Her Summer with the Marine by Susan Meier – a Review

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Description:
The Donovan Brothers #1

The last person Ellie McDermott wanted to run into after returning to her hometown is Finn Donovan, her high school nemesis and the guy she crossed the line from enemies to lovers with one night years ago. Now ex-military, tattooed, and still sexy as hell, Finn is a complication Ellie doesn’t need—she needs to concentrate on saving her family business.

Finn’s entire life, Ellie was there, going head-to-head with him in every class, bee, and test. So it’s no surprise she’d show up just as he was about to take over her father’s struggling business. It is a surprise, though, that his attraction to her is even more explosive than it had been. Acting on their attraction is one thing, but Finn has to turn a profit to save his own family, and nothing—not even love—will get in his way.

Review:
When Ellie McDermott receives a call that her father is not doing well, she has no idea how bad things really are until she arrives back home.  She has a successful career in advertising and has never thought twice about running the family business, a local and very beloved funeral home.  But, when she arrives home she discovers that her dad has Alzheimer’s and it has progressed very quickly.  She also discovers that he is going to need constant care, which means moving him into a personal care facility, which doesn’t come cheap.  Once she arrives home, who does she find?  None other than Finn Donovan, whom she has known all of her life.  They had gone from being each other’s nemesis to being lovers, but only for one night.  After that, he never spoke to her again…….. One of my favorite quotes comes to mind:  The longest distance between two people is a misunderstanding………….

Finn knows that Ellie’s dad is not doing well, and offers to buy his funeral home.  He had opened his own a few months earlier and knew that two couldn’t survive financially in a small town.  The one thing that he hadn’t counted on though was Ellie NOT selling to him and running the funeral home herself.  Oh yeah, and he hadn’t counted on the sparks between them either……But they were there.

Once they face off and start vying for business in their small, to say that they butt up against each other is an understatement.  They constantly try and one-up each other.  Finn, however, was hiding a family secret that would change everything once the truth came out.  Will Ellie and Finn be able to resist their mutual attraction?  Of course not.  After all, the name of the book gives that much away!  LOL! And, who will win the bulk of the business and be able to keep their respective business afloat?  Well my friends, you’ll have to read to find out.

Her Summer Fling with the Marine is a wonderful, sexy and heartwarming story filled with a little humor, a lot sizzle and a whole lot of emotion.  The lengths they each go to in order to one-up the other borders comical at times.  They both experience heartbreaking losses which left me with a few tears.  And, their chemistry?  Off the charts.  If you’re looking for a quick read with just the right amount of umph, this one is for you.  This was my first Susan Meier novel, but it will not be my last.

Reviewed by Vickie

Copy provided by publisher