Island Vacations + Fake Relationships = Great Read!
Sara Vance is different from the rest of her family. Her parents and siblings are all successful in various medical fields, while she is a social media influencer whose closest venture into medicine was when she dressed as a sexy nurse in college for a sorority party. Their differences have always made her feel like the odd one out, something she has struggled with since college. But now she's been called to Key West for a week-long vacation, so the family can reconnect and relax together as her mother recovers from recent chemo treatments. Upon landing in Florida, the vacation immediately gets off to a rocky start when Sara's boyfriend calls to tell her he won't make it and their relationship isn't working out. Concerned that showing up without the boyfriend (sort of fiancé, as she exaggerated to her family) could stress out her mom and make Sara feel once again like the odd one out, Sara seeks the aid of the hunky firefighter she meets at the airport.
Luis Navarro has just been given mandated time off from his firefighter duties when he meets Sara. Known as "Saint Navarro" on the island, he crazily agrees to be her pretend boyfriend for her family vacation.
Though it starts out pretend, Luis and Sara's relationship starts to turn into something very real as they get to know each other over the course of the next few days. Can they both move on from the baggage of their previous relationships to embrace this new island affair?
I'm a sucker for fake-relationship tropes, so I knew I had to give this one a shot. It did not disappoint. I liked that this wasn't a typical "chick-lit" story and that each character had a little bit of history and baggage in their lives that they each had to deal with. Trigger warning - Sara is recovering from an eating disorder and it comes up quite a bit throughout the book.
I think my only negative about this book is that there were quite a few phrases and lines in Spanish along with descriptions of various meals and traditions, but no translations. Sometimes it was clarified in the context what the person said or thought; other times it wasn't. I really wanted to know what they were saying! It could have been an opportunity to learn more about the family and their culture and I feel like I missed out a little bit.
This is the start of a series and I would definitely continue on. Nice, light reads, especially now in the time of COVID.
Thank you to Bookish First and Kensington Publishing Corp for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Luis Navarro has just been given mandated time off from his firefighter duties when he meets Sara. Known as "Saint Navarro" on the island, he crazily agrees to be her pretend boyfriend for her family vacation.
Though it starts out pretend, Luis and Sara's relationship starts to turn into something very real as they get to know each other over the course of the next few days. Can they both move on from the baggage of their previous relationships to embrace this new island affair?
I'm a sucker for fake-relationship tropes, so I knew I had to give this one a shot. It did not disappoint. I liked that this wasn't a typical "chick-lit" story and that each character had a little bit of history and baggage in their lives that they each had to deal with. Trigger warning - Sara is recovering from an eating disorder and it comes up quite a bit throughout the book.
I think my only negative about this book is that there were quite a few phrases and lines in Spanish along with descriptions of various meals and traditions, but no translations. Sometimes it was clarified in the context what the person said or thought; other times it wasn't. I really wanted to know what they were saying! It could have been an opportunity to learn more about the family and their culture and I feel like I missed out a little bit.
This is the start of a series and I would definitely continue on. Nice, light reads, especially now in the time of COVID.
Thank you to Bookish First and Kensington Publishing Corp for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.