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Drew Sellers is drowning in broken dreams and empty beer bottles. Hockey
was his world, until a bum knee reduced him from superstar to has-been.
Then he learns that, thanks to a one-night-stand back in college, he’s
the father of a preteen girl with major issues. Her protective aunt sees
right through Drew’s BS, but “Auntie P” is no stereotypical spinster.
With her slender curves, toned legs, and luscious lips, she has Drew
indulging in fantasies that aren’t exactly family-friendly.
At another point in her life, Peyton Watt would have been all over a cocky alpha male who pushes all her buttons like Drew. Right now, though, she needs to focus on taking care of her niece during her sister’s health crisis, all while holding down a job and keeping her own head above water. Besides, Drew’s clearly no father of the year. He’s unemployed. He drinks too much. And he’s living in the past. But after Peyton gets a glimpse of the genuine man behind his tough-guy façade, she’s hooked—and there’s no going back.
At another point in her life, Peyton Watt would have been all over a cocky alpha male who pushes all her buttons like Drew. Right now, though, she needs to focus on taking care of her niece during her sister’s health crisis, all while holding down a job and keeping her own head above water. Besides, Drew’s clearly no father of the year. He’s unemployed. He drinks too much. And he’s living in the past. But after Peyton gets a glimpse of the genuine man behind his tough-guy façade, she’s hooked—and there’s no going back.
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: April 2017
Mature content: yes
Review: I loved reading Dancing in the Rain. It's a beautiful story (well beyond just the romance between Payton and Drew) and deserves bonus points for plot originality.
However, I'm not rating it with 5 stars because of two issues.
The first one has to do with language and sex scenes - and no, I'm not easily offended, but in this book I found that the rude language used by both main characters does not befit them. Maybe I could see it fitting in with Drew, eventually, but certainly not with Peyton - especially since she works in reputation management. Same thing with the sex scenes - they are way too graphic for what I would expect, taking into account the rest of the story and the image I had of Payton and Drew's relationship.
The second issue is more of a detail and I didn't notice it at first, but then it started to bother me. At the beginning of the book Peyton is concerned with the possibility of Drew being an alcoholic. Of course he denies it, but not only Peyton lets it go too easily, in my opinion, she also seems keen to feed him alcohol on a regular basis - a whiskey here, a glass of wine there. That's not usually how it goes when a person has such concerns about another.
This being said, it's still a good book - even if a bit sad in places.
Happy readings,
However, I'm not rating it with 5 stars because of two issues.
The first one has to do with language and sex scenes - and no, I'm not easily offended, but in this book I found that the rude language used by both main characters does not befit them. Maybe I could see it fitting in with Drew, eventually, but certainly not with Peyton - especially since she works in reputation management. Same thing with the sex scenes - they are way too graphic for what I would expect, taking into account the rest of the story and the image I had of Payton and Drew's relationship.
The second issue is more of a detail and I didn't notice it at first, but then it started to bother me. At the beginning of the book Peyton is concerned with the possibility of Drew being an alcoholic. Of course he denies it, but not only Peyton lets it go too easily, in my opinion, she also seems keen to feed him alcohol on a regular basis - a whiskey here, a glass of wine there. That's not usually how it goes when a person has such concerns about another.
This being said, it's still a good book - even if a bit sad in places.
Happy readings,
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