Published: May
2, 2017
ISBN:
978-1455595549
Genre: Contemporary
Romances, Chik Lit, Women’s Fiction
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
FIVE HEARTS
Jane Smith has always been a good girl. Quiet, shy, withdrawn and a tad morose. So intent to please her family she became a
dentist and into practice with her father. But he’s not really her father. Oh,
it’s nothing nefarious…Jane was adopted and despite her best efforts and those
of her adoptive mother, she’s never fit in. At least she didn’t think so. She just
went along to get along and kept to a logical, practical and safe routine. And
then one day, just before her twenty-fifth birthday she had a meltdown. Not
your every day sit down and cry. No, this was something more, much more.
Instead she books a trip to Santorini, Greece. By herself. Determined to find her father,
her birth father. All she knows about him is he is Greek and his name is
Dimitri. She flips through one of the airline travel magazines on the way from
South Africa to Greece and finds herself not just studying a totally hot model
in an ad…she ends up having a very, very steamy dream about him. And true to
the way things happen in Jane’s life, when she lands in Santorini, who should
be at the airport to pick her up but the very male model she’s already had some
very, very erotic fantasies about. A not only is he there to drive her to her
hotel, he’s determined to show her Santorini—to show her the island home he
loves. And in an even more wicked twist
of fate, his name is Dimitri. And not
only his name Dimitri…it seems that Dimitris are all over Santorini. Determined not to repeat what she sees as her
birth mother’s mistake, Jane fights her growing attraction for the tour guide/model
who is determined to be there for her.
Step by step, bit by bit, Dimitri finds his way into Jane’s
heart. So much so they open their hearts and admit their love for each other.
But Dimitri makes one misstep, one that sends Jane fleeing back to South
Africa. Can she find a way to forgive what he’s done?
It’s not unusual for me to mention a current read to my friends
and on occasion say, yeah, you’d like this one.
Rarely though do I tell pretty much everyone I know “You’ve got to read
this one.” Jo Watson’s FINDING YOU is
one of those books I’ve just had to tell everyone about and recommend. FINDING
YOU pretty much has something for everyone.
There are parts that I not only laughed out loud, but laughed hard
enough that I got tears in my eyes. Watson has a wonderful sit that comes
through in her characters.
There are parts where you ache for Jane and when the truth of
Dimitri’s actions come out, you want to shake her and tell her to give him
another chance because you feel his pain. Her story is moving from start to
finish.
Watson takes you into the streets of Santorini and paints such a
vivid picture of the island you feel you are there…and want to journey there to
see for yourself. And Jane’s friends add some wonderful insights and comedic
elements to the story.
I read the first book in this series, BURNING MOON, and wasn’t
impressed. I felt that the characters
did nothing but complain and ruminate about how unfair life was. I didn’t see
any of the humor I saw in FINDING YOU, nor the wonderful connections between
the characters. I took a pass on reading book 2, ALMOST A BRIDE and reluctantly
started FINDING YOU. I am so glad I
picked FINDING YOU up. It is one of those books that you start and you just can’t
put it down until the end. And, when I was done I went back and read certain
parts over because they were just so good. I’ll be going back and reading
ALMOST A BRIDE but I have to admit it’s Stormy’s story I really can’t wait to
read next. Hopefully that one will be on
its way soon.
FINDING YOU is definitely one to put on the top of your must
read list.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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