Robotics engineer Johnathan Michaels knows all about biding his time. For three years he's worked next to his best friend and idea of a perfect woman, Alexis Rodriguez. Their friendship sparks into something more while saving the company's first multi-million dollar contract and Johnathan's life appears to be on track for perfection. A successful company, a budding romance...until a previous one-night stand appears to return Johnathan's shirt. Pregnant. And it's his.
Now Johnathan's scrambling to keep up at work, keep his love life alive, and deal with his impending fatherhood. How long can he keep it all going before his love life is CANCELLED?
CANCELLED bends the rules of contemporary romance and chick-lit with a male POV and a twist on the ending.
Girl loves boy, boy acts
elusive, girl wins him over, and they sail into the sunset. Romance books have
a formula. That’s not necessarily always bad. Anything well written is worth
reading, but what an extraordinary surprise to find an entertaining and
beguiling romance novel with a male point of view and not so standard formula.
Johnathan is unabashedly in
love with his coworker. Has been for years. They’ve been playing a tango of
dating the wrong people while avoiding their true feelings. They finally come
together, but there’s one problem . . . Johnathan recently woke up to an
unknown woman in his bed, a woman who is now pregnant with his baby.
Never have I become so
attached to a male character in a romance novel. Normally the men are cardboard
cutouts and barely fleshed out. In CANCELLED,
you see Johnathan struggling with the right thing to do. He puts family first,
thanks to an unconventional upbringing. He avoids his psycho mother like the
plague, while fully embracing his stepmother, Anna, as family. Anna quickly
became one of my favorite characters in the book, outside of Johnathan of
course.
Johnathan is so expertly
layered; the reader gets to see his conflicts at work and in love while also
watching him make difficult choices. He’s not perfect, but I was rooting for
him from early on. It was so refreshing and rare to be rooting for the man in a
romance/chick-lit novel. Plus the ending definitely defies the romance formula,
and I loved it. Not giving away anything more here.
I highly recommend this to
readers who enjoy romance but are looking for something outside the standard
cookie cutter story. This story is a breath of fresh air in a sometimes stale
genre. And I say that as someone who enjoys a good romance every now and again.
I just want them well written and interesting. This one certainly fits the
bill.
Rating:
A squealing 5 stars!
*****
I met Elizabeth Ann West
through A Round of Words in 80 Days. She is one of those writers you
immediately bond with because she’s so giving and supportive. To now love her
book brings me full circle.
Hop on over to my blog,
read her post, and leave a comment. Kickstart 2012 with a great read!
4 comments:
Tia... I read this over breakfast with my husband and son and I began to cry! Thank you for your kind words, and I'm glad you loved CANCELLED. I'm working very hard to bring everyone the sequel by September... :)
Elizabeth... My sister in law asked if I was reading anything good ... Your book sounds fantastic and looking forward to a good read in the new year!!!
Elizabeth, I meant every word!
Shannon, You'll love it!
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