Incredibly well written with a depth so many books don’t have these days, full of fun, laughter, and both sexy and serious times, Down With Love is one of my favorite books of 2018. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
Sparks fly when the hot-shot divorce lawyer meets the high-powered wedding planner. The only question is, what kind?
If you ever get married, remember my name: Max Henderson. In my line of work, you acquire a certain perspective on supposedly everlasting unions. . . .
1. Pre-nups are your friend.
2. The person you married is not the person you’re divorcing.
3. And I hope you didn’t spend much on the wedding because that was one helluva waste of hard-earned cash, wasn’t it?
But some guys are willing to take a chance. Like my brother, who thinks he’s going to ride off into the sunset with the woman of his dreams in a haze of glitter on unicorns. And the wedding planner—the green-eyed beauty who makes a living convincing suckers to shell out thousands of dollars on centerpieces—is raking it in on this matrimonial monstrosity.
The thing is, Charlie Love is not unlike me. We’re both cogs in the wedding-industrial complex. As the best man, I know her game—and I can play it better than her. But after one scorching, unexpected kiss, I’m thinking I might just want to get played.
At first glance readers will think that Down With Love by Kate Meader is an opposites attract romance as the hero is a divorce attorney, a
player, and very anti-marriage and the heroine is a wedding planner, interested in finding Mr. Right and a believer in happily ever after, but there is so much more to this book and as each layer of these very complex characters is pulled away it is easy to see that they both want to find the person who wants them just the way they are and in each other they find that after a lot of verbal volleyball, intense conversations, a few misunderstandings, and a whole lot of discovery in more ways than one. I loved each and every minute of Down With Love.
Max is a man determined to be the best divorce attorney in Chicago and get his clients everything they deserve while helping them come to terms with their new reality. In a lot of ways it is easy to think of Max as a cynic in terms of relationships and love; however it is more about protecting his heart than anything. Max is loyal to a fault not only with his clients, but especially his friends and family which is why despite his instant attraction to his brother and soon to be sister in law’s wedding planner, he can’t help but be wary of everything about her.
Charlie is proud of the woman she has become since losing her mother at age 13 and shuffling through the foster care system before landing with a couple who made her want more from life. Owning her own wedding planning business and now her own home, Charlie is ready for more and that means finding a man to share her life with one that knows the real her and appreciates every facet of her personality. She’s determined to stay away from men who are bad for her and don’t have similar life goals, but she can’t deny the attraction she feels for her newest client’s brother.
From the minute these two collide there are sparks everywhere, but as they are at odds it takes a good, long while before they actually act upon it. I loved their journey, every snarky remark, the innuendo, the way they try to pretend they aren’t affected by each other, and the way they seem to end up spending time together repeatedly. This is a slow burn romance and during that time, they begin to peel away each other’s layers and see that the person underneath is intriguing and fascinating and so damn complex.
This is a busy book with a lot going on in both Max and Charlie’s families and the romance between these two could have gotten lost in the shuffle, however Ms. Meader keeps them front and center allowing them the time they need to move towards a relationship.
Incredibly well written with a depth so many books don’t have these days, full of fun, laughter, and both sexy and serious times, Down With Love is one of my favorite books of 2018.
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