Dreams of Her Own is a contemporary romance that featured a balanced romance where both FMC and MMC are flawed and the pair helped each other overcome their wounds to achieve the HEA.
Millicent "Millie" Stephens is the most boring woman ever. She wears an oversize brown outfit to blend in, to become invisible. Her personal assistant job to famous romance author was routine. No man ever notices her... and she prefers it that way. When strong arms saved her from becoming NYC's latest traffic fatality and the good samaritan quickly disappeared into the crowd, Millie remembered the handsome face and had an epiphany... Her life's highlight reel was BLANK. When she ran into her savior again, she learned he is Ian Brand, and he's both hunky and tattooed. But that charming bad boy exterior hid a painful past and a problem he tried his entire life to hide. Millie wanted... sex, and to help Ian, but when Ian refused to acknowledge his problem, much less seek help, Millie may have to reopen her own wounds so they can heal each other... and find love in the process.
As you read the book, you can't help but to notice both are caring personalities, molded by their childhood, and while both developed coping mechanisms, those are just crutches that will not work any more if they want to get any further in life. But to solve the problem they have to acknowledge the problem, thus admitting weakness. And it is in that vulnerability that one finds one's true self. I will not spoil both character's background, which you can discover when you read the book, suffice to say, the book is balanced, and both will have to confess to heal themselves, and that's where the emotions lie, and makes a good read. And what's really surprising is lack of tropes in this novel, well, maybe a little big about the ugly duckling.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: FMC had an epiphany; her life highlight reel is blank, and she wants one guy to help her fill it; but he doesn't want her...
Tropes: scars, fated mates
Overall Rating: 4/5
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