Here’s a contemporary romance that is a reasonably decent read, well-enough written to enjoy, but ultimately nothing that I want to re-read or keep, Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe. We meet our hero first, super-star architect and great looking guy Marc Olsen. He spots a stranger standing in front of a closed storefront in his small Wisconsin hometown wearing a wedding dress and holding a wedding cake. Since it’s a bit unusual to say the least, he stops. The bride is our heroine from Australia, Matilda, and she is in Wisconsin to marry her online sweetheart Barry.
Needless to say, Barry is a fraud and stole Matilda’s money and self-respect. Matilda is stranded in this small northern town in late November, no friends, no money and someone stole her rental car.
Marc is also in a bind. He came home from New York for his annual Thanksgiving whirlwind visit, but his sister has breast cancer. She asks Marc to stay with her and provide care since for some unknown reason she doesn’t want to ask her mom or any friends.
Of course Marc ends up hiring Matilda to help; of course they fall into instant lust. Eventually Marc returns to New York and Matilda turns a chance encounter into a successful wedding consulting business. They both discover that lust turned into love and they end up happily together.
This is a fast read. The main characters Marc and Matilda both seem a little unreal to me. But the side characters, Marc’s nephew, Matilda’s business partner are well done and come across like real people. You can relate the quickly sketched personalities to people you know and their motivations and actions make sense.
Overall I enjoyed this book on a cold weekend, but will not reread it. I don’t read many romance novels so I’m not likely to track down more books by author Fiona Lowe. If you enjoy romance novels then you probably will like this one.
3 Stars
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