While Rafe was a perfectly pleasant novel the complete lack of conflict throughout the majority of the story made it a pretty boring read. Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny follows (you guessed it) buff male nanny Rafe as he integrates into the Copeland family. Cardiologist and single mom Sloan after being abruptly dropped by her live-in nanny hires Rafe to take care of her twins and the two fall for each other instantly.

Honestly, there's nothing more to say about Rafe and that's the problem. This book has almost no conflict. The book hints at potential problems but ultimately never allows itself to linger on them or their impact on Sloan and Rafe's relationship. Even a major dust-up with Sloan's ex-husband resolves itself in paragraphs with no lasting impact on the two.

Rafe and Sloan as characters don't have much depth to them either. While Weatherspoon tells us about their histories none of that informs their relationship in any significant way. Their relationship in general wasn't all that interesting, to be honest. Their connection is built primarily on sexual attraction (a major bugbear for me in romances) and it never feels like the two connect on an emotional level. I prefer romances that see our protagonists grow together but because Weatherspoon never allows for any tension to build between the two they're never forced to grow and change. This made it pretty difficult to be emotionally invested in these two's relationship

Again, there's not much more to say about Rafe than it was just kinda boring. Innofessive but sorely lacking in the wider complexity I like in a romance. If you're looking for scenes of domesticity and lots of sex the book delivers but there's not much intrigue to the story.