GRR Reviews Accidentally Hers (Sterling Canyon Book by Jamie Beck

"Accidentally Hers" is a romance between two people who should have been enemies, but can't help but fall in love with each other, and it's about trust and family bonds, and whether love does conquer all or not.

Grey Lowell moved to Colorado and bought the ski expedition company Backtrax with his life savings. He's dyslexic, and he grew up near Truckee, so wilderness and snow was his home. A girl caught his attention at a takeout place, whom he immediately dubbed Bambi due to the way she blinked, but he did not approach as she's accompanied by another girl who had been persistently trying to get his attention. On the way back to his office, he was clipped by a drunk driver and tore his ACL tendon, sidelining him for up to a year, and almost destroying his business (as he had counted on taking just enough money from the biz to live by, and tips, and now he had to hire help to run his existing obligations). He was even more surprised to learn that the drunk driver who clipped him was Bambi's brother, and Bambi, whose real name is Avery Randall, is going to be his physical therapist, as she's the only one in town who's available. They reluctantly work together, even as the lawsuit hang over their heads. He doesn't want to sue her brother, but her brother only carried the state minimum coverage, which is nowhere close to enough for his medical bills, much less loss of income. And if he does sue, it will put her and her brother out of their childhood home, for her brother has no other assets than being co-owner of the house (and even that was informally financed by their parents). And despite all that, Avery started to fall for Grey who was really a nice guy. But when circumstances force them to choose sides... will they end up betraying each other?

I can detect no plot holes in this tightly constructed novel where the problems escalate and trusts betrayed leading to a true darkest hour, and MMC really had to come up with an alternate solution so he doesn't have to sue Avery's brother and thus doom their relationship. In a lot of the romances, the MMC and FMC didn't resolve their problems... They just changed their mind, or someone else changed their minds or things happened and voila, their problem is gone. That's lazy plotting, and none of that is here.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Man Clipped by Drunk Driver Found His Physical Therapist is also his crush and the Drunk Driver's Sister

Tropes: Enemies to lovers, doctor/patient (Physical Therapist)

Overall Rating:  5/5