GRR Reviews Champagne Kisses: A Timeless Love Story by Krista Lakes

Champagne Kisses is a second chance romance involving a military veteran. The relationship and angst were genuine without being overly melodramatic, except for the way the two lost touch.

Back in 1990 Rachel spent a week on the Florida Coast before starting her career and fell in love with Dean, one of the three soldiers taking leave there. However, when Desert Storm started, Dean went back to his unit, and somehow the two lost touch, each believed that other abandoned him/her. Twenty years later, she's assistant to mogul Jack Saunders, when Dean walked back into her life as Jack's new bodyguard. Once again, Rachel and Dean had to choose between duty and love, because the staff is not supposed to fraternize. But there was too much chemistry and history between the two...

No need to spoil the story, as you can probably guess the ending, but how they get there is quite good, even if the intro was a bit long. There is just enough angst to make this serious, but not too much to make you feel totally down.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman found her lost love 20 years later; can they move on from their bad memories and make a future?

Tropes: reunion, military, bodyguard, co-worker

Overall Rating:  4/5 (rounded up)