This was my second Lauren Dane book and I am so glad that I decided to give her work another go after not loving the first book that I read from her.
This is book 2 in the Brown Sibling series.
This is the publisher's summary "Brody Brown has always been responsible for others. After his parents’ deaths, he gave up a promising artistic career to care for his younger brother and sister. Now, with his siblings grown, Brody owns his own business, has a nice house, makes a decent living, and he’s finally on his own.
Elise Sorenson has come to Seattle with her young daughter to find peace. After years as a world-famous ballerina—and just as many years in a marriage gone bad—she’s looking for neither love nor attention. But she finds both when a handsome, honest man befriends her with no strings attached.
More than friends, Brody and Elise discover in each other what they need—wild, physical passion without commitment. But it’ll take a shadow from Elise’s past to make them look beyond what they need—to what they truly desire."
The summary is actually a really good one. What it says is what the story is about. There are not a lot of surprises or twists here. It's just a good old love story. They are an unlikely couple, but love has doesn't have boundaries or "types" and these two fall in love in a way that is so complete and real that you will spend the whole book cheering for them, rooting them on and feeling their ups and downs almost as keenly as they do.
These two don't play games with each other--which is very refreshing. Because neither of them expected to actually find the love of their life when they begin getting to know each other, it takes some adjusting before they are sailing smoothly, but there are no pointless misunderstandings and unnecessary separations. This was a very solid read and I am looking forward to the rest of the series!
