GRR Reviews Suddenly in Love (Lake Haven) by Julia London

Suddenly In Love is about recovery, discovery, and seeing what people truly are underneath their labels and disguises. It is very well polished, despite using a pretty tried and true plot: damaged woman found an exasperating but nice guy, who's actually a megastar in disguise.

Mia Lassiter is an eclectic fashion designer/artist who just had her world smashed by her idol artist and had to go home to Lake Haven and join her aunt's interior decorating business as a runner. She ran into Brennan, the house owner's son while "overseeing" renovating of a mansion. She did not recognize that Brennan was actually Everett Alden, the famous rock star hiding after losing his mojo and hit a major creative block after the death of one of his band members. Thier personalities clash, their class clash, their style clash... They have almost NOTHING in common... except their creativity... and soon, a passion of the other sort blossomed... Until Mia's cousin found out about Brennan... and paparazzi swarmed the town. Mia knew that there is no soul mate, and Brennan is just a temporary dream, but Brennan is not ready to let his muse go just yet... not without one last grand gesture...

As I said, this plot had been done over and over. It's the extra touches, like good polished verses and variety of secondary but not flat characters, that made the book enjoyable.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman needing to recharge found an infuriating but handsome guy; who's secretly a megastar hiding out from the world...

Tropes: disguise, small town, opposites attract, performer

Overall Rating:  4/5