⭐⭐⭐☆
This book is a sweet,
angst-free read filled with characters who are high on instant-appeal quotient.
Adelaide (Addie) Mercer
is a single mom with an energetic eight-year old son, Liam. After a bad
relationship and its subsequent demise, Addie moves to Camden since it offers
her a job with a salary and hours that meet her requirements. Addie’s yard
abuts that of the house behind hers which seems to be unoccupied. Except that
suddenly some sort of cage-type building starts there and seems to happen only
when she is not at home, given that neither Addie nor Liam finding anyone working
on the intriguing structure which Liam is convinced is for a bear.
Sydney (Syd) Young is a vet working with
WOW, an organisation that recues and rehabilitates wildlife. She is on call
24x7 and has no semblance of a life outside work or anything possibly
approaching regular hours. Not that she is complaining because she loves her
work. When she is called by a lady who wants to surrender a fennec fox, Sonic,
that her son unthinkingly bought, she knows finding a home for the fox is going
to be difficult. Syd falls in love with the fox and decides to be his permanent
home herself. But before getting him home, she got to build his home in her
yard.
When Sonic arrives, Liam and Addie waste
little time in going over to see exactly what animal occupies the structure
that had them guessing for so long. Crackling electricity between Addie and Syd
sparks off on sight.
Every single person (and animal) in this
one are instantly appealing. We do love the fact that Addie is described a
curvy and drips sex appeal. Her far from slim built is never something that she
is self-conscious about and it carries no weight (God! Awful pun but we couldn’t
resist) on Syd’s mad attraction for Addie. Couple of good sex scenes too in
there.
This is light, breezy, middle-of-the-path
enjoyable in sexiness and sweetness.
