3 Smooches
Synopsis
“Damn my father and damn this trip. He died and left his affairs in a mess for me to settle. If I return to my hometown, I know the inevitable will happen. I’ll run into Lauren Mitchell! When someone blasts a hole on your heart, like Lauren did to me, it tends to stay open and seeing her again will not ease the pain.”
Aedyn Dell Cumberland left his small hometown after watching his mother pass away in the hospital the night of his high school graduation. In the years to follow he distanced himself completely from the small town and was transformed from a member of the geek squad to a handsome and successful businessman.
When he finally returns to attend his father’s funeral, he runs into his high school crush, Lauren Mitchel. Old feelings he’d wanted to be left buried are stirred up until he learns about Lauren’s short-tempered boyfriend.
Can a couple miss their destiny the first time, and then get another chance at it? Or will Aedyn’s heart remain a puppet for which Lauren holds the strings?
Don’t miss the latest erotic romance, Flirting with Destiny: Aedyn Book 1, by New York Times Bestselling author, Eve Carter.
Review
Aedyn Cumberland is a gorgeous successful businessman. But he wasn’t always gorgeous. In high school, he was the smarty nerdy boy that Lauren Mitchell never gave a second glance to. With the passing of his father, Aedyn has to return to the town he despises. Will he be able to go into town and get out fast or will running into his crush change everything?
As a new reader of Eve Carter, I can’t say the writing style was bad. It was good, no errors and it flowed just fine. I liked that both point of views were given, so that was a plus. What I couldn’t connect with were the characters. To me they were lukewarm and mediocre. No definite age was specified, and if it wasn’t for the references of jobs/companies, I would have thought their actions were that of teenagers. It took me a while to get through this book for that reason.
Aedyn is very driven by his past, that of his father and of Lauren. He talks of how she “blasts a hole” in his heart. And I guess it’s because she ignored him in high school? So Chip is Lauren’s boyfriend, he is totally not a like-able character. And the author has build him as so. He treats Lauren like crap and his very self-absorbed. His image is his priority. Now Lauren is the female lead that I wanted to like. And my reason is, she was the popular head cheerleader, I wanted to see more remorse for her social status climbing ways. It just didn’t deliver, she has mentioned her beauty routine, her availability to money, her life choices. All this made me detach myself from her character.
Beware that the story does end in a small cliffhanger. So a book 2, Flirting with Desire, will be out soon. I would recommend this book in hopes that others can prove me wrong and say “Sarah, I loved it! What’s wrong with you!” If I am able to review book 2, I hope I will feel differently. At this time, my rating is 3 smooches.
Sarah
