Gail Hamilton (2)

I loved this book. Jason is a research scientist and a real nerd, who doesn’t even realize what his is missing until he falls head over heels for a woman who works at his company—and suffers when she shows absolutely no interest in him. Nancy is a botanist, working for the city parks Division, who can’t get past the first date though she desperately wants to because she spends most of the date discussing the minutia of her job and doesn’t realize how her appearance as well as her show more personality affect men. Both meet after Nancy becomes part of a clinical trial for an “attraction” chemical compound Jason’s company is developing to market. This relationship goes along smoothly and quickly until unforeseen circumstances throw a cog in the wheel. Can they salvage what they have? Do they even want to? This story is quirky and funny and quite interesting. It also move along quite nicely, never dragging, but it is only the length of a novella. Personally, I think the length is just fine. I read it in one sitting, which was good because I eagerly turned pages to see what would happen next. The author has an easy-going style that grabs the reader from the start and keeps his/her attention through the many twists and turns of the plot. I hope to read more by this author in the future. I received this to read and review from Library Thing. show less

What would Avonlea be like without Sara Stanley? The King family certainly doesn't want to find out. When Blair Stanley arrives from Montreal to take his daughter back home for good, sparks fly as he and Aunt Hetty, his old enemy, fight over her. Caught between the people she loves most, Sara decides to run away, hoping her disappearance will force them to forget their differences, and help her to make the most difficult decision of her life.

A visiting missionary's rousing tales of adventure abroad fire up Sara Stanley's imagination. With true zeal, she takes up the missionary's cause with Peter Craig, the young hired hand at Rose Cottage. As she soon discovers, though, there's more to goodness and charity than just going to church ? and it's Peter who teaches everyone that lesson.

This was a fun story about two geeks finding love. She works for the Parks Department and loves plants. She doesn't understand how her lack of care about her physical appearance impacts her dating record. He is a scientist who doesn't even realize what he's missing until he is thrown by seeing a beautiful woman at a party.

The story is pretty humorous, if not deep, and didn't get too angsty. In fact, I think it would make a wonderful 1-hour television movie as much of the humor is visual.

I show more received a free copy of the ebook in exchange for an honest review. show less