Thank you so much to Harlequin for the advance copy of this! 
Thank you so much to Harlequin 

As you may know I am a huge fan of Timothy and his writing and I was super excited to learn that he was writing a burly man character! I am an advocate of all size characters in books but I feel like bigger men are lacking in representation. I thought Timothy did a great job with describing Ethan's body size and also not making him ashamed of his body. He was authentically himself and aware that he is a bigger size. I also love that he made Ethan a divorcee bisexual with a teenager! I was happy to see that Janovsky explored that aspect to his writing as in his prior books they are usually young, childless and still figuring themselves out. Taylor is a little bit younger than Ethan and still trying to decide if he always wants to be an assistant or if he longs for more.  

Normally I love the chemistry Janovsky creates between his characters but for this one something was off. I am not sure why I didn't feel the spark between them. I normally don't have an issue with insta lust/love but for this it might have felt too rushed? I can't pinpoint it. I rolled with it though and the two were cute together. I know they both felt like it was a forbidden attraction as Taylor is the assistant to Ethan's ex wife. I thought the way Janovsky wrote that revelation and resolution was really well done. 

I thought the premise of the book and the setting of the story was very charming! I love the idea of having this story book setting where couples can live out this fantasy that you only see in movies. I like that we get to see Ethan attempt to have this new relationship as he really hadn't since his divorce. Starting over can be intimidating but he and Taylor (as mentioned above) were attracted together from the start. 

I really wanted to love this one more and it had such potential. Perhaps I needed more time with the characters to get to know them both separately and then together for me to love them more. 

3.5