GRR Reviews Hero in Disguise by Sharla Lovelace

Hero In Disguise is a second chance romance where the MMC has a chance to make amends, by doing good as well as reclaiming FMC's heart. It's a pretty standard plot, but it was quite charming.

Jake Jericho is rich based on his family fortunes, but he didn't earn it. He once loved a girl, Harper, but was forced to leave her behind, as he had used an assumed name, not wanting attention. Harper Haley was devastated when Jake left, and she hadn't really loved anyone else since, only keep running the shop left to the family... but that would be coming to an end when a huge development company had bought out the neighborhood and was about to raze it... and that company... was run by Jake's father. When Jake found Harper again and learned the plight of the neighborhood, Jake was determined to do something right by Harper... even if he had to go toe to toe with his father, and break Harper's heart again, because she never knew he's a Jericho...

The twist at the end was what raised the short novel above mediocre, which I will not spoil. Suffice to say, it was one heck of a grand gesture. I was kinda worried at the beginning about how she still pants when he came near, it was quite juvenile, at least early on.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Man who broke her heart is back years later, hoping for a second chance, both for her family business and her heart...

Tropes: return, reunion, disguise, protector, woman in peril

Overall Rating:  4/5