I just finished reading The Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe. Bought from Carina Press.
Then discovered my public library had it, oh well, it was a "coffeeshop" read and I only paid a couple dollars for it.
The story was average romance, the sex scenes made me decrease the font while I was reading on a bus and had a seat-mate,
- It was overall a pretty decent read.
I found myself liking the supporting cast better than the main two characters and here is why:
Spoiler:
Lori, the male-lead's sister, who is at home recovering from a double mastectomy, also has to deal with her long-term feelings of love for a man she had known for about 16 years. I like the man, whose feelings for her transcend sexual experience and are deep and long term and based on friendship. Despite Lori having a drastic operation he still finds her sexy because he loves her. I am glad the story spent enough time on that sub-plot because I really liked it.
The male lead was a jerk, and even his epiphanies in the end didn't make me like him much. I like how he finally connected with his nephew, but his 'happy ending proposal' in the end still seemed to be selfishly based. He changed a little, but not enough to get me to fall in love with him ;-) I suppose it would be too unbelievable for a total character transformation, so I was content nonetheless.
I liked the female lead. I liked the creative way her character was written. A bit of suspension of disbelief because I have never met an Australian person who, even after having spent time on-line and in real-life with Americans was that unfamiliar with words like "supper" and "gas". Saying her own "Aussie words" by default I can understand, but it got to be a bit tedious of a read when the first half of the book had every other paragraph with her reacting in total shock, not even being able to translate American words by context.
So there you have it. Love/hate/everything in between. Light and fluffy and I was entertained.