GRR Reviews Intentional by MK Harkins

Intentional is a contemporary romance that featured a decent plot twist, but switch viewpoints BEYOND that of the FMC and MMC made the plot confusing.

To recap, Mattie and Jeremy were looking forward to their wedding and starting their life together in Sedona, AZ. When Mattie walked in on Jeremy and her best friend Sarah in bed, she fled. Mattie's parents died young and when the two most important people in her life both betrayed her, she had no one left. She chose to start over elsewhere... at random, and ended up on Mercer Island, Washington. There, she met Cade, a local musician, who had his own heartache. They bonded, and Mattie wondered if there is a future with Cade. But Jeremy had not given up, for he realized he was also betrayed... and he's out to set things right... But whoever set Jeremy and Mattie against each other were not finished...

The suspense didn't quite ratchet up properly. Giving the suspect a one-shot POV narrative was superfluous. A mad rant right at the climax would have been sufficient. And do we really need to know what Cade thinks? This is one of those instances where knowing people's every thought was just too much information. I guess the intention (no pun intended) was to make the reader guess about the which way would Mattie lean between Jeremy and Cade, so maybe that's more nitpicking than not. I think the early reveal of the villain though cut the tension significantly leading to a fizzled ending.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman betrayed ran to another side of the country and may be falling for someone; her ex needed to find her and explain; who's sabotaging from the sidelines?

Tropes: disguise, betrayal, triangle,

Overall Rating:  3/5