When she was a girl, Leila had an embarrassing crush on Baron James, her brother’s best friend. She’s grown up now, divorced with twin daughters and a new job as a college professor, and she needs to make good decisions. No matter how irresistible Baron is when he reenters her life, she isn’t going to be a fool over him again.
Baron James has been a bad boy all his life, chasing women and … and seeking thrills, but he’s forced to take on leadership in his family’s company after his father dies. His new role takes everything he has, and he doesn’t have room in his heart to start a relationship with Leila and her daughters.
But his heart doesn’t seem to know this…
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I wasn’t expecting such an angsty read!
Usually, my enjoyment of a book is weighted more by my love of the hero than the heroine but Leila was such a great heroine. Her ability to handle the problems that arose from Baron’s situations was just a small reason I loved her. Her behavior with him and her children was wonderful. Even when she wanted to lash out and had every reason to do towards him, she always used wisdom. I just loved that she was such a solid presence in his life as well as her girls’.
Baron’s situation was absolutely heartbreaking to me. Every area of his life was steeped in obligation with no room for love and laughter. I just wanted to give him a great big hug, or smack him upside the head. I was never sure exactly what would do the trick. Lol. Through all of the angsty uncertainty in his life, it was obvious that he cared deeply for Leila and her girls. Oh man, nothing was sweeter than the moments he gave to the twins. Absolutely precious.
I appreciated the resolution Baron came to to find a balance in his life although I would have like to have known more about how it all actually worked out in the end with his brother. Never has a man hungered for family and I would have loved to have seen them together in the end. Nevertheless, the epilogue was amazing as it gives us a good look at what’s currently happening to these characters. After crying over their previous problems, I couldn’t help but tear up over their happy ever after.
When Leila was a girl she had a huge crush on Baron James and after an embarrassing moment with an unexpected exclamation of her feelings she ran. Now years later Baron James is back in her life and this time he finds himself unexpectedly attracted to Leila. Baron though has a lot on his plate and had led a very cavalier life and Leila comes with two twin daughters. Could Baron find true happiness in a different kind of life?
Good story, there was a lot going on in this story with flashbacks and a struggle that Baron is dealing with where his own family is concerned. I liked both Leila and Baron, thought the history games the twins played were a hoot. Would check out more by this author.
Crushed dreams become a reality
This is a light hearted and relatively quick read where we again meet Baron James, ex-playboy and now Coffee King after the recent death of his father. In the past he’s been frivolous – playing fast and loose with the women, and going easy on the work, so much so that he just doesn’t know what he wants out of life anymore, especially after his failed romance with Molly from A Negotiated Marriage.
Leila used to have an unrelenting crush on Baron James, and at the age of 12, suffered the mother of all embarrassments – his discovery of her love poem. Now, at 29 and one failed marriage, twin six year old daughters, and one Doctorate later, she’s a much more practical woman.
She’s also passionate about saving a damaged historical church on the grounds of the university she’s teaching at, and also happens to be the one that Baron has a sentimental attachment to. He can’t believe how gorgeous she is, and, he can’t believe it when a woman for the first time ever, blows him off.
Revival is a book that I got through very quickly, and was nice to read as a follow on from A Negotiated Marriage. It’s ideal if you just want to switch into cruise mode and enjoy something that is easy to consume in one sitting. Noelle Adams is one of my auto-one-click authors, and I have no hesitation is saying this book is money and time well spent. 4 Stars.