I was prepared to feel pretty snarky about it, but found it to be really good. I mean, to afford to just fly off to the South Seas to scatter the beloved husband's ashes and get swamped by a Hollywood idol? But it turned out to be well done and a really lovely escape read that I recommend wholeheartedly!
Probably the best reason for my own enjoyment is that I have the audio interpretation by Valerie Gilbert who always adds so much to a book's characters. ( )

It's refreshing to read a story about a woman who is confident in herself. It's tiresome to always read about girls who are insecure and timid. ( )

This book was unexpectedly good. I was shocked at how much I enjoyed this story.

It begins with a mother, losing her husband and having to come to grips with his passing. She believes she needs closure after, barely making it mentally with his death. She receives the aid of her children, just to survive the first year.
While trying to deal with her grief and much needed closure she meets a man, who is intrusive, infuriating, and famous.

The story is about grief, renewal, passion, lust, change, growth, strength, and second chances.

I read this book because it was recommended by Amazon. I was shocked at the suggestion. I read the review on Goodreads and the reviews were great and I am glad I gave this book a chance.

Lastly, do not judge a book by it's cover, though alluring to some, I do not see how it has anything to do with the book itself; unless it is depicting sensuality.
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Reviewed by: Amy P
Book provided by: Author
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book

There is one thing that all good books need: conflict. Without conflict, a story becomes dull. What point is there in turning the pages? What is there to keep us reading? In the absence of conflict, we at least better have dynamic, magnetic characters.

In the case of this book, there is very little conflict – and what there is is quickly dispensed with – and the characters, while interesting and entertaining, are not all that dynamic or magnetic. Yet … I did enjoy the book, even if it occasionally bored me.

Tess and Tom make for a different kind of couple, if for no other reason than they’re both middle aged. She’s a forty-four-year-old mother of three grown children (she got married at nineteen), and he’s a forty-nine-year-old hot movie star. These two are at a point in their lives that is not exactly synonymous with “hot sex.” But, boy, do they have some hot sex, international style. They visit Bora Bora, Italy, Greece, California, Colorado, and Las Vegas. They rock the headboard with gusto. Not that the love making is explicit; it really isn’t, at least not on an erotica scale, although these two certainly are prolific.

Beverly Preston creates interesting, if not intriguing or compelling, characters in Tess and Tom. We root for them to be together, because they become the people they want to be as they become a couple. It’s nice, and it’s hopeful and that, in essence, is this book. It’s nice. It has some hot love scenes, and two likable characters, so even if it doesn’t have any conflict, it’s still a pleasant read. ( )