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Healing Summer by Elizabeth Seckman
4.0

It's Craig Coulter's 30th birthday and what he wants least of all is the party is friend Ron throws for him. He goes off by himself, ignoring everyone, and spots a woman who catches his eye for no particular reason other than (perhaps) her vulnerability.

Mollie is on vacation in Montana and dealing with drama when one of her friends posts on her blog all about Mollie's break up and heart ache. In the post, her friend says she'll be hooking Mollie up with some guy who is suppose to be at the party. Actually...it's the birthday boy!

Their meeting is cute. I really enjoyed the two of them together. A bonus is Jack, Mollie best friend since childhood. Jack is a tough cookie who doesn't put up with BS, and she knows just what to say every time. Her dialogue was genius. Whenever Jack was around, the story was that much more enjoyable. I liked the main characters, but Jack and Ron did overshadow them.

What starts is a sweet love story and then things go wrong quickly with several misunderstandings that happened shocked me.

**spoiler** And, I have to be honest, the things Craig says at this point made me so angry. I wouldn't have forgiven him so easily. And the misunderstandings aren't explained when the two declare their love again. Everything is explained afterward, which didn't quite make sense to me. **end spoiler** That was the only thing that bothered me. Otherwise, this is a great romance!

Elizabeth knows how to create multi-dimensional character with clever dialogue.