OMG! NOT MY ROMEO was addicting. From the very first page, I was spellbound by these wonderful characters that you will find yourself falling in love with. This is the first time I have read a book by Ilsa Madden-Mills, but I assure you it won’t be the last. This book had so many fantastic lines, witty banter, sarcasm, and inner dialogue—this was definitely a breath of fresh air. I laughed out loud more times than I could count, but also swooning over the handsome, tall, brooding and sexy Jack Hawke—the professional football player. This is Jack Hawke and Elena Riley’s story. Elena is a Librarian, and she has a blind date set for Valentine’s Day. When she gets to the restaurant, Elena automatically thinks that Jack is her blind date—the local weatherman. Jack is shy, NFL quarterback who wanted a quiet dinner away from the media and spotlight. Jack is surprised that the stranger is beautiful, sexy looking like a secretary. Turns out, Elena is quite a talker and entertaining, so Jack goes along with the ruse of being her blind date—the weatherman. To Elena’s surprise, she goes home with the sexy blind date—a one night stand, right! Both Jack and Elena has issues from their past, but their chemistry is so intense, alluring and mesmerizing, binding them to one another perfectly. This is a story of a woman who knows what she wants and chases her dreams, and a man broken by the horrors of his past who were drawn to each other, and despite being haunted by the demons of their pasts, somehow find a way to enjoy each other’s company.
Away from the prying eyes of the world, the masks that they hold in place slip off, and despite both being tortured and broken, they seemed perfect for each other...until they weren’t! Of course, there’s more to their story that can’t be surmised in a few short sentences, but will Jack justify his behavior? Well, you will have to read the book to find out what IS their story—is Jack’s behavior justified or not—revolving around one empirical truth: we want what we can’t have! There are several twists and turns within the story that will tempt the characters in ways they could have never envisioned. Ilsa Madden-Mills delivered a powerful and emotional, all-consuming story that left me obsessed and yearning for more.
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Ilsa Madden-Mills is a Romance Genius...
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2020
Overall Grade: More than 5 ⭐️“Because the one is supposed to get you, accept you.”“It is a truth universally acknowledged”, that a single reader of romance in possession of a couple of bucks and a few pennies, must be in want of an Ilsa Madden-Mills’s romance. That’s right. I’ve decided that Jane Austen and Ilsa Madden-Mills are an apt pairing given that the same tenets that drive my love for Jane Austen also drive my adoration for Ilsa Madden-Mills’s brand of romance. What are those tenets? Here goes:*One handsomely swoony alpha-hero with a bit of a broken soul requiring a tenacious, headstrong, obstinate heroine to mend those broken parts into wholeness*One tenacious headstrong, obstinate heroine with a certain set of quirks and imagination who infuses a certain level of humanity into the handsomely swoony alpha-hero with a bit of a broken soulSome carefully-plotted story with just the right amount of angst, steam, romance, and humor, all of them combining to keep you engaged from page 1 to the very end.*A happy ending so carefully wrought that you can’t help but tear up over both the pleasure of the moment and the pain of having to leave characters whose characterizations make them seemingly real, new friends.Yes. Each tome of the Ilsa Madden-Mills’s booklist brings these set of qualities that inspire one-clicks in Amazon at the announcement of a new book, impatient waiting for said book, constant visits to IMM’s Facebook page for nuggets of the forthcoming book, and, on receiving said book, a careful, but expedited read of her newest romance. Around and around the merry-go-round that is Ilsa Madden-Mills’s romances go because she writes romance that makes you pine for entry into her romance worlds. That’s right. If I had my way, I would jump feet first into the worlds she creates because they captivate her readers with characters, story, and the promise of love. And, once again, Madden-Mills has crafted a story that brings all of these qualities together in her newest book, Not My Romeo.Am I being overly effusive? Possibly, but it’s simply the way I am with IMM’s stories. I’ve only been reading romance over the course of 2 ½ years, and I read mostly indie authors such as IMM. I’ve read only one of the traditionally more “popular” romance writers, missing the others. Ilsa Madden-Mills was, I believe, the third romance writer whom I read her entire booklist, at the time, in one sitting. Her stories captivate me as a reader because they portend to be innocent and light at first glance, but deeper into the story, we are met with deeper, more troubled issues. This is definitely the case with Not My Romeo (of which, I could not put down once I began reading it). Her hero, Jack, is complicated. According to his surface, his life seems perfect, as he’s a wealthy NFL player. Yet, we find out quickly that, underlying that handsome facade lies hurts, and those hurts have caused his life to be upended based on public scrutiny grounded in conjecture and gossip. I believe the saying “never judge a book by its cover” resounds in Jack’s story. And, as a staple of Madden-Mills’s romance, Jack needs some mending. He’s complicated, and IMM, as she does so often, brilliantly crafts a heroine who brings light to his life.“He watched you like you were the sun to his moon.”Enter Elena. You learn very quickly that this woman who bears her own wounds offers a soft place for Jack’s hardness (both literal and figurative) to land. She is the IMM heroine: tenacious, headstrong, obstinate as a protection for her own heart. I think my favorite moments between Jack and Elena in Not My Romeo happen as a result of Elena setting boundaries for herself and instituting them. There are several times in this story when it would be easy for Elena to take Jack’s offerings even though they are limited. However, in doing so, she could never be his heroine because he requires someone who can break down his heavily-fortified walls. In denying him, she causes him to question himself. This is the romantic gold of IMM’s stories. If you want an easy read from her, you will find it interwoven with some hard truths about life through the actualization of her characters. It’s why I love her romances. She aptly combines the difficult with the effortless. This is what keeps you reading until the very end.I think when you look at a story such as Not My Romeo you have to understand that our pasts impact our future selves. This is very clear in Ilsa Madden-Mills’s story. Whether it’s abusive behavior, whether it’s poor choices we’ve made, or whether it’s how others have treated us, they leave behind excisions that eventually scab over and scar, but they can never be new skin again. As such, these scars create a weakness that influences our choices in the present and the future. For both Madden-Mills’s characters, those scars impact their ability to be present and make choices that bring about their happiness. And this is the story’s biggest truth. We have to allow ourselves to move beyond those weaknesses, to not let the scars of our past influence how we live abundantly in the present. Even in Jane Austen’s time, this particular “truth was self-evident,” as she wrote it into her novels. Even now, in the midst of a pandemic, political upheaval, and racial tensions, we could focus on the weaknesses of the time as Jack does for much of Not My Romeo. However, as Ilsa Madden-Mills carefully walks us through his journey with Elena, we realize that making better choices in the spirit of love will leave us with a happiness beyond our imaginations. I loved Not My Romeo. It wasn’t a story that I wanted to leave, and I imagine you will feel the same. So grab this one quick.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2020
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