Review: If the Shoe Fits by Megan Mulry
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by Megan Mulry
Series: Royal Pain #2
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Publication date: July 2, 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Source: publisher in exchange for unbiased review
Purchase*: Barnes and Noble/Amazon/Book Depository
When I began If the Shoe Fits I didn’t realize it was part of the Royal Pain series, but it worked well as a standalone. It is the tale of a modern day American who falls in love with a British aristocrat. Filled with humor, shoes, angst and a delicious romance I enjoyed this romantic tale. Three word review: steamy, charming and entertaining.Second in a sexy, playful new series of women's fiction imagining what it might be like for a modern American woman to fall in love with a British aristocrat, from new author Megan Mulry. Sarah James is an accomplished American woman who heads her own chic shoe company. Devon Heyworth is the rakish, ne'er-do-well younger brother of the 19th Duke of Northrop. When the two meet at the Duke's wedding they embark on a whirlwind weekend romance. And what begins as a casual fling at a royal wedding quickly proves to be far more meaningful. But when a string of misunderstandings threaten to tear them apart, their meddling aristocratic relatives join forces to reunite the star-crossed lovers.
We meet Sarah James a young successful owner of a shoe
company who has dreams of having her boutiques all over the world. She is the
maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding who happens to be marrying the
nineteenth Duke of Northrop. At the rehearsal dinner she meets his very sexy,
smooth talking younger brother Devon Heyworth. They have a whirlwind weekend fling
where they agreed to enjoy themselves, no strings attached. Well we all know
how those turn out. The tale is steamy, but as the couple discovers this isn’t
a fling things get complicated since these two have zero experience in the
relationship department. Devon’s family
and Sarah’s forward thinking Grandma step into the mix and the tale that unfold
was entertaining and at times overly complicated.
Devon is such a player, an aristocratic brat who is bloody
brilliant but hides it behind a never care facade. He has never been in a committed
relationship and is overwhelmed by his emotions regarding Sarah. Sarah has daddy
issues, has managed to start up a successful company and has her future all
laid out. Until Devon she hasn’t even considered a relationship as her business
has been her only lover. I loved their interaction, and their tryst. Sarah has
some secrets and it leads to some mishandling of situations, misunderstandings
and some hilarious moments. I really enjoyed watching these two come together and figure out their emotions. I enjoyed the other characters, especially Devon’s
mother and Sarah’s grandmother. Throw in a sexy American, a meddling BFF and
her hubby and things get interesting.
The relationship between Sarah and Devon felt genuine and
the sexual tension and steamy love scenes were hot and I found myself rooting
for them. While I love angst, and twists and turns before a couple reaches
their HEA, I felt some of this was overdone making me scream, “enough already!”
Devon makes some serious mistakes, and the author does a good job of making us
understand his actions even if they were bone-headed. Sarah was also hot and
cold at times, and reacted over the top since she really had no clue and missed
signals. The characters were fleshed out and the tale easy to slip into. We get some interesting back history and side
stories but I found myself skimming a few times because of the unresolved angst.
This is something I rarely do, which makes me believe some of the story could
have been tighten up. Or maybe I just wanted less talking and more relationship
development. LOL! Despite two many
conflicts I enjoyed this tale and found myself laughing aloud and turning the
pages to get my happily ever after. There is a thread regarding Devon’s younger
sister and the author hinted about things which has me curious and I will pick
up the next book.
Fans of humor, angst, and steamy romances and ooh shoes will
find If the Shoe Fits to be an entertaining read. A Royal Pain is the first tale and features
Devon’s older brother Max and Sarah’s BFF Bronte. R is for Rebel is the third
book and releases in November.
Three cups of coffee out of five
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Labels: contemporary romance, Megan Mulry, Royal Pain series, Sourcebooks
posted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer @ 12:00 AM
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