Finding Perfect (Hqn) Review
Pia O'Brien is taken aback when she learns what she "inherited" from her late best friend Crystal Westland; three embryos from Crystal and her deceased husband Keith who died in Iraq. Stunned Pia knows how much Crystal wanted children but she can't raise plants so wonders why her. Still she decides to honor her friend by bringing one of the embryos to term.
Retired professional football player Raoul Moreno has settled down in Fool's Gold, California. He plans to set up a camp for kids. When Raoul meets a still shocked Pia, he offers to help her with her planned pregnancy as he conceals his link to Keith. Neither Pia nor Raoul expected an attraction that soon leads to love.
The third Fool's Gold "Perfect" contemporary romance (see Almost Perfect and Chasing Perfect) is an entertaining tale mostly due to the lead female protagonist. Pia is terrific as a commitment phobic who has always been popular, but cannot see herself as a mother. While she struggles with Crystal's legacy, she inconveniently falls in love with former Cowboy quarterback Raoul who takes her heart (and the rest of her body) into the end zone. Readers will enjoy this sweet entry as love comes in many ways.
Harriet Klausner
Finding Perfect (Hqn) Overview
When Pia O'Brian's best friend dies, Pia expects to inherit her cherished cat. Instead, the woman leaves Pia three frozen embryos. With a disastrous track record in the romance department and the parenting skills of a hamster, Pia doesn't think she's meant for motherhood. But determined to do the right thing, Pia decides to become a single mother. Only to meet a gorgeous, sexy hunk the very same day.
A former foster-care kid now rich beyond his wildest dreams, Raoul Moreno runs a camp for needy children in Fool's Gold, California. After his last relationship, Raoul thought he was done with women and commitment. Still, he can't get sweet, sexy Pia out of his mind—and proposes a crazy plan. But can such an unconventional beginning really result in the perfect ending?
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Customer Reviews
Unbelievable - Lauricella Briggs -
I was looking forward to this book, but was very disappointed. It has a very unbelievable storyline. Are we supposed to believe that this fantastic perfect man is going to fall in love with this woman who wants to have three babies. Yes she was admirable but to marry her for it, where are these men from Fool' Gold, I would like to meet one of them. I hope Susan Mallery does a better job in the future!
Mallery needs to refocus - Michele O. Williams - New York, New York USA
This is a quickly written (not quickly read) frothy book based on an unrealistic premise: because a woman is friends with (not even best friends) with a woman who dies, the friend is willing to impregnate herself with three eggs. She isn't married; has a low income paying job and is in a small apt. She is not even sure she likes kids or wants to have them herself. Come on! Nobody is that nuts.
Mallery use to be great: witty, sharp, interesting characters and situations. Apparently she has run out of steam. I will pass on her next Fool's Gold book, because like the series title, the books are publicized as modern well written romance, but in reality are just rot.
Skip this one.
Enjoyable Read. One of her better ones. - Heather L. Bradley - IL, USA
Susan Mallery is very hit or miss with me. The first book of the Fool's Gold series was pretty good, the second was awful, this book--the third installment of the series was better than the other two.
Pia was a great herione. A flawed, insecure woman trying to make up for past mistakes, she was a genuinely nice person. She took on a lot of responsiblity that most people would balk at. Her decision to have her friend's babies was one of the most selfless things I've ever come across. I don't think I could do it.
Raoul was a decent hero. He too was flawed, had been burned by love before, etc.. Fans of Susan Mallery's Bakery Sisters series will recognize him from "Sweet Spot". I didn't realize it until halfway through this book but I kept thinking he seemed very familiar.
All in all, I thought it was one of Mallery's better books. I enjoyed it and look foward to her next one.
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