My first book of 2014...
Wasn't sure what to read after my last read of 2013, so I decided to jump right in with a buddy read chosen by a group I belong to on Goodreads. Group reads are hit or miss for me, but I liked the blurb/premise of a romance author who doesn't believe in love and HEA. Also, Crystal Hubbard is a new author for me...
Khela Halliday is an award-winning, successful romance author who needs a date for a writer's conference weekend so she asks Mr. Carter her building's repair man...or so she thinks. Actually, Mr. Carter is Mr. Carter Radcliffe the owner of Khela's apartment building. Khela just assumes who and what Carter is when they met without ever asking him and he doesn't correct her in the 3 years she's lived in his building.
While at the conference, Khela and Cater are starting to learn a bit more about each other. She's a jaded divorcee who feels like she's living a lie writing about love and romance when she doesn't believe it exists; I'd even go so far as to say that Khela is resentful of her own success. Carter has his own reasons to be jaded because people rarely take him seriously -- including Khela -- basing their assumptions about him and desire for him only on his handsome face and hard body.
These two are the epitome of this phrase...
And I'm not sure I like either of them right now. I'm having a very hard time connecting or empathizing with their plights...rather both of them sound like whiny brats!
Hoping Carter and Khela redeem themselves soon because I'm not here for this...
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