Kindergarten teacher Charlotte Thomas has had a crush on her best friend Jilly's older brother, architect Ledger Dane, for as long as she can remember. They've even had a few secret hookups over the years, but those never led to anything serious. Working together as the maid of honor and best man for Jilly's upcoming wedding prompts them to renew their old friendship, and Charlotte quickly realizes that her feelings for Ledger have never gone away. He seems to be equally drawn to her, so she proposes a secret fling that will end when he goes back to the city after the wedding. After all, they want different things; Charlotte is looking for marriage and family, while Ledger has sworn off serious relationships after witnessing the implosion of his parents' marriage when he was a teenager. The problem is that neither realizes how difficult it will be to say goodbye when the time comes for Ledger to leave.
I
loved how flirty and cute Ledger and Charlotte were with each other. In comparison to her sisters, Charlotte has always seemed like the quintessential "good girl" to me, so it was a lot of fun getting to know the more naughty, playful side that came out when she was with Ledger. There were a few obstacles that stood in the way of their relationship, but the biggest one was Ledger's baggage related to his father and the collapse of his parents' marriage. His father was a real piece of work, and I couldn't help but empathize with everything he put Ledger through over the years. Thankfully he had his grandmother, a retired therapist, to help him work through those issues and realize what he had with Charlotte before it was too late.
I highly recommend "Simply Mine" for all contemporary romance fans and can't wait for the next book in the series, featuring Charlotte's twin sister Dylan.
*Review copy provided by the author via Valentine PR. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "Simply Mine"
She’s looking for Mr. Right. I can offer her Mr. Right Now.
That’s my specialty.
He’s my best friend’s older brother.
He was also my teenage crush and completely out of reach.
But we had our secrets—moments that nobody knew about.
I’d tucked them away in a safe place, and that’s where I’d planned to keep them.
He’d moved to the city, and I’d moved on.
But now he was back in Honey Mountain for a few weeks.
And he’d found endless reasons to spend time with me.
What started out as rekindling our friendship turned into a different kind of… stroking the fire.
No pun intended.
It was temporary.
Just another secret that we’d keep between us.
Ledger Dane came with an expiration date.
He’d always been one foot out the door.
Why would this time be any different?
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