This is a straightforward, unpretentious, heartwarming
romance.
Serena Evans has had a tough life what with an
unpredictable, mostly-disappearing alcoholic mother. As a result Serena had to
give up her hope for higher studies and took on the responsibility of her baby
sister working multiple jobs to provide for all three of them. Things worsened
with a girlfriend who repeated cheated on her. Now free of her girlfriend and
working in a bookshop with a boss from hell, every day is a struggle for Serena.
On a whim she buys a lottery ticket with prize money of forty-two million and forgets
about it. When the draw is announced, there’s a buzz that someone has won the money
but no one knows who. Serena has forgotten that she had bought a ticket too and
comes across her life-changing ticket when getting her clothes together for
laundry.
Gabrielle Barnes is an architect hoping to make
partner in her entirely male-skewed organisation, Arnest & Max Architecture.
Her decade of hardwork and efficiency is not unnoticed, but the senior partners
announce that they’ll see the work of Gabrielle and Tom for six months before
making their decision about which of them will make partner. Tom is given a
plum project and Gabrielle is handed a mess made by someone else to sort out
with a promise of getting the next big project that comes their way.
The next big project happens to be Serena’s Pet Posh Inn.
Gabrielle is not exactly an animal person and rather unsuited for the project,
but she got to make it rock, even when the client is all indecisive.
Serena is immediately appealing from the first time she makes
an appreance in the book. She is written with such care taking into consideration
her past and background that she becomes totally real. She is shy, somewhat
under-confident and a little fragile. She is also kind, rather brave and
definitely not a pushover. Something about Serena worms her into tender places
of the heart and nurtures her there. You celebrate her every joy.
Gabrielle, carrying her own baggage and ambition, is also
very real. She starts off pretty okay but as the relationship between her and
Serena develops and progresses she becomes more and more likeable for all the
massive effort she makes for love.
The chemistry between Serena and Gabrielle pulsates each
time they are together. The sex scenes are super-hot. Loved them.
There are quite a group of secondary (and even tertiary) characters
including wonderful friends (and some family), adorable dogs and one tiny
scene-let with a super-cute kid.
We definitely recommend this one.
⭐⭐⭐⭐★
