Non posso credere di aver incontrato l’uomo perfetto …

Sul traghetto per andare al matrimonio di mia madre, ho incontrato un uomo meraviglioso, nonostante il suo amore per Faulkner. Il professor David Carstairs era divertente, intelligente e con le mani più sexy che avessi mai visto.
Una conversazione sui classici della letteratura americana ci ha condotto a una cena romantica a casa sua… e sicuramente in seguito a un bel dessert. Non avevo mai fatto niente del genere prima, ma quello che avevamo era qualcosa di speciale.
Sfortunatamente, il giorno dopo è andato tutto in frantumi. E il mio professore in apparenza perfetto? Suo padre ha appena sposato mia madre e ora è il mio fratellastro!
La cena del Ringraziamento è appena diventata molto più complicata.

Ho finalmente trovato la donna perfetta …

Sulla rotta per vedere mio padre sposare un’altra giovane cacciatrice di dote, ho incontrato la donna perfetta, nonostante il suo odio per Faulkner. Victoria Witherspoon era gentile, spiritosa e con delle labbra tutte da baciare.
Abbiamo trascorso la giornata insieme, e poi siamo rimasti svegli tutta la notte ad esplorare i corpi l’uno dell’altro. Non sono un tipo alla ricerca di una storia, ma per una perfetta come Victoria, sarei stato pronto a fare un’eccezione.
Se solo sua madre non avesse appena sposato mio padre, ponendo in assoluto l’oggetto di tutte le mie fantasie nella categoria “off-limits”.
E pensavo che le vacanze fossero imbarazzanti prima.

Ci sono così tante cose che ho amato in questo nuovo libro di Rebecca Norinne, il primo romanzo della sua Rocky Cove Series, un ottimo inizio!
“Not Quite Perfect” è brillante, divertente, sexy, forse uno tra i libri più hot scritti da quest’autrice, ma ripensandoci adesso, dopo averlo finito, la prima cosa che mi viene in mente su Victoria e David, è la bellezza della loro storia, il loro legame e come adorino trascorrere il tempo insieme. Tengono veramente l’uno all’altro, c’è passione, una forte attrazione fisica, ma ho amato soprattutto la loro complicità, il modo unico in cui si capiscono. La cover del libro rispecchia in modo perfetto il tipo di sentimenti che si instaura da subito tra di loro: pura gioia.
Unico è anche il modo in cui scocca la scintilla tra loro: un libro, un autore. Ora alzi la mano chi ha mai avuto la fortuna di catturare l’attenzione di un uomo bellissimo a causa di un libro. Una rarità? Parlare di libri, e intendo parlarne davvero, credo che sia una cosa molto intima e personale, perché ti esponi, perché hai a cuore i tuoi libri e non è certo una cosa che fai con tutti.
Un’altra cosa che ho apprezzato leggendo il romanzo è chi sono David e Victoria, due persone che hanno un loro vissuto, esperienze che li rendono più vicini alla mia realtà, in cui in parte mi posso immedesimare. Mostrano all’altro i rispettivi sentimenti, senza indossare maschere e decidono di agire, seguendo l’istinto.
David è una combinazione letale: intelligente e sexy, bellissimo e divertente, insomma tanta tanta roba.
Victoria mi è piaciuta ancora di più di David. È una donna che dice apertamente quello che pensa, spigliata, determinata, ma quando si tratta delle persone che ama, della sua famiglia, si rivela molto vulnerabile.
Quando entrambi scoprono che non è solo il caso ad averli fatti incontrare, ma anche l’imminente matrimonio dei loro genitori le cose tra loro si complicano. Victoria è quella a soffrire di più in questa situazione, soprattutto dopo che la madre le fa capire chiaramente che non accetterebbe mai una storia tra sua figlia e il figlio adottivo, mentre David, che ha già un rapporto burrascoso con il padre, ha ben chiaro qual è la sua priorità: Victoria.
Ho trovato abbastanza irritanti ed egoisti i genitori di entrambi, soprattutto la madre di Victoria, mentre ho adorato i suoi tre fratelli, meravigliosi, un vero valore aggiunto a questo romanzo. Il mio preferito è Alex, il fratello maggiore, i suoi sguardi intimidatori nei confronti di David sono uno spasso assoluto.
In questa storia vengono toccati molti argomenti importanti, in modo leggero, ma comunque ci sono: l’omosessualità di Drew, uno dei fratelli di Victoria, la sua tensione e paura di non essere accettato dalla famiglia; il modo in cui David non forza mai la mano con Victoria, lasciandole sempre il tempo di cui ha bisogno e il controllo su ogni scelta, guadagnando così la sua fiducia.
Tutta la storia viene raccontata attraverso i POV di entrambi, ed è la cosa che preferisco, mi piace poter “entrare nelle loro testoline” e vedere cosa stiano pensando e soprattutto il perché.
“Not Quite Perfect” è perfetto e non vedo l’ora di leggere il prossimo libro della serie. Spero proprio sia su Alex!

NOT QUITE PERFECT by @RebeccaNorinne is live!

On the ferry to my mother’s wedding, I met the most amazing man. Professor David Carstairs was funny, intelligent, and had the sexiest hands I’d ever seen. Unfortunately, everything came crashing down when my mom married his dad!

Thanksgiving dinner just got a whole lot more complicated.

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I can’t believe I met the perfect man …

On the ferry to my mother’s wedding, I met the most amazing man—his love of Faulkner notwithstanding. Professor David Carstairs was funny, intelligent, and had the sexiest hands I’d ever seen.

A conversation about classic American literature led to a romantic dinner at his house … and then a whole lot of dessert afterward. I’d never done anything like that before, but what we had was something special.

Unfortunately, everything came crashing down the next day. Because my supposedly perfect professor? His dad just married my mom, and now he’s my stepbrother!

Thanksgiving dinner just got a whole lot more complicated.

I’ve finally found the perfect woman …

En route to watch my father marry yet another young gold digger, I met the perfect woman—her hatred of Faulkner notwithstanding. Victoria Witherspoon was kind, witty, and had the most kissable lips I’d ever seen.

We spent the day together, and then stayed up all night exploring each other’s bodies. I don’t do relationships, but for someone as perfect as Victoria, I was ready to make an exception.

If only her mom hadn’t just married my dad, putting the object of all my fantasies firmly in the “off limits” category.

And I thought the holidays were awkward before.

I reached into my purse and pulled out an old, battered copy of The Sound and the Fury. My eyes scanned the weathered pages, taking in the notes I’d scribbled in the margins. Even years later, I still had trouble following the story’s disconnected timeline. I shook my head when I reached the end of the first chapter. “Fucking Faulkner.”

“Only one of the greats,” came a deep, rumbling voice from across the aisle.

I inserted my bookmark and turned to face the stranger, my breath catching in my lungs.

His lips were hitched to the side in a small grin and his bright blue eyes were alight with laughter. He canted his head toward my book. “But I’m guessing you don’t agree.”

I struggled to find the words to respond-not a problem I typically suffered. As a journalist, words were my bread and butter. Unfortunately, they’d deserted me once faced with the most handsome man I’d ever laid eyes on.

He had thick, wavy, brown hair and a sexy five o’clock shadow that dotted his strong, chiseled jaw. His eyes were deep pools of indigo that I imagined getting lost in. And his lips? Well, I wouldn’t mind finding out how soft they were. If I were Cinderella and my fairy godmother had just granted my wish for the perfect man, he would have been it.

I cleared my throat and set my book to the side. “Can’t say I’m much of a Faulkner fan … which was probably obvious when I cursed his name.” I smiled sheepishly. It was one thing to fling insults at a dead author, but an entirely other thing to have someone witness you doing it.

He shrugged, his right shoulder lifting and then falling carelessly. “You either love him or you hate him.”

“Let me guess,” I said, relaxing into the conversation despite its embarrassing beginning, “you love him.”

“You can’t deny he gave a voice to the misfits and malcontents of his day, whereas his contemporaries used them to serve as fodder for more important characters.”

“Spoken like a scholar. Or a misfit or malcontent.” I fought back a smile.

The handsome man, no longer quite a stranger, turned to face me fully, his hand outstretched. “Professor David Carstairs.”

“Victoria Witherspoon.” I placed my hand in his and tried not to swoon when his fingers skated over my palm as he pulled away. “Professor, huh?”

David’s head ducked forward, and his cheeks flushed. Setting his hand to the back of his neck, he made a face. “American Literature, I’m afraid.” He looked flustered, as if being a professor wasn’t really fucking cool.

And hot. Oh so hot.

There are so many things I loved in “Not Quite Perfect” by Rebecca Norinne, it’s the first installment in her Rocky Cove series, a really good one! The story is brilliant, funny, sexy, perhaps one of the hottest book written by this author, but looking back now, after finishing it, the first thing flashing in my mind, about Victoria and David, is the beauty of their story, their bond, how they enjoy their time together. They really care for each other, there’s passion, lust, but I loved their true understanding and complicity. The cover of the book reflects perfectly this kind of feelings: pure joy.

Unique is also the way everything start, because of a book, an author. Who has ever been so lucky to pick up the attention of a gourgeos man because of a book? One in a million? Talking about books, I mean really talking, I think it’s something deep and personal, you expose yourself because you care for your books and you don’t do it with everyone.

Another thing I really appreciated reading this novel is who David and Victoria are, two adults with their baggage, experiences that make them closer to my reality, in which I can partly relate with it. They show their feelings  without masks and they decide to act, folllowing their instincts.

David is a lethal combination: intelligent and sexy, gorgeous and fun, in short “so much stuff”.

I loved Victoria even more than David. She’s smart and speaks her mind, self-confident, strong willed, but when it comes to the people she loves, her family, she’s very vulnerable.

When they find out it’s not just a case they met, but also because of the imminent marriage of their parents, things get really complicated. Victoria is the one to suffer the most in this situation, after her mother makes clear  she would never accept a relationship between her daughter and her stepson, while David, who already has a stormy relationship with his father, knows which is his priority: Victoria.

I think their parents are of both quite irritating and selfish, especially Victoria’s mother, while I adored her three wonderful brothers, a real added value to this novel. My fav is Alex, her older brother with his intimidating stare against David, he was so much fun.

In this story are touched important topics, in a light way, but still they are there: the homosexuality of Drew, one of Victoria’s brothers, his tension and fear of not being accepted by his family; the way David never forces things with Victoria, giving her time and control on every choice, gaining her trust.

The whole story is written showing both their POVs, and it’s my favorite thing, I like “get into their little heads” and see what they are thinking and above all why.

“Not Quite Perfect”, for me, it’s perfect and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. I hope it’s Alex’s story!

USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Norinne writes sexy romance from the heart. Her heroines are bold and headstrong, and her heroes will do anything for the ones they love.

When not banging away at the keyboard, she is watching rugby, enjoying a pint of craft beer, or trolling Pinterest for pictures of pretty houses.

Originally from California, Rebecca currently resides in a small coastal town in Northern Massachusetts where she and her husband are renovating an antique colonial built in the 1700s and trying valiantly not to be eaten alive by mosquitos.

Find out more at http://www.rebeccanorinne.com.

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