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Surprise Partners (Silhouette Special Edition No. 1318)

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Scott, the attorney focused on becoming a partner in his law firm, is the downstairs neighbor to Lydia, a research scientist focused on completing her doctorate. Neither has time for a romance, and both have pesky interfering sisters determined to set them up with blind dates. They conspire to be convenient partners to family events to get their sisters off their backs. Events push the partnership past convenience, into real friendship and true love. But because neither wants to hold the other back from their goals, and neither wants to break their original agreement to stay uninvolved, their relationship hits a brick wall. Once their goals are achieved, they realize that dreams are more important than goals, and it is one of the sisters that changes her tack and steers them to the solution that finally brings them together.

The most commendable element of this story was the friendship between the hero and the heroine. What begins as a mild sort of meeting of minds broadens into a good friendship between Scott and Lydia.

Two career-driven people, Scott and Lydia are always under attack by their respectively good-intentioned sisters who want nothing more than to see them happily settled down. As well-intentioned as the two were, they really began to irritate a bit as meddlesome siblings do. In that respect, they were effective, yet a hindrance to the story.

The main attraction is the expansion of Scott and Lydia's friendship which only grows stronger with their developing relationship. I really liked the idea of a heroine who was determined to see her dreams through rather than push them aside. But most importantly, I enjoyed how Wilkins characterized Scott as a man who was equally career-driven yet willing to compromise because he saw something incredibly special in the strength of Lydia's mind and character.

I have always enjoyed Wilkin's works. This book is no exception. Wilkins has the talent to combine a relationship with romance and career. I liked Lydia's passion to pursue a career and Scott's willingness to support her. My favorite Wilkins' book is "After Hours" followed closely by "Doctors In Disguise."

Scott and Lydia are two individuals who have dedicated themselves to their careers and are faced with matchmaking sisters... It is refreshing to read about a heroine with a real life and career who's not sitting around waiting for Prince Charming. I believed the conflict the characters felt in dealing with compromise in love and career. I haven't read other books by this author, but I will keep an eye out for them in the future.