Can
Kyra and Dax let go so easily—or has love become a preexisting condition?
SUDDENLY ENGAGED
Lake Haven #3
Julia London
Releasing July 25, 2017
Montlake
Single
mother Kyra Kokinos spends her days waiting tables, her nights working on her
real estate license, and every spare moment with her precocious six-year-old
daughter, Ruby—especially when Ruby won’t stop pestering their grumpy next-door
neighbor. At first glance, Dax Bishop seems like the kind of gruff, solitary
guy who’d be unlikely to offer a cup of sugar, let alone a marriage proposal.
But that’s exactly what happens when Ruby needs life-saving surgery.
Dax showed
up in East Beach a year ago, fresh from a painful divorce and looking for a
place where he could make furniture and avoid people. Suddenly his life is
invaded by an inquisitive munchkin in sparkly cowboy boots—and her frazzled,
too-tempting mother. So he presents a practical plan: his insurance will help
Ruby, and then they can divorce—zero strings attached.
But soon
Kyra and Dax find their engagement of convenience is simple in name only. As
their attraction deepens, a figure from the past reappears, offering a way out.
Can Kyra and Dax let go so easily—or has love become a preexisting condition?
I enjoyed this title overall. I liked Kyra and I thought Ruby, her
daughter, was adorable.
Dax, well, he was a little grumpy, but with everything going
on in his life with his ex, this was understandable, I think anyone would be
little grumpy.
There was a lot going on in this book, with the grumpy
neighbor, the things Dax was dealing with, the things Kyra was dealing with,
and then Ruby’s illness. In a lot of
ways, it made for a full story.
Unfortunately, at times this fullness of the story left me feeling like
there was just too much going on. I
know, life can be like this and things come at you all at once, but for me this
took away a little from the story.
Overall, you like the main characters, they are relateable,
and even though all sorts of things are happening, they don’t turn into tragic
characters, which I did like. The happy
ending they reach was well-deserved for all involved, and I did enjoy the
journey of this title.
I do recommend this book.
Julia
London is
the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers
Weekly bestselling author of more than forty romance novels. Her
historical titles include the popular Desperate Debutantes series, the Cabot
Sisters series, and the Highland Grooms series. Her contemporary works include
the Lake Haven series, the Pine River series, and the Cedar Springs series. She
has won the RT Book Club Award for Best Historical Romance and has been a
six-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award for excellence in romantic
fiction. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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