Geek achiever Mason Riley was invited to go home to the class reunion and visit his old school crush, who's now mayor, but falls for Adrianne, the behind-the-scenes new girl instead. Adrianne needed a quiet place to escape her high-pressure life and now she just wanted to open her candy shop... Until Mason won the bid just to dance with her. But Mason is the ubergeek that can get away with insulting the vice president of the US, and Adrianne... is a quiet girl who wanted a quiet life. This can't possibly work... right?
It is the execution that raised this novel out of the "average" romances. However, in doing so, they also have to rely on more than a few stereotypes for the secondary characters, and there is a whole passel of them. There are a couple other bits about wanting Mason to invest in a new shopping center in town and a major plot point there for one cannot know if Adrianne loved Mason BECAUSE he is good for the town, or good for both of them? There are some other points like Mason's work in improving the world needs him more, and why Adrianne came to Sapphire Falls and cannot leave, but those are mere complications. There's also sort of a multi-way pull with Mason's best friend Lauren (who's mostly lesbian) for a little more complication.
The pace is generally fast with a lot of setup for sitcom situations that may leave you chuckling, or just roll-eyes hah. The main characters are pretty well developed. Mason was both a giver (want to fix the world) yet enough pride for himself (I don't care if it's the Veep). Finding Adrianne had triggered his selfish side, i.e. why shouldn't I indulge on my own needs for a while? Adrianne, on the other hand, was the behind-the-scenes girl away from the limelight, yet willing to go to bat for Mason... and for love.
I enjoy the generally upbeat sitcom-y mood of the series. While some of the setup is a bit ridiculous (the mayor invited the prospects because she dated them before or knew they had a crush on her) they added to the "charm" of the book, IMHO.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Geek genius with fame returned to his home town, and fell for the new girl in town intending on a quiet life...
Overall Rating: 5/5
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