PayrollPurchase OrdersPeanut Butter CupsNot necessarily in that order… responsibilities. When her father, Dom, signs up the whole family for a reality TV show, Sofia sees a chance to grab the spotlight for her dream. What she doesn’t count on is the sexy head contractor knocking down her ideas and her barriers like it’s demo day.
Adrian Villanueva has spent his life on the outside looking in. When Dom talks retirement, Adrian sees his chance to finally buy his way into the company he helped build. He’s certainly not going to let the inexperienced designer daughter with expensive taste and mouthwatering curves stand in his way. Ignoring his old crush on Sofia the girl will be easy. He’s had a decade of practice. It’s the appeal of Sofia the woman that threatens to bring him to his knees.
When hidden attraction flares into open desire, they must decide if a chance at love is worth giving up on a lifetime of dreams.
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I enjoyed this book, the first in the Exposed Dreams series. Basing a series on the hottest programs on cable was genius.
Sofia Valenti feels her design talents are wasted as she does office work for her family’s construction company. No one takes her seriously, but she knows she is up to the task.
Adrian Villanueva has been working for Valenti Brothers Construction for years. As the patriarch of the family, Dom Valenti is thinking of retiring, Adrian feels like this is is opportunity to show the family what he can do, since he’s been with them from the beginning.
Reality TV comes calling and Dom takes them up on their offer. Sofia wants to stretch her wings and do the designing. Adrian doesn’t want his opportunity to show Dom and the producers what he can do foiled by Sofia. Long ago crushes on Sofia by Adrian, and on Adrian by Sofia, doesn’t help.
Will the show be successful? Will Adrian and Sofia be able to put their issues aside and meet in the middle? Will they both get the accolades they deserve? I’m counting on a resolution of Dom and Jo’s issues. They need each other!
Really loved this book! The characters had me cheering them on and wanting them to fight for their love! They’ve known each other for years and had secret crushes on the other. Finally things shift and the desire starts to flare. It was a slow burn, which is what I love in a romance novel! Heading to the second book now!!
Such strong willed, hardworking, and family oriented cast of characters. Sofia Valenti is overworked and overwhelmed for her families construction company. Fellow employee and friend Adrian Villanueva is lead foreman of the construction crew and works hard to support his family. He desires for his chance to buy into Valenti construction after all these years. Sofia just wants to begin her own design business under her families construction company. This book kept me captivated from cover to cover! You won’t want to put it down.
This is a wonderful tale. The characters are people, real people with flaws and hang ups just like your friends not jet setting movie stars or billionaires or royals. That’s what makes Eva’s novels so enjoyable, the idea that this amazing romance could happen in your own life or to your best friend. Eva Moore has the amazing ability to look at an ordinary life and see incredible love stories! Let Eva share this one with you and you won’t be disappointed. She nails the renovation industry as well as the insanity of reality TV design shows perfectly. She understands the complications family drama creates in everyone’s life and she has the uncanny knack of putting it into the perfect words to tell a great story!
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve never read anything by Eva Moore before. I went into this book with a completely open mind. And I was pleasantly surprised! I really loved this book!
The two major reasons why I loved it is, 1) the heroine is plus size (like me) and dealing with body issues and insecurity. All the same things I deal with on a day to day basis. And 2) the setting of this story is a family construction business. My dad is a carpenter and project manager of a construction company. I grew up helping him build things. I’ve never read a romance so accurate when it came to building and the intricacies of the business!
I loved the family setting. I’m really looking forward to reading about the rest of the brothers and the cousin. Having the reality show added onto the backdrop of the construction company was really interesting! It brought a whole new level to the story.
The romance itself, and the two lead characters, were great. Usually I have a hard time with the enemies-to-lovers trope. I don’t enjoy reading about two people who snipe at each other for the first half of the book. But something about the way their relationship was written, totally worked for me!
I loved Sofia. I felt her. I felt every one of her insecurities. I felt her stress. I felt all her desire for Adrian. I felt her desire for her own place in the company and her need to be respected and valued. Every time she got upset and yelled or argued with her dad or brothers or Adrian, I felt her behavior was completely valid! I don’t want to spoil her complete journey, so I’ll just say that I loved how she comes into her own and makes a choice for her own life, regardless of her family’s needs and Adrian.
Adrian was a good hero. Hot as hell. He’s practically been in love with Sofia from the first time he met her when they were teens. He sees her for the strong, beautiful woman she is, and loves all her curves. He could care less about “the extra pounds.” If anything, he’s into her even more because of them! I also loved how every time he was confronted by Sofia, he didn’t become a prideful jerk. He was willing to admit when he was wrong. It did take him a bit longer than I would have liked to resolve the big conflict with her in the end, but the ending was wonderful!
There is some language in this book, a few F bombs among them, but there wasn’t an excessive amount of them that it detracted from the story. There is one intense heavy petting scene and one detailed sex scene. A couple of make out scenes. A few descriptions of intimate acts but not overly detailed.
This book was great! I eagerly await more books about the Valenti family!