Definitely love at first glimpse of the cross-stitched book cover, and also a great delight inside! While a bit overwrought in the details, I had a blast reading about Duane, his family of bearded renaissance men, and his quest to court his childhood frenemy Jess. Jess was also a great character and it was great to see a woman who wasn't willing to compromise her dreams of world travel.

As mentioned above, some of the plot details were a bit too much and made the story drag a little. There was a lot going on between the motorcycle gang, Duane's drag racing, and a drug trafficking black mail scam and found myself just wishing the story would get back to Duane and Jess sparkling chemistry. I was scared the mistaken twin trope would go on too long, but was very pleased it was mostly the "meet cute" moment for our hero and heroine.

I'll definitely be reading the rest of this series!