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Gabby Langdon has always tried to make people happy. She even
went to law school to please her father, and now she's a highly
successful-albeit bored-attorney. But Gabby secretly dreams of being a
writer, so for once she does something for herself-she signs up for a
writing class taught by best-selling novelist Caden Marshall. There's
only one problem: her brooding, sexy professor is a distraction she
can't afford if she's finally going to get the life she truly wants.
Recently
divorced and suffering from the world's worst case of writer's block,
Caden is in Angel Falls to get his life back on track. He's focused on
teaching and providing a stable and loving home for his young daughter,
Ava. The last thing he needs is to jeopardize his new job, which means
keeping plenty of distance between himself and his talented new
student-no matter how tempted he is by Gabby's beauty, kind heart, or
the sparks that fly whenever they're together.
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: January 2019
Mature content: yes
Review: At the risk of offending everyone who gave this book raving reviews on Amazon, I'm going to be the oddball here and say I really didn't like it that much. It started out well, Cade and Gabby make a great pair and their attraction is off the charts.
For me, however, the turning point came when Cade barged in on a date between Gabby and another man. Granted, he was jealous and wanted to apologize for a few things he shouldn't have said before - but his intervention was rude and out of line. Worse, he used his daughter as an excuse to interrupt Gabby. Their conversation should have been private, not public and not while she was with someone else - it doesn't matter who it was and what she was doing. She was there by choice and he had no right to interfere. That Gabby got up to talk to Cade and, worse, was actually elated when her date left and she could go shopping with Cade and Ava, sadly, doesn't make her gain many points in my book either.
After that episode, I started to see the story and the characters with other eyes. In several scenes Cade comes off as the type of controlling personality that thinks he can boss everyone around and then get away with it with an excuse, a kiss or sex. And Gabby, bottom line, is someone who's let herself be pushed all her life, and Cade is just pushing her in his own way. She went to law school because her father wanted her to, became an attorney for the same reason and is now a partner at a law firm even if she doesn't like it or want it - at this point, however, I was a bit jealous. In all the book, the only time we see Gabby work, or even in work clothes, is in the first few pages. All other times she's relaxing, biking around town, taking classes, etc. I sure wish my day job left me with so much free time...
The second part of the book is mostly Cade doing or saying something wrong, and then making up with Gabby. And she takes him back all those times. Unfortunately, in real life this sort of unbalanced relationship rarely tends to last, and so even the happy ending did not convince me.
I've read other books by Miranda Liasson and loved them, but this one, sadly, didn't work for me.
Happy readings,
For me, however, the turning point came when Cade barged in on a date between Gabby and another man. Granted, he was jealous and wanted to apologize for a few things he shouldn't have said before - but his intervention was rude and out of line. Worse, he used his daughter as an excuse to interrupt Gabby. Their conversation should have been private, not public and not while she was with someone else - it doesn't matter who it was and what she was doing. She was there by choice and he had no right to interfere. That Gabby got up to talk to Cade and, worse, was actually elated when her date left and she could go shopping with Cade and Ava, sadly, doesn't make her gain many points in my book either.
After that episode, I started to see the story and the characters with other eyes. In several scenes Cade comes off as the type of controlling personality that thinks he can boss everyone around and then get away with it with an excuse, a kiss or sex. And Gabby, bottom line, is someone who's let herself be pushed all her life, and Cade is just pushing her in his own way. She went to law school because her father wanted her to, became an attorney for the same reason and is now a partner at a law firm even if she doesn't like it or want it - at this point, however, I was a bit jealous. In all the book, the only time we see Gabby work, or even in work clothes, is in the first few pages. All other times she's relaxing, biking around town, taking classes, etc. I sure wish my day job left me with so much free time...
The second part of the book is mostly Cade doing or saying something wrong, and then making up with Gabby. And she takes him back all those times. Unfortunately, in real life this sort of unbalanced relationship rarely tends to last, and so even the happy ending did not convince me.
I've read other books by Miranda Liasson and loved them, but this one, sadly, didn't work for me.
Happy readings,
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