BLURB:
Both emotionally and physically scarred from an
accident, Zoe Flannigan must take a journey to meet Paul Johansson—and to
discover a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide Montana sky.
SYNOPSIS:
INSIDE & OUT
High school principal Paul Johansson has never
been lucky in love, which is too bad, because few men in Montana are more
naturally romantic. Then his friend Maggie signs him up for Internet
dating, and while Paul is initially furious, he’s soon blown away by Holly
Morgan, a blonde, blue-eyed art teacher from Connecticut. She might just be
the girl of his dreams.
Zoe Flannigan—aka Holly Morgan—totally forgot
about the account she set up two years ago on Meet-the-One.com. In
fact, after an accident that left her physically and emotionally scarred,
she hasn’t been up for meeting or dating anyone. Until Paul. Handsome,
sweet, and too-good-to-be-true... But while the built-in anonymity of
the Internet offers a buffer, she can’t hide in cyberspace forever, either
from Paul’s expectations or from herself. There’s a journey she must take,
and at the end of it will be a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide
Montana sky.
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REVIEW:
Such a sweet story about realizing that looks are not everything, what is inside is what really counts. Paul has always has this vision of what his perfect mate would look like, think of Buttercup from The Princess Bride. He has always dated and fell for women who met his long standing criteria. What he didn't realize is that he may be missing out on his ONE because of his ideals.
Zoe truly did meet Paul's criteria of the perfect woman, but that was before a horrible car accident left her face and leg badly scarred. After the accident she didn't feel happy and carefree, so he died her hair black, got brown contacts and changed her wardrobe. It isn't until Paul comes into her life through the website Meet-The-One.com that she begins to change her outlook on life. When Paul decides he is coming to see her sooner than she anticipated, she knows there is no way she can make the transformation back to her old self in time. So she decides to fly out and meet him, to give him the truth in person that she is not who he believes she still is.
When Paul meets Zoe, he can't help but be attracted to her. He feels pulled to her and as though he has known her for forever. Zoe can't stand the thought of losing him after telling him the truth, so she keep putting it off. But when the truth comes out about who she is, will their budding romance be able to stand up to Paul's feeling of betrayal? Will Paul come to realize that the person he loved is still the same, whether she looks like Buttercup or Ms. Temptation?
This book is truly a sweet story about realizing what is really important in a partner. Do looks really matter that much? Shouldn't it be about who the person is and not what is on the outside? I love how Paul helped her to overcome her past and realize that she has a lot to live for and not everything is as gloomy as it seems. I love how she decided to go meet him in order to come clean, but it frustrated me she kept back out of telling. Don't get me wrong, I understood her reason, but it still frustrated me. I love how Paul felt loyal to Holly/Zoe before they had even met. And I loved reading his inner turmoil over his feelings for both Holly and Zoe.
If you are looking for a sweet read, this one is for you. I enjoyed both characters and I was so happy with the way this book ended. The author did a wonderful job of showing that there is always more than what meets the eye. But don't just take my word for it, go out and get your copy today!
EXCERPT:
Zoe
didn’t realize she’d been holding her breath until it came out in a rush. Her
heart pounded in her chest as she turned over the phone. How could something as
impersonal as an e-mail be so affecting?
Her lips turned up in a slight smile
as she savored the warmth and sincerity of his words. She was not surprised –
Maggie had been so effusive, there was no way Paul was going to be another jerk
– but, she was unprepared for the impact of reading his e-mail. She had assumed
the physical distance between them would make him feel far away. Instead, it
was like she’d just spent ten intimate minutes inside his head.
She sat back in the chair and let
her damaged face bathe in the warmth of the sun for a moment as he had
suggested, even though she knew it wasn’t a good idea. Until her final surgery
in early October, it wasn’t smart to discolor the puckered, violet skin any
further.
She
thought about the girl in the photo that Paul must have finally seen last
night. It had been taken three years ago at Sandy and Rob’s wedding even though
Zoe knew it would have been far more honest to upload a recent picture of
herself. In fact, she’d found a photo taken in the past few months – she wasn’t
smiling, but at least it was in profile and didn’t show her bad side – but when
she’d held the newer photo up to her computer screen, staring at the two
incredibly different girls that were both Zoe, she couldn’t bear to do it. Swap
out the photo of the trim, blond, sunny girl who used to be Zoe? For the
heavier, black haired, dark eyed, tattooed, scarred disaster she’d become?
Right. She’d never hear from him again, and for whatever reason, it really
mattered to Zoe that she hear from him again.
She sighed. She knew she should
delete Paul’s message, disable her account and leave him alone. He was a nice
guy looking for love and she had no right to lead him on even the littlest bit.
Yet when she visualized deleting his sweet e-mail and disabling her
Meet-the-One account, a terrible heaviness threatened to edge in on the little
bit of light she’d been enjoying.
Was
exchanging a few e-mails really
leading him on? It was more like being pen pals, especially if she was upfront
about her intentions to be friends. She could tell him about her life in
Connecticut and he could tell her about Montana and Yellowstone – get to know
each other, just as he suggested. No more, no less. They couldn’t very well get
romantic from so far away, could
they? No, of course not. His e-mail only felt
intimate because it had been so long since a man – a nice, decent man – had
been so kind to her. It was impossible to be
intimate from two thousand miles away. There was no reason to overthink it.
Halfway convinced that she wasn’t a
horrible person for writing back and ignoring the guilt that wouldn’t quite
leave her alone, Zoe picked up her phone and pressed reply.
KATY REGNERY, Amazon best-selling author, has always loved telling a good story, and credits her mother with making funny, heartwarming tales come alive throughout her childhood. A lifelong devotee of all romance writing, from Edwardian to present-day, it was just a matter of time before Katy tried her hand at writing a love story of her own.
As it turned out, one love story turned into a series of six Heart of Montana romances, following the love lives of the Yellowstone-based Lindstrom siblings. When Katy's fans asked her to turn up the heat, she cheerfully started her Enchanted Places series, which offered steamier romance to her readers. Katy was also proud to offer a stand-alone romance, The Vixen and the Vet, written as a benefit for Operation Mend, just in time for Fourth of July, 2014.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, and two dogs create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories of all are the messy and unexpected ones.
Katy hosts a #LunchtimeLiveWithKaty party every day from 12:00-1:00pm EST. Visit Katy at: www.katyregnery.com, www.facebook.com/KatyRegnery or @KatyRegnery on Twitter - she loves to hear from her fans!
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