I had reviewed a romance fiction
called The Proposal and told you how extremely overwhelmed I was with the story
of Ethan & Nadine. You can read the review here.
That was a free e-book on Amazon and I had downloaded it for a casual read. But
I got so engrossed with the lives of Ethan & Nadine that I had to get the
sequel to know what happened next. And I bought the e-book and finished it off
in two sittings! Now The Proposal is the first book of A Perfect Match Series
which is followed by Lost in Solo which is a prequel to The Proposal. I was
particularly interested in the love story of Ethan and Nadine so I skipped Lost
in Solo and jumped into Heart Sync which is the sequel to the love story. Now
let’s see where Ethan & Nadine head to.
The Story
It picks up from the end of the
first book, Nadine & Ethan profess their love for each other and are an
item. Nadine is the ambitious career woman who wants to scale the corporate
ladder and she works hard towards her goals. She is dedicated and passionate
towards her work, as she is passionate about Ethan. Ethan on the other hand is
an artist and a metal sculptor, and being a stripper and a male escort has been
his resort in the times of recession when he got laid off from his day job. In
between the passionate moments with each other, various misunderstandings creep
in. Nadine gets an opportunity to travel to Europe for work to set up their
corporation’s new offices in Milan & Paris and it requires her to be away from
Ethan for a month in Europe. Ethan isn’t too happy with the proposal and thinks
Nadine is not serious about the relation and her career comes first before him.
Whereas Nadine thinks this is the perfect opportunity for her and her career. Ethan
also immerses himself in his metal sculpture work where he is growing and is
getting good response from exhibiting his work.
Once back from Europe after a
month Nadine finds out she has an opportunity to be in Europe for a year this
time and finds the offer lucrative enough. Her relation with Ethan becomes
almost a question where either of them don’t know if they are together or not.
Ethan himself faces a family tragedy and is not able to give time to the
relationship or Nadine, much like how he wanted to do, but is fearful in thinking
if Nadine really loves him. But the passion for each other refuses to die out.
He is on the verge of proposing but doesn’t get the opportunity because of
Nadine’s career thoughts gets in.
After many a turmoil Nadine seeks what is it that she wants. Now does she want Europe, does she want Ethan and
his love, will the career woman think a little different, you will have to read
it to know it.
My thoughts
I had written in my earlier review
of The Proposal that I almost fell in love with Ethan. Yes his character is
so nicely etched that it feels real and very everyday life. And yes this book
makes me love him even more, and for some points I hated Nadine for not
understanding his feelings, for not being with him when he needed her most, or
not trusting him. That happens when I get into the characters so much that I
like thinking about them, or have a parallel story line in my mind.
There are many more things in the
book which I’m not mentioning here purposefully, because I don’t want this to
be a spoiler. But yeah it’s in the romance genre so it’s supposed to be mushy and
romantic. I love the little things that are described so well like the gift
Ethan gives her, when they decide to exchange gifts, or how he takes out his
anger on Nadine’s ex-boss.
Lily’s writing style is very
natural and it’s very easy to read and visualize your characters. If you read
these two books and not feel Ethan is really a wow person then I’ll be
surprised.
About the Author
Lily Zante is a romance author with several romantic fictions to her
credit. In between bringing up three kids she writes romantic fictions. I have
become a fan and want to read the new book that she is working on. After my
last review of The Proposal I had emailed her telling her how much I liked her
book, and her reply was sweet enough. I wish we could get some more of Ethan
and Nadine, and had communicated that to her as well, like some starry eyed
girl! You can check out about her books in her website here.
My rating – 4/5. Quite high in my standards for a romance fiction, but I loved it, I loved
The Proposal a wee bit more and so had rated it higher than this.
The
Kindle edition is available on Amazon.
Details of the e-book (from Amazon.in)
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Format: Kindle Edition
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File Size: 1809 KB
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Print Length: 269 pages
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Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
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Publisher: Lily Zante (12 January
2014)
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Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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Language: English
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ASIN: B00GRKYOMW
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Price : Rs. 245.89 or $3.97
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This Book is my owned Kindle Edition, and is not a sponsored review. I try not to be biased while reviewing whether its a sponsored review or my own copies. The views are entirely mine.
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