When Georgia agrees to a blind date, she gets more than she bargained for. Max Yearwood enters her life and lights a spark. She was not prepared for him. He was nowhere in her plans...and she is very analytical and a planner. She is focused on her business and her love life is messy and complicated. Her back story is a bit different than one I have read before and it made it more interesting.

Max is a hockey player and tends to rush in and become easily obsessed. And his new obsession is the smart, real, competitive Georgia who is kind of resisting him and not looking for a relationship. He is fun, sexy, thoughtful, and a bit impulsive. But there is also an underlying seriousness that affects his choices as well.  

He is determined to convince her to have a summer fling with no strings. And there are real reasons on both sides to have it end at the end of summer. But what happens if one gets too attached?

I loved these two together. They have such a fun rapport and great chemistry. He tries to make her stop overthinking and enjoy more spontaneity.  She is real and honest and not tempted by his fame or money. They enjoy spending time together. But he has a few secrets himself and his life is about to change anyway. 

This is a fun, sexy, meet-cute-with-a-twist, summer-fling romance but it also has more depth, emotion, and tension woven in. Things are not as simple as they might seem and there are definite challenges to overcome. The tension builds as flashbacks provide a window into some issues that you just know are going to come out and cause some problems.  It's a story about priorities, choices, and living a fulfilling life. There is some heartbreak, tension, sadness, but is also hopeful, inspiring, and swoony. 

Georgia isn’t keen on dating, but agrees to a blind date set up by her aunt. The hottie who sits down next to her is not what she was expecting at all, until she learns he isn’t actually her date. Max didn’t mean to barge into a date, but his instant pull to the woman he could see smiling through the window was enough to sidetrack him to offer an invitation to join him later. (This meet-cute was absolutely fantastic and I was hooked on Max immediately!)

Georgia and Max have fantastic chemistry, whether for the short term relationship they agreed to, or for more as they start catching feelings in their arrangement. They balance each other out in ways they didn’t realize they needed. The easy rapport they found made it easy to cheer for them even as it became clear that there were more hurdles in front of them than originally disclosed.

This was a quick read that pulled me in. I didn’t always agree with the characters’ actions or thoughts, but the pieces I didn’t like didn’t hinder the overall story or my connection to it. It was fast paced, full of surprises, and an all around fun story.