Title: Someone Like You
Author: Karen Rock
Publisher: Harlequin (Heartwarming)
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Synopsis:
You can't program love…or can you?
Kayleigh Renshaw has come up with the idea for a brilliant "compatibility app," a new kind of matchmaking software. All she needs is a programmer to help her bring the idea to market…and she knows exactly who she wants.
But Niall Walsh—a code whiz and her former best friend—has been avoiding her since he returned from Afghanistan. In spite of their history, and some sparks that go beyond friendship, he's proving reluctant….
Is it her, or is something darker holding him back?
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Someone Like You is a sweet novel about 2 characters who rediscovered themselves through their love.
It’s a pure romance novel with funny moments. Moreover, it features the consequences of war; consequences affecting the soldiers’ families and also consequences affecting the soldiers themselves.
It also speaks about how people view themselves. Kayleigh is a woman who has suffered from grief. A woman who takes care of everyone she loves. A woman who was betrayed and hurt by her fiancee. A woman who never really got to see her true self. A woman who only saw what her delusional arrogant asshole fiance saw. Niall suffers from survivors guilt and guilt in general. He doesn’t see himself as a hero or as a good man. He sees himself as a cruel, grumpy, anti-social man who has nothing to offer to anyone.
Kayleigh uses that betrayal to prove to everyone that she’s not weak and she can make it on her own! Niall’s wake up call is when he is really left alone. That’s when he realizes that he doesn’t want to be alone. He doesn’t deserve to be alone! They meet again after all those years, they fall in love with each other once more and they discover themselves. They rely on each other and they learn to see themselves as the other does.
It’s a really beautiful story, well written with wonderful characters.
The only reason why I don’t rate it with 5 stars is the lack of intensity. I wanted something stronger, a highlight of some sort. I honestly enjoyed the book very much, but it didn’t have that spicy something. It is a good book, just not an extraordinary.
So, 4 Gorgeous Stars go to Someone Like You!!!
Excerpt:
“I don’t need to be around other people,” he said drily, his gaze never leaving hers. “Except you.”
Heated blood rushed through her. That was treacherous thinking—for both of them. “But if you used the app, you’d find the right girlfriend. Want to be with her. You can’t waste your time on someone like me. I’ll never be more than a friend.”
He closed the distance between them in one stride and eyed her. “Sure about that?”
And suddenly, he pulled her into his arms, his strong body enfolding her. His lips lowered then paused, his heated eyes questioning. Was he waiting for her to refuse him?
Her bones melted against him, and her resolve to keep things professional crumbled. She wanted this kiss as badly as she’d ever wanted anything. She stretched up on her tiptoes and heard him groan as his lips swept down and captured hers, the caress as feather soft as the dragonfly’s wings.
He pulled the band around her bun loose, and her hair tumbled down her back, his hands burying themselves in it. When he deepened their kiss, his mouth slanting firmly against hers, her skin heated. Their hearts pounded together, and she breathed in his minty breath, tasting the strawberries they’d eaten earlier. Wanting him closer, she traced his bunching back muscles, loving their hardness and strength.
When his lips left hers and traveled along her jaw, she fitted herself against him closer still, needing to feel all of him. As his lips slid along her earlobe then down her neck, the world tilted and spun madly in the wrong direction.
She cupped his face and brought it back to hers, wanting his mouth again, the caress deepening into a demanding kiss that left her breathless and clutching on to his shoulders when her knees weakened.
At last he stopped, and they stared at each other, chests heaving, breath coming in fits and starts.
“Still sure?” he murmured, his eyes searching hers. Struck dumb, she nodded automatically, her gesture making him scowl, disappointment in his eyes. When he strode out of the pavilion, her fingers traced her swollen lips
How had she let that happen?
About the author:
Karen Rock is an award-winning YA and adult contemporary author. She holds a master’s degree in English and worked as an ELA instructor before becoming a full-time author. With her co-author, Joanne Rock, she’s penned the CAMP BOYFRIEND series with Spencer Hill Press under the pseudonym J.K. Rock. She also writes contemporary romance for Harlequin Enterprises. Her wholesome romance, Heartwarming novels have won the 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and the 2014 Golden Quill Contest. When she's not writing, Karen loves scouring estate sales for vintage books, cooking her grandmother's family recipes and hiking. She lives in the Adirondack Mountain region with her husband, daughter, and two Cavalier King cocker spaniels who have yet to understand the concept of "fetch" though they know a lot about love.
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