Lessons in Heartbreak by Karla SorensenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ruby is a small town librarian. As an only child, from a young age she was always the responsible one, the one who stayed home at weekends, always handed her homework in on time, commuted to college, never had a one-night stand. After a massive health scare she has resigned herself to living alone but lately she has felt as though she is missing out on something ... not love, marriage, and children but at least some sort of love affair at least. Her best friend Lauren (who is one of those obnoxious BFFs that seem only to exist in romantic comedy novels) is trying to force Ruby out of her comfort zone (because a huge dildo as a birthday present is 100% the way to gently ease someone into trying romance LOL) and persuades her to try an escort service.
Griffin King is a pro football player, after speaking rather too candidly to a journalist about his feelings for his twin brother Barrett (who is a football coach) his agent has sent him to spend a few weeks away from the spotlight at his house in Welling Springs, Colorado before the announcement that he has signed for Denver. Griffin and Barrett were always rivals, something their father encouraged, but they fell into good boy/bad boy stereotypes, Barrett was always (like Ruby) the one who worked hard, studied hard, listened to the coaches and his teachers, while Griffin played hard and leant into every stereotype of the college football hero.
Griffin and Barrett used to live next door to Ruby as children, until her family moved away. Bored of being stuck in a mansion alone, he wanders into the local coffee shop where Ruby has arranged to meet her escort. Griffin is dressed the same way as her escort and Ruby jumps to wrong conclusion, particularly because Griffin recognises her and greets her by name.
However, once the snafu is revealed Ruby decides that she feels more comfortable with Griffin that with the escort she chose and asked Griffin to teach her the ways of seduction. He's only in town for a few weeks so it is perfect for both of them.
Navigating the code words for romance novels is a nightmare. The latest one is 'spicy' which, based on this book, I would guess means a cosy small-town romance with a few smexy scenes but nothing raunchy.
Anyway, I liked this, nothing earth-shatteringly different but everything was well done and a fun read.
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