Blossom DuPont is engaged to Joseph Blackwell, the richest man in Vancouver. She is a very insecure about herself due to her disruptive childhood and having to live in a car with her family when they were homeless for 3 months. She has reinvented herself for Joe, what she wears, interests, faking enjoyment of camping etc. just before the last fateful meal in the restaurant when she calls the wedding off Joe is told his father has a rare form of dementia. His mind is confused and stressed and he doesn’t share the news with Blossom and makes an off the cuff the remark about doing the wedding differently. She explodes, gives the ring back and storms out.
They meet again in what should of ban their honeymoon, Hale Alana, a family friend’s house on the Big Island in Hawaii. She has travelled commercial, him a private. She is on a very strict budget, he isn’t. Joe sees the old Blossom return. Not interested in impressing him anymore he is intrigued and loves the new argumentative Blossom who keeps to a budget. They have fun and slowly all the secrets emerge, but will Joe finally revealing his father’s health woes be the final straw as she wasn’t included in a family secret even though they are almost married?
I enjoyed this book, it isn’t a highly sexed, rip their clothes off at every chance romance but a novel about two individuals rediscovering what they love about each other. Both individuals had their flaws but were essentially likeable people. Their childhoods and recent issues had shaped them and it was interesting to see how the author developed their characters. I enjoyed the background descriptions - Hawaii sounds like a beautiful place!
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New author for me - great review thanks
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