From Goodreads:
While searching for his missing aunt, a British entrepreneur unearths family secrets and discovers the key to opening his heart.
Years ago, in Canada, Sally was kidnapped as a young teen.
Decades later, it’s vital that British Owen Fleming find Aunt Sally before her younger sister (Owen's aunt) dies. He’s willing to move heaven and earth to locate the mysterious woman.
Why? Sally's sister urgently needs to tell her something of great import that only she knows.
Owen hopes to find Sally and return to England in time to save his floundering company. The last complication he needs is a long-distance romance.
But the enchanting, impetuous Ginny Thompson won’t give up. After the hot Brit saves her from disaster on the freeway, she insists on repaying the favor. Owen Paul Fleming is everything she wants in a man. There’s only one problem--he returns to Britain in a few days. With the loss of her job and her father crippled in an accident, Ginny already has plenty to contend with - never mind figuring out how to snag this mysterious man.
The challenges and adventures ramp up when she leaves her hometown and heads to Vancouver, Canada, to join Owen in pursuit of Sally, a stranger he's never met.
My Take:
I really wanted to like this book, and it has lots of good things going for it, but I have mixed feelings all in all. First, the writing is good. There weren't any glaring typos or issues there. The pacing is good, continually moving forward with events and situations to keep the story going. Both characters are likable, and I was able to finish the book. However, the story fell a short for me in two places. The characters' personalities seemed to be all over the place. A lot of what they said, did, and thought didn't make any sense and then would change for no reason. Because of this, I never "felt" their connection to each other. I really want to feel that connection in a romance.
There were also some instances where the author didn't seem to know what she said earlier. For instance, at one point, Ginny and Owen call the police to help his aunt. Owen clearly tells the police that his aunt is in the apartment and to please proceed with caution. A few pages later, he's arrested because their background check on him shows he's related to one of the accused.
All in all, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't the best book I've read either. I give it a 3.5 and a 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 intimacy on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, intimacy is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to intimacy), more talk about intimacy, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but intimacy is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on-screen intimacy
R--swearing (F-bomb, on “screen” intimacy, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the intimacy and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always
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