3 Stars from me.

This is book two in the series Accidental Love.

Emily is still grieving for her husband after 4 years. Her brother Mac sends her to Maui to take a break and have some fun. There she meets Drew, who is a widower with two small children. But they agree to not share anything about their personal lives. They spend a magical week together and both are sad when it came to an end. Drew wanted to continue their relationship, but Emily was leery and didn’t want to borrow trouble.

Unexpectedly, Drew turned out to be the contractor who was going to do the renovation work on Emily and her law partner’s new office. They reconnect, but pretty soon all their deliberate omissions catch up with them. Both have to deal with some very tough emotions, especially after Emily finds out she’s pregnant.

I liked Drew a lot, Emily was a bit harder to warm up to. Drew had some issues of his own, but he was willing to move on and take a risk. Emily was still stuck in the past and her feelings of guilt concerning her dead husband. She had a lot of moments of self-flagellation and self pity.

It was a fun read and Drew’s kids were great. Emily did manage to look past her insecurities to give Drew a chance. I still feel that Drew had a better story arc in terms of coming to grips with his problems and growing as a person.

I received an advanced copy of the book from Netgalley to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Was I hooked by this book? Yeah, not completely though.

Genre: Contemporary Romance