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hinalovestoread's review
5.0
Orphaned at 2, Jillian has never found a safe haven that felt like home until she was almost 18 and was brought to Paradise Isle, a community centred small town in Florida that not many people may have hear of. A beautiful place with the scenery and the people with equally beautiful souls. Her character, I liked a lot. An independent woman who knows when to fight for herself.
Nic loves his family but what is always top most on his mind is responsibility. His responsibility to his family. His responsibility to his father's business. Responsibility everywhere. He is suffocated by them as he can do nothing he pleases. Everywhere he turns, he sees the chains of responsibility making him do things. He needs to get his head checked. One can't just go on like that as a piece of soul is lost little by little until a time coes when nothing left is what was in the first place.
As these two meet for the first time, there is definitely a buzz of the sparkle between them but these two choose to ignore the good looks of the person standing in front of them. Really, it is not something special but plain old lust.
But as they meet again for the sake of the naughty dog they both (now) love, they get to really see each other. Understand each other. Find out what the person's character is made up of. And what they see gives life to feelings. Tender feelings that wound themselves around their hearts entwining them together. The way it is penned has a beauty of its own making one continue to read more.
Alas, nothing good comes that easily. There is this issue about island preservation that Jillian is all for but again who likes to see their perfect world being bulldosed for good? On the other hand Nic is their to raze an important building on the island to build a five star (maybe more stars) resort as part of a chain of resorts that his father owns.
Pushing the other away they focus on what needs to be done but again life has something else store for them.
Nic needs to learn that love is what binds a family together not responsibility while Jillian need to start trusting people as people are what make families (even if the bond is not of blood) and not things. Though having things that you like, that give you a feeling of comfort (that you can afford) is not a bad thing.
Enjoyed every word of it.
Nic loves his family but what is always top most on his mind is responsibility. His responsibility to his family. His responsibility to his father's business. Responsibility everywhere. He is suffocated by them as he can do nothing he pleases. Everywhere he turns, he sees the chains of responsibility making him do things. He needs to get his head checked. One can't just go on like that as a piece of soul is lost little by little until a time coes when nothing left is what was in the first place.
As these two meet for the first time, there is definitely a buzz of the sparkle between them but these two choose to ignore the good looks of the person standing in front of them. Really, it is not something special but plain old lust.
But as they meet again for the sake of the naughty dog they both (now) love, they get to really see each other. Understand each other. Find out what the person's character is made up of. And what they see gives life to feelings. Tender feelings that wound themselves around their hearts entwining them together. The way it is penned has a beauty of its own making one continue to read more.
Alas, nothing good comes that easily. There is this issue about island preservation that Jillian is all for but again who likes to see their perfect world being bulldosed for good? On the other hand Nic is their to raze an important building on the island to build a five star (maybe more stars) resort as part of a chain of resorts that his father owns.
Pushing the other away they focus on what needs to be done but again life has something else store for them.
Nic needs to learn that love is what binds a family together not responsibility while Jillian need to start trusting people as people are what make families (even if the bond is not of blood) and not things. Though having things that you like, that give you a feeling of comfort (that you can afford) is not a bad thing.
Enjoyed every word of it.
scoutmomskf's review
5.0
Very good book. Nic is on his way to Paradise Isle on business when he comes across an injured dog. He can't just leave the animal to fend for itself, so he scoops it up and takes it to the Paradise Animal Clinic, intending to just drop it off. Sympathy for the dog and one look at vet tech Jillian have him revising his plan. Jillian is immediately drawn to this gorgeous man who also has a soft side. But there is more than she knows about his presence on the island.
I loved both Nic and Jillian. They bonded quickly over the dog and his care, enough that Nic made sure to find a way to see her again the next day. They spent a marvelous time together, but the more time he spent with her, the more he realized that there were some rather significant obstacles to anything more than what they have right at that moment.
Jillian was orphaned as a toddler and grew up in multiple foster homes. She learned early in life not to count on anyone other than herself. She doesn't trust that anyone will stay in her life for long, so instead she has lavished the love in her heart on her town and her friends. She loves the small town life, with the way that she knows almost everyone and everyone watches out for each other. She belongs to the Island Preservation Society, which works hard to maintain the island's charm. When she finds out that Nic is on the island to purchase the Sandpiper Inn, with plans to tear it down and build a fancy resort there, she feels hurt and betrayed.
Nic is in charge of acquisitions for his family's hotel business. As the oldest in the family, he has always felt a huge responsibility to them. He has put his personal life on hold in order to do whatever is necessary. He's tired of the travel and not having a place that feels like home. He's also become cynical about the women he dates, all of who seem far more interested in what he can give them than in who he is as a person. But in Jillian's case, his job is far more likely to keep them apart.
I ached for both of them as their feelings for each other grew. Nic wanted to be with Jillian, but the conflict between what he has to do for the family business and what he wants for Jillian is tearing him apart. He finds himself re-evaluating what he wants from life. I loved the various conversations he had with family members as they helped him straighten out his priorities. I figured out the solution pretty early, but I really enjoyed seeing Nic's journey to it.
Jillian had fallen in love with Nic, but couldn't find a way to reconcile her feelings for him with her love of the island. I got a little frustrated with the way that she kept pushing him away. She had good support from her friends and I loved the way that they tried to help her with what she wanted to do while at the same time showing her what she really needed.
I loved how Nic refused to give up on his relationship with Jillian. There were several really sweet scenes where Nic's feelings for her really came through, especially the one the night they were supposed to go out to dinner. The way he ended up using Murphy the dog in order to get Jillian to talk to him at the end was pretty clever.
I loved both Nic and Jillian. They bonded quickly over the dog and his care, enough that Nic made sure to find a way to see her again the next day. They spent a marvelous time together, but the more time he spent with her, the more he realized that there were some rather significant obstacles to anything more than what they have right at that moment.
Jillian was orphaned as a toddler and grew up in multiple foster homes. She learned early in life not to count on anyone other than herself. She doesn't trust that anyone will stay in her life for long, so instead she has lavished the love in her heart on her town and her friends. She loves the small town life, with the way that she knows almost everyone and everyone watches out for each other. She belongs to the Island Preservation Society, which works hard to maintain the island's charm. When she finds out that Nic is on the island to purchase the Sandpiper Inn, with plans to tear it down and build a fancy resort there, she feels hurt and betrayed.
Nic is in charge of acquisitions for his family's hotel business. As the oldest in the family, he has always felt a huge responsibility to them. He has put his personal life on hold in order to do whatever is necessary. He's tired of the travel and not having a place that feels like home. He's also become cynical about the women he dates, all of who seem far more interested in what he can give them than in who he is as a person. But in Jillian's case, his job is far more likely to keep them apart.
I ached for both of them as their feelings for each other grew. Nic wanted to be with Jillian, but the conflict between what he has to do for the family business and what he wants for Jillian is tearing him apart. He finds himself re-evaluating what he wants from life. I loved the various conversations he had with family members as they helped him straighten out his priorities. I figured out the solution pretty early, but I really enjoyed seeing Nic's journey to it.
Jillian had fallen in love with Nic, but couldn't find a way to reconcile her feelings for him with her love of the island. I got a little frustrated with the way that she kept pushing him away. She had good support from her friends and I loved the way that they tried to help her with what she wanted to do while at the same time showing her what she really needed.
I loved how Nic refused to give up on his relationship with Jillian. There were several really sweet scenes where Nic's feelings for her really came through, especially the one the night they were supposed to go out to dinner. The way he ended up using Murphy the dog in order to get Jillian to talk to him at the end was pretty clever.
buuboobaby's review
2.0
2 stars
Meh, nope, this didn't work for me. Didn't care for either of the protagonists.
Meh, nope, this didn't work for me. Didn't care for either of the protagonists.
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