Felicity should have suspected something when she got hired to take pictures at a resort in Belize, all expenses paid. When she arrives and bumps into her ex-fiancé, Aiden, she realizes she’s been set up. His grandmother is playing matchmaker and every time she turns around Grams is forcing Aiden and her together. But she can’t fall for him again, it was a disaster last time, and she doesn’t want to repeat the past.
Aiden can’t believe Felicity is at his resort. She broke his heart five years ago, and he’s determined not to allow it to happen again. But one disaster after another keeps forcing them together and he’s sure Grams is behind all of it. He’s just not sure how long he can hold out without pulling Felicity into his arms and confessing that he never really got over her.
My Take:
This was a quick easy to fall into read. Grandma Phoebe might have been my favorite character. She could see what these two stubborn and heartbroken lovers couldn't—they'd never fallen out of love and needed to be together to truly be happy. All they needed was to talk and trust each other completely. There were so many fun and quirky parts to this romance thanks to Phoebe. Felicity and Aiden fight their attraction to one another valiantly and ignore their feelings and instincts out of fear of being hurt again.
It's well known that my biggest romance pet peeve is the non communication trope for keeping people apart, however, Lieske handles this very well. It's not a one time thing. It was a problem from the beginning of half communications that became a problem over time and was never corrected. This is something real. Something that does happen all the time and something relatable. I commend her for that. In the end, they both have to give and meet in the middle.
I give this a 4.5 and Clean rating.
1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure
Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no sex on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, sex is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to sex), more talk about sex, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but sex is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on screen sex
R--swearing (F bomb, on “screen” sex, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the sex and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always
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