gypsy fish-minder really bring this bad-boy to heel?
Toni Kenyon lives in Auckland with her husband (and their dog and cat) the goldfish is just squatting! She writes romance by day, sings in a band by night and in her spare (yeah, right) time she wrangles difficult heroes into line, so they can star in her next novel. Toni also loves the garden and has a special place in her heart for her fruit trees and her veggie patch. A keen amateur photographer, Toni posts “Mood of the Suburbs” shots across most of her social media profiles. She loves to hear from like-minded people, so pop on over and say 'Hi' any time. Visit her website and sign up for her newsletter so you can stay informed about her new releases.
Amazing story, so much happens in this romance/drama. Matthew & Tamsen, fantastic chemistry, awesome hot love scenes, quite erotic at times.
Loads of content, the story keeps rolling along, pulling you to keep turning the pages. Brought out quite a few emotions in me. Her best friend, well not so good a friend she turns out, with a dramatic end for them.
His mother, what a piece of work she is. All the bad things that seem to happen its quite impossible to think that they can sort everything out. The universe seems to have it in for them. Very emotional situations that they find themselves in & loads of pressure from all around.
Makes you ask a lot of questions as to whether you're happy, they work out they are not. So now its time to find what will make them happy. At times some quite shocking & bizzare things occur that would make anyone break down.
Definately an adult read, love the New Zealand setting & humour throughout, well done to the author.
Catch starts out as a very fun and flirty story that really is quite a joy to read with its well written characters full of great banter and unlikely attraction. It's not long however, before the cracks start to show in Tamsen and Matthew's relationship and a rather clingy friend starts to become unhinged. Throw in a snooty, controlling mother and you've got quiet a tension filled book on your hands. The NZ locality was great too, it was nice to know the city in which the story was set.
Catch definitely has a Single White Female feel to it, and it does become a rather dark story in places, so if that's not your type of thing - you have been warned!
My only complaint with Catch would be that in places the relationship felt a little forced, it just lost some of its easy flow. But overall I enjoyed this story, even the really dark and desperate parts; it definitely makes a difference from reading overly saccharin sweet romances all the time. A solid 4 star read ;]
Matt and Tamsen look like two complete opposites but end up falling in love. They actually are both in careers that they don't want to be in because of their parents. Poor Tamsen has so many bad things happen to her. Matt was so wonderful to her. His mother was a nightmare. They keep getting torn apart by things but both love nature. Love the ending.