SUMMARY:
Attorney Amee sets aside her own needs to juggle the broken pieces of her life and family until mechanic Ben repairs her heart.
Divorce attorney Amee Benton—who has an ex of her own—is pretty sure she’s a #MomFail. Showing up late on a Friday night to retrieve her car from the shop and finding the pink frosted cupcakes she forgot to leave at her daughter’s ballet camp confirms it.
When mechanic Ben Mathis confesses to stealing one of the confections and asks who is taking care of Amee, she knows he’s a unicorn—a magical, beautiful beast who surely only exists in fantasies, so she tells him just that, with an F-bomb for good measure.
Amee has three things Ben finds irresistible in a woman—brains, a family and a serious potty mouth. During a chance run-in at Ben’s own personal hell, AKA the mall, he summons the courage to ask her out. Though Amee is leery of dating a younger man and Ben is more than aware of their social gap, the two take a chance.
But Amee’s life isn’t like his. And when her ex returns and the doubting divorcée blunders, all Ben’s insecurities are piqued anew. Now, Amee must prove to Ben that his worth is much more than stand-in dad and rebound boyfriend or she’ll watch her magical unicorn gallop off into the forest forever.
Reader advisory: This book contains references to alcoholism, emotional abuse, and drunk driving resulting in a death.
Divorce attorney Amee Benton—who has an ex of her own—is pretty sure she’s a #MomFail. Showing up late on a Friday night to retrieve her car from the shop and finding the pink frosted cupcakes she forgot to leave at her daughter’s ballet camp confirms it.
When mechanic Ben Mathis confesses to stealing one of the confections and asks who is taking care of Amee, she knows he’s a unicorn—a magical, beautiful beast who surely only exists in fantasies, so she tells him just that, with an F-bomb for good measure.
Amee has three things Ben finds irresistible in a woman—brains, a family and a serious potty mouth. During a chance run-in at Ben’s own personal hell, AKA the mall, he summons the courage to ask her out. Though Amee is leery of dating a younger man and Ben is more than aware of their social gap, the two take a chance.
But Amee’s life isn’t like his. And when her ex returns and the doubting divorcée blunders, all Ben’s insecurities are piqued anew. Now, Amee must prove to Ben that his worth is much more than stand-in dad and rebound boyfriend or she’ll watch her magical unicorn gallop off into the forest forever.
Reader advisory: This book contains references to alcoholism, emotional abuse, and drunk driving resulting in a death.
BOOK REVIEW:
*****(4) out of 5 Stars!
This was a good book, pretty well written, no huge barriers to the suspension of disbelief.
Amee was not my favorite person, and she totally did not deserve Ben! He was utterly amazing! The kind of person that you could only dream of finding. How much he cared for Amee - and her kids! - just made him all the more wonderful. (And as a former single mother who found myself a gem the second time around, I can attest to how rare those are!)
Most of the secondary characters (with the obious exception of Pete) are quite delightful. Jude is probably my favorite person in the whole tale; of course, all of the central kids were darling, although the others were mostly eclipsed by Shae.
I was SO sad for Ben at some points in the story. Basically everyone in his life treated him like crap, especially Amee. She should have had to try much harder for much longer to win him back!
Definitely a good contemporary romance that I would recommend to lovers of tales about single-parent and/or unlikely pairings, especially if you don't mind quite a bit of angst on the way to the HEA. I must say, I absolutely loved the proposal! =)
I received a free eBook copy of this title from Xpresso Book Tours via NetGalley,
and have willingly provided an honest review.
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