BLURB:
A gorgeous former Marine with a tortured soul.
The beautiful, compassionate therapist living next door.
A meddlesome grandma determined to get them together.
From USA Today Bestselling Author Melanie Harlow comes an all new standalone romance that will make you believe in the redemptive power of love.
I was expecting a proposal on my birthday, and I got dumped instead.
How could I have been so clueless?
Grams knew exactly how to distract me.
The “cute boy next door” who’s been helping her with yard work clearly needs a little therapy. Who better to call than her newly single therapist granddaughter?
She even fakes dementia to get me to visit, and now that I’m here she’s doing everything in her power to throw us together.
Not that I’m complaining. Ryan is the sexiest man I’ve ever met--I mean the full package, from the chiseled jaw to the massive shoulders to the rippling abs. (And yes, his package is full, and he knows exactly how to deliver it.) He makes me want to get out of my head and follow my heart. He makes me want to take chances I never thought I’d take.
He also makes me want to take my clothes off. A lot.
But he’s moody and challenging--one minute he’s an open book, and the next he’s completely closed off. He holds me like he’ll never let go, but insists he wants to be alone.
Some wounds are so deep, only love can heal them.
How can I convince him to let me try?
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40541901-only-love
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My Review:
My Rating: 3 Stars
This book was broken into 3 points of view and honestly it helped make this book. Stella thinks she is going to her birthday dinner to get engaged and instead she gets dumped. Now she's wondering if she should keep playing it safe or if she will always be alone. After talking to her grandma, who decides to fake dementia, she goes decides to go spend time with her. After all her Grams pretty much used guilt to lure her in. Grams is definitely trying to play matchmaker with her granddaughter and the helpful, hot and tortured next door neighbor Ryan. Ryan is a retired Marine who tends to stay to himself, a little moody when provoked and is closed off after everything that has happened in his life. He has a lot of baggage he hasn't worked out completely. Sometimes you just need a therapist to help you understand yourself.
I felt this was a little insta-love. Everything takes place within a week and while I enjoyed the romance between Stella and Ryan I just felt things progressed too quickly. It didn't feel genuine. I still really enjoy reading most books by this author, but for me this book fell a little short.As I stated before this was a cute story, with heart, a little heat and romance. It also had humor with grams and her ways to get a man.
