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    Meant to Be by Nan Reinhardt

    written by Dísir
    Meant to Be by Nan ReinhardtMeant to Be by Nan Reinhardt
    Series: Four Irish Brothers Winery #2
    Published by Tule Publishing on July 18th 2019
    Pages: 193
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    two-stars

    Best friends since grade school, high-powered Chicago attorney, Sean Flaherty, and small-town mayor Megan Mackenzie have always shared a special bond. When Sean is shot by a client’s angry ex, Megan rushes to his side, terrified she’s about to lose her long-time confidant.

    Upon his return to River’s Edge to recuperate, Sean discovers that his feelings for his pal have taken an undeniable turn for the romantic. While Megan struggles with an unfamiliar longing for Sean, she worries that he may be mistaking a safe place to land for love.

    Can Sean help her realize that they are truly meant to be so much more than friends?

    Scepticism is generally what I battle with the friends-to-lovers thing and ‘Meant to be’ was another cautious attempt at trying to see if this is a trope that will sit well this time around.

    Not quite so, unfortunately.

    Sean and Megan are lifelong best friends, separated by distance until an accident brings him home, though it suddenly seems as if Sean is now looking at the small town’s mayor with fresh eyes while the latter thinks that she’d aways unconsciously compared all her dates to him. It would have been well and good, had I read a version in which Sean and Megan were actively making their way back to each other as well, in the intervening years.

    Perhaps it’s due to the lack of build-up as well that I couldn’t understand how their friendship turned into romance only now, like a switch had been suddenly flipped in Sean’s mind and he suddenly saw Megan as a woman that he loved only after his life faced an upheaval, which immediately went flush into a proposal. What gave? In fact, Megan’s argument about her being the safe choice after his chaotic run in Chicago made sense and whatever Sean did to counter that just wasn’t convincing enough to overcome that particular hurdle she threw his way. And if they’d always wanted each other unconsciously, would it really have taken them decades to realise it?

    This far into the series, the parade from characters from previous books could be bewildering, not having read any of their stories. I was flummoxed at the number of group scenes and the characters whose history I knew nothing about. The focus that I felt should have been on the main pairing was spent on secondary characters and their activities instead—Megan actually dated someone different for a third of the book—, eclipsing a tentative, growing romance which disappointingly fizzled to embers by the end.

    two-stars
    Meant to Be by Nan Reinhardt was last modified: June 20th, 2019 by Dísir
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    Flirting with Disaster by Jane Graves

    by Dísir 29th April 2019

    Flirting with Disaster by Jane Graves Series: The DeMarco Family #3 Published by Tule Publishing on 16 April 2019 Pages: 438 Buy on Amazon Goodreads He was the man she…

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    You Send Me by Jeannie Moon

    by Dísir 27th May 2018

    You Send Me by Jeannie Moon Series: Compass Cove, #2 Published by Tule Publishing on 29th May 2018 Pages: 224 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Jordan Velsor didn’t want to need…

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    Top Shelf by Shelli Stevens

    by Dísir 17th April 2018

    Top Shelf by Shelli Stevens Published by Tule Publishing on April 17th 2018 Pages: 156 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Burned in the past, Navy chief Brett Craven has sworn off…

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    Recipe for Disaster by Tracy Solheim

    by Dísir 30th March 2018

    Recipe for Disaster by Tracy Solheim Series: Men of the Secret Service #1 Published by Tule Publishing on May 7th 2018 Pages: 237 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Secret Service Agent…

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    Take a Chance on Me by Jane Porter

    by Dísir 8th March 2018

    Take a Chance on Me by Jane Porter Series: Love on Chance Avenue, #3 Published by Tule Publishing on March 18th 2018 Pages: 146 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Savvy stylist…

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    No Saint by Mallory Kane

    by Dísir 23rd January 2018

    No Saint by Mallory Kane Series: Louisiana Lawmen #2 Published by Tule Publishing on January 29th 2018 Pages: 227 Buy on Amazon Goodreads New Orleans Police Detective Rick Easterling is…

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