Another great story by Ruthie Knox.

The Roman Holiday serial by Ruthie Knox is another great romance adventure that only makes me love her stories more. If you haven’t read any of her stuff, definitely get on it. Her books have some great characters, interesting stories, and some hot/sexy stuff in them.

Ashley Bowman has been living a pretty aimless life and when she finds out that her grandmother, the woman who raised her, has passed away and sold her property (Sunnyvale) to Roman Diaz, a Miami real estate developer, she takes some drastic steps to attempt to stop him from demolishing the land. It all begins with her chaining herself to a palm tree on the property. In exchange for removing the chains, Roman agrees to take Ashley on a road trip as she believes if she can show him what the property truly means to the people that have vacationed there; she can get him to change his mind.

Roman is a fairly closed off character in the beginning. He is drawn to Ashley but is against everything she represents. He loves order and structure while she is chaos personified. As we get to know more about Roman we get to learn more about his life growing up and why he is the way he is. It is easier to be with Carmen and not worry about the fact that their relationship is what it is mostly due to convenience rather than the fact that they truly love each other. Don’t get me wrong, I do think they care for each other but they clearly don’t love each other.

As Roman and Ashley travel around and they start to learn more about each other, they realize not only are they attracted to each other but they see something in the other person that makes them want to be better and different from what they have been. There are ups and downs and as they start to face their feelings, they realize they can help each other.

I loved seeing the change in Roman’s character. He was wound so tight at the beginning of the book and by the time he and Ashley get together, he is clearly very different in both his willingness to work with Ashley as well as his appearance. As the story progresses, we see a bit of a change in Ashley too. Roman called it a quest and I think it is somewhat appropriate. She is on a mission to find out what happened with her grandmother but also find out more about herself. Seeing herself through the eyes of others, she sees that she needs to change and her relationship with Roman becomes the motivation she needs.

One thing I love about Knox’s stories, in addition to the story, is how she writes the actual romance and holy hell can she write a hot sex scene. All I can say is the scene in the Airstream and the one in the tent….both were perfect. (I know…that’s kind of mean but you definitely want to read these for yourself without me giving anything away).

I really did enjoy this serial and I loved the approach Knox took to this story. The episodes were broken up in the perfect spots. As the story builds, so do the character stories and as usual with anything Knox writes, she pulls you into the lives of these characters and won’t let you go until the story is complete. One thing I wasn’t expecting was the link to Knox’s Camelot series and it was nice to revisit some of those characters within this story. As I repeatedly say, if you haven’t read any stories by Ruthie Knox, I’m not sure what you are waiting for…get on it. She is definitely on my autobuy list and I encourage you to do the same!