Posted: June 20, 2014
Samantha hasn’t seen Freddie since they were in school and that was...what?...ten years ago? Back then he was painfully shy and was never seen without a computer game in his hand. So when he shows up in her favorite coffee shop she doesn’t recognize him at first. He’s still into computer games, and to make matters worse, his hair is long and his sense of style sucks. He’s nothing like her suave, sexy boyfriend. They discover they’ve both been invited to the same wedding and when he bemoans his lack of style, she surprises herself by offering to help him with a make-over.But Freddie isn’t the only one in need of help. While Samantha helps Freddie, he helps her discover an inner strength she didn’t know she had. Join Samantha and Freddie as they navigate the minefield of their growing attraction on the way to finding out who they really are.
This mini novel runs just under 20,000 words – a delightful afternoon read. Caution, some coarse language.
MY REVIEW:
This story starts off with two longtime
friends from high school, Samantha and Lauren, who meet for coffee every
morning. Samantha wants to tell her
friend about her concerns about her relationship with her boyfriend Cody but
she knows Lauren will loudly speak her mind.
She tells her anyway about her thinking he’s stepping out on her and
basically Lauren says, “Again?”
So, one element Ms. Mona brings to the
table is how we as women (men too I am sure) will settle for less, so we are
not alone. In order to be loved, cared
for, not abandoned, sexually fulfilled, and the list goes on I am sure.
As they are sitting there Lauren notices
Freddie Howard the geek from high school that was always drawing and playing
hand held computer games. Samantha told
her to be nice because Freddie had stuck up for her when a mean girl had been
bullying her back then. She thought he
was so nice for doing that. Lauren
wanted to say, “Hi!” On her way out but
with her foul harsh mouth Sam was worried.
So she said that she would say hi for both of them. Lauren made her promise, she did and Lauren
left. As Sam got up to leave so did
Freddie and he greeted her by name first and held the door open for her. They walked and talked for a few blocks,
exchanged the type of work they did, and said their good-byes.
She couldn’t stop thinking about him all
day. He couldn’t stop thinking about her
either. As he walked into his executive
office and his private receptionist brought him some coffee and his messages
she knew he was off his mark. He looked
different kind of odd as she thought.
His thoughts were with Sam, could he get her to really see him? Was there a chance? Was she dating, engaged, or married?
This was the perfect example of how in
high school how things were looked at through rose colored glasses or warped ones. How rumors were started and got out of
control. I enjoyed it. It was the after effect of high school and
how we chose to walk through its
after effects. Of how we saw what we
never really saw, see what we really missed.
I
give this 5 stars. Free from Amazon.
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