GRR Reviews Tara (Beach Brides Book 2) by Ginny Baird

Tara is a romance that featured an interesting meet-cute: message in a bottle. However, the trope darkest hour was somewhat of a letdown.

Billionaire banker Heath Wellington was about to propose marriage to his socialite girlfriend when he found a message in a bottle on the beach from a woman asking to be rescued in terms of love. He recognized the sign and decided not to propose. Later he found that his girlfriend had been seeing other people, and he knew he made the right decision. He decided to see if the girl in the bottle message may be a better candidate... // Tara, leader of the Romantic Hearts Book Club, took 11 friends to Enchanted Island, and as sort of a group dare, they each threw a message in a bottle into the ocean. One already met and married the guy who found her message. Now Tara's message had been found, and correspondence started. And Heath was everything Tara could dream of... and vice versa. But Heath's job soon interfered with his love life when he found he may have to deal with Tara's father's bank... and he's caught between revealing secrets or letting down his love.

The darkest hour is basically about betrayal and trust and, let's just say, not enough of one and too much of another. It also indicates some serious immaturity of the FMC. Which is why this didn't get 5/5.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a career woman really fall for a billionaire she found via a message in a bottle?

Tropes: resort, message found, family secrets, work drama, different worlds

Overall Rating:  4/5