Sometimes in Love, book one
Published April 2019 by St. Martin's Press
Format Read: Physical Book I Own
(ARC won from Goodreads and then purchased own copy)
Description from Goodreads:
Cassie Crow, a pop-culture reporter for a TV talk show, is focused on becoming a “serious” journalist. But when she stumbles into a kilted Highlander with a killer accent, Cassie decides that taking one night off from work and spending it with a sexy Scot couldn’t hurt...
Logan Reid has built a career on his charm, hosting a series of off-the-wall hijinks on the Web. But when the Scottish prankster meets the all-American, equal parts intelligent and irresistible Cassie, Logan realizes that one night of fun won’t be enough. Could it be that this career-focused, commitment-phobic couple is finally ready to take a chance at true and lasting love?
My Review:
This was the delightful start to a hot, new romance series. While there are five best friends who take this once in a lifetime trip and I can definitely see how Johnson has arranged things so that each book in succession can address the relationship of one of the friends. And yet, each book (so far, I've read the first two) while including the friends group, manages to focus solely on the relationship developing with the main character for the book. Very well done.
I loved the way that this book introduced such a fun group of long-time friends, and I really loved Cassie's character. She's driven and works her butt off to better her career. And yet, she has close friends, and decides she wants a fling on the side, when she can get it. The introduction of Cassie and Logan was hilarious, sweet, hot, and totally fraught with potential disaster!! The best kind of start to this type of contemporary romance. Both Cassie and Logan distrust the relationship for their own reasons and watching the two of them overcome that was beautiful.
The book was heartfelt and emotionally tense, but also fun and playful, and HOT. I tore through this book and loved every second of it. I'm sooooooo glad this was a series starter. As I said, I've already read book two, as well, and while it wasn't the perfection of this book, it was darn close! I cannot wait to dive into book three.
Highly recommended if you're looking for a fun romance that you can curl up and read in one or two sittings... plus did I mention the kilt??
