Say You Love Me

Picture this: You are engaged and find out that your fiancee has been cheating on you for the past year and a half with a co-worker.  They are the ones that are in love and he is leaving you to be with her.  Your job is shut down due to an investigation, leaving you jobless, and your grandmother, the most cherished person in your life, has just passed away, leaving you utterly lost and alone.  What do you do?

If you're Clara Benson, you move to Pine Valley, hoping for a fresh start.  Losing her fiancee, grandmother, and job all happened within a week and it is too much for poor Clara to bear.  It's been seven months since her life has imploded and she is settling into her new life in Pine Valley.  She had decided to not return to teaching and is working as an assistant for Jeff Finch, an up and coming realtor in the area, and is adjusting to her new normal.

Dawson Harris is also adjusting to a new way of life.  It's been over a year since his wife left him with only a note to explain why.  Dawson is a successful lawyer, and just happens to be Jeff Finch's lawyer.  Being incredibly handsome, Dawson could have any woman that he wants but he is wanting something more.

Clara and Dawson meet in a yoga class after being acquaintances over the phone, Clara being the go between for Jeff and Dawson.  Clara and Dawson's attraction is immediate.  Dawson wants to jump into a relationship with Clara with both feet but Clara is incredibly apprehensive and holds Dawson at arms length.  Will Clara ever put her guard down and give Dawson her heart?

This is the question that plagues you as you read Say You Love Me.  If you've been following my reviews for any length of time you know that I love Heather B. Moore's writing style.  Like the other books in the Pine Valley series, Say You Love Me is a quick, yet charming, read.  Dawson is easy to fall in love with but I did find Clara a little annoying at times.  Here she has a gorgeous man that is head over heels in love with her and she wants to play games with him?  I can empathize with the fear that she felt giving her heart to another man after what she'd been through with her fiancee but to break off their entire relationship, and go from friendship to relationship and back seems a bit drastic.

All in all, I enjoyed Say You Love Me.  The premise is sweet, the characters likable, the writing wonderful, and you gotta love a happy ending.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Mirror Press in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.  All opinions are my own.