Synopsis
We start off with a lie on Valentine’s Day.
My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.
The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.
But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?
Is Jack my real Romeo… or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?
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Review
Not my Romeo was my second Isla Madden-Mills book, and while I liked this one a lot, it didn’t quite live up to Dear Ava.
Not my Romeo had a bit more of a rom-com feel than the other books I’ve read by this author. That’s not a bad thing, but just not entirely what I was expecting. I liked the characters in this book, but none of them stood out to me as I hoped they would! Elena was cute but a pretty stereotypical romance heroine, a little too trusting, on the quirky side, and able to stand up for herself when she needed. Jack was fine. But I was never quite sold on him completely.
The story was good. It kept me engaged, but it felt very hallmark to me. Not my Romeo was a small town, so that’s probably why, but the whole play things seemed a little silly. Overall this was a cute romance and had I not read Dear Ava before; I probably would have enjoyed it more. I will certainly read more from this author.
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