GRR Reviews Trusting His Heart by Jen Peters

Cat, building contractor, is in Oregon doing a high-end restoration. She left her childhood behind and didn't want to talk about it again... ever. She didn't expect her client to saddle her with a co-contractor, Justin, who will be doing all the electrical work. // Justin did rescue Cat from a ditch earlier, but that didn't earn him any points when he started questioning her judgment. Justin is also under stress when he needs some money to help his mom keep the family home, but Cat refuses to compromise on any details. When thieves hit the construction site, and made off with lumber and wires, and more, the two will have to unite to thwart the trespassers, but when one of them is found, Cat wants to give him a second chance (because someone saved her that way), while Justin is all about harsh punishment... And Cat's leaving when the project's done... right?

Good twists and turns, and good wedge issue between the two characters adding to opposites attract / enemies to lovers trope. 4.5/5

GRR Reviews Finding Her Heart by Jen Peters

He's a burned-out lawyer who wanted to spend some time fixing up the family mansion as a new hotel in a town that has the clan name: McCormick's Creek. She's a young woman who wanted to travel the world but she's stuck in McCormick's Creek helping her mom's flower shop while her mother heals. He's hiring some help, and she's hired. And they like each other... Until she found out he's a lawyer... The kind that almost ruined her family, and he started to wonder whether she's a golddigger...

While the "opposites attract" story was good, the plot seems to ran off in tangeants in odd places. The part about the (fake) French chef near the end feels "tacked on" for the page count and comic relief. Also, his ex, kind stalker-ish fellow lawyer who can't seem to take a hint, feels like a paper cut-out and way too obvious.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 3.5

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