Romeantically Challenged
Publish Date: July 28, 2020 by Kensington Publishing Corp.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book Review:
This book is about Anh Nhi Walsh or Annie who leaves Connecticut and moves to Rome, Rhode Island in the hopes to leave her old life behind and have a fresh start after being dumped by her fiance Clark. She meets Emmitt who is the father of a teenage girl named Paisley. Emmitt is co-parenting her with his other two best friends Levi (her Uncle) and Grayson (her stepdad).
Gray’s wife and Paisley’s mom Michelle passed six months back and the entire family is dealing with their emotions and trying to cope up with the loss.
I loved the forced proximity angle and the banter between Annie and Emmitt is incredible. They both are very intelligent and mature characters. I love Annie’s friendship with Beckett and Lynn.
The author has beautifully highlighted the challenges faced by Annie and Emmitt.
Annie is a Korean girl adopted and nurtured by white parents and her struggle an in to fit in both worlds and insecurities that she might not fit in any of them. Emmitt got to know he was the biological father of Paisley when she was five years old and by that time Levi and Gray were already in the picture has her dads. Since then Emmitt has struggled to fit in the family.
I felt the plot of this book was so unique and the characters were so relatable.
Synopsis:
A witty, sexy, and charming story from the #1 National Bestselling author of the St. Helena Vineyard series that fans of Emily Henry, Jen DeLuca, and Kate Clayborn will adore.
Growing up the lone Asian in a community of WASPs, Annie has always felt out of place. Her solution? Start a family of her own. Not easy when every man she’s dated, including her ex-fiancé, finds “his person” right after breaking up with Annie. Even worse than canceling the wedding eight weeks beforehand? Learning the “other woman” plans to walk down the aisle wearing her wedding gown. New plan—find a fresh, man-free start. Too bad her exit strategy unexpectedly lands her working at a hospital in Rome, Rhode Island, rather than Rome, Italy, and sharing a cabin with a big, brooding, and annoyingly hot male roommate.
Home on medical leave after covering a literally explosive story in China, investigative photojournalist Emmitt embarks on his most important assignment—cementing his place in his daughter’s life. Three men and a baby might work in the movies, but with a stepdad and devoted uncle competing for Paisley’s attention, Emmitt has lost his place at the family table. Then there’s the adorably sexy squatter in his cabin, who poses another problem, one he’d very much like to solve up close and personal. But he can’t win—Annie has sworn off men, Paisley’s gone boy crazy, and Emmitt’s estranged father reappears with a secret that changes everything.
Annie and Emmitt are about to discover love comes in many forms, and sometimes the best families are the ones we make.
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