Love Repaired

This one didn't do it for me. I will admit that I am more of a fan of historical romance than contemporary, though I have been reading more modern romances this year. As swearing is often nonexistent or very minimal in historicals, I'm often surprised at the level of profanity in many of these contemporary romances. I know the blurb did warn about it, but the story sounded interesting enough that I thought I'd give it a try. However, the constant f-bombs and other crude words overwhelmed what could have been an interesting story about an overstressed mom and a hot younger man.

I enjoyed this fun romance story. Amee is a divorced mom of two, raising the girls on her own since Dad went to jail. Ben is a mechanic involved with lots of family drama. Can two overwhelmed people get past their complex situations and have a chance at love together? I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Three and a half stars. Amee is a divorce lawyer and is herself a divorced mother of two daughters. Shortly after her divorce her husband drove drunk and killed a man, now he's in prison. Now she feels like she is carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Matters peak when she collects her car from the mechanic at the end of the day only to find the cupcakes she was supposed to give to her daughter's ballet camp are sitting on the passenger seat where she left them first thing in the morning. Ben is the young, ripped mechanic who fixed Amee's car, he also ate one of the cupcakes - hey they looked amazing and Fridays are his cheat day when he can eat carbs. Amee can't believe this gorgeous guy is so kind, cares for his nephew, listens so well and sympathises with her, so much so that she nicknames him a unicorn (trust me that gets old really fast) and Ben nicknames her cupcake. But aside from rampant lust can there be anything real between them given their age, income, professional and educational differences? Ben doesn't want this to be just a one-night stand, he's over that, he's looking for a wife and a family and he won't settle for less so he refuses to give into their animal attraction, forcing Amee to woo him. This was a cute romantic comedy. There was a little too much repetition of unicorn and cupcake for my tastes and most of the female characters seemed a little overdrawn, too loud, too potty-mouthed, failing at life. Now while it's refreshing to have a wealthy successful professional career woman who is also a successful mother be the heroine in a novel, it did feel like she was the one who did everything wrong and Ben was (I'm gonna go there) the Unicorn that could do nothing wrong. It seems like sometimes women just don't want other women to have it all. Anyway, it's way early in the morning and this is straying wilding off-topic. The star of this book is the cutest moppet ever, Amee's youngest daughter Shae, she deserves a star all to herself, with a vocabulary beyond her years and her huge collection of dolls she is a delight on the page. If you love an opposites attract, tables are turned romance then this is the one for you. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.